Napoleonic Bee Lapel Pin Karen Kuykendall Fabulous Lions

Fabulous Lions

who better to show us the way than a creature who lives in both the everyday and the enchanted

including Wild Woman Rising and Unlocking the Secret Garden Oracle

and botanical brews that can be found within: Celebrating the holidays of the Wheel of the Year Honoring the phases of the moon

magnetic-hinged box

Napoleonic Bee Lapel Pin Karen Kuykendall Fabulous LionsWhen Napoleon Bonaparte took up residence in the Royal Palace at Tuileries he refused to spend money on new decor. However, he could not allow the drapery with its embroidered fleur de lis (the French Royal emblem) to continue to hang in the windows of the palace. His solution was to have the rich and elegant drapes turned upside down. The inverted symbol of the overthrown monarchy looked like a bee. From then on, the tenacious bee became the emblem