Drawn by hand
Meet the Artist
Therese Håkansson is a Swedish artist and illustrator based in Crete, Greece, and the founder of BabyBlossom Art Design.
Her artwork combines original flower photography with hand-drawn sleeping animals, creating gentle, nature-inspired fine art for children's spaces.
Born from stillness
When I was a child, the world often felt large, loud, and demanding. I felt safest at home — where life slowed down.
My room had floral wallpaper. Soft patterns surrounded me every day and quietly shaped my inner world. That was where calm lived. That was where I could breathe. I didn’t always find rest in people or places shaped for activity and noise.
But in nature, something softened. Flowers, light, and small miracles were steady and grounding. They didn’t require interaction or explanation. They simply existed, and that was enough.
In those quiet places, I began to create. Drawing and observing became a way to feel balanced and secure inside myself. Creation wasn’t an escape — it was how I made sense of the world.
Today, as a mother of two girls, I create BabyBlossom with that same intention. Gentle animals resting safely inside blossoms. Each piece is made to carry a sense of stillness — a gentle presence meant to live softly in a home.
This is not just where my art began. It’s where I still return.
— Therese Håkansson
Where I return
Nature has always been the place I return to.
It's where I slow down, where I feel at ease, and where the feeling of BabyBlossom becomes clear again.
From that feeling, I begin to notice — the light, the flowers, the smallest details.
And that is where I begin to create.
Behind the work
Each BabyBlossom brings together photography and hand-drawn illustration.
I photograph real flowers and gently transform their centres into a safe place for my illustrated animals — held by nature.
The flower is real.
The animal is imagined.
The feeling is where they meet.