Gate-crashing into the "What's in a Name" party

Well..this is a first. I am gatecrashing :-)

I missed seeing the invite from Shelley Graham of Tori Sophia Designs to sign up for the "What's in a name" blog hop. Its quite simple, she just wanted to know more about all of us friends of hers, so we were to write down how and why we named our blog/business.

Not only am I going to gatecrash, I am also going to cheat! I have already written a post about how I started making jewelry. In fact that was the first post on this blog.

So here's the link: How Sadafulee happened! Do go on and take a look. It has pictures of my very first designs. I just revisited the post, and am quite impressed with those first creations!

Now getting to the point of this hop: the name. I have not explained THAT in the old post :-)

So here's that story:

Once I decided I wanted to register my jewelry business, I needed a name. I asked my husband. He came up with names like "Rathore Jewelers", "Patel and Sons (or Daughters or Sisters)", "Kashmira Jhaveri".
I know, you guys are all confused. Well, these are traditional names of jewelers in India. Back home, occupations such as this are carried over for generations, and you will find stores, chains even, owned entirely by a single family for over a hundred years. Yup, he was all out to pull my leg :-)

I said, nope, I don't want my name in there, there are no sons or daughters happening here, and sisters are probably not interested. So lets leave all that out, ok?

Out of the blue, he said "Sadaphallee". Now, I smiled, and said I like it, but lets make it Sadafulee. Do you know what it means? Turns out, he had no clue :) He was still on his merry trip...trying to trip me up.
Yup, I had my name! He was still confused about why. (Even now, he wonders why I like it so much!)

Sadafulee is the Marathi name for Periwinkle. My husband does not know that language at all :-)

Lets break it down...
Sada = always
Fuli = bloom

I had always loved this flower. Loved it for its simplicity, loved it for how happy it looked! (I think daisies look very happy too, and roses look pretentious, haha).
I told a friend of mine about the name. She is a landscape architect, and this is what she said about it:
SADAFULI, vinca rosea or Periwinkle is a happy-go-lucky small shrub. It cares not for the world. It rejoices in sun or rain, or the seaside, in good or indifferent soil and often grows wild.

I absolutely loved it! It very accurately describes how I feel when I am creating...happy-go-lucky, rejoicing, and often wild! And the name also ties in very well with the main purpose of starting my business: to help the children of Project WHY!.

With proceeds from my store, I hope to help the children bloom, just like the Sadafulee!