Blog — cards

I love Etsy. I really do. It’s not just because I am a card designer who sells through Etsy, but it is because of the myriads of talented artists and makers who showcase their work on that site. There really are SO many different makers and products on Etsy that it can sometimes be hard to find the best of the best — especially when it comes to greeting cards. I hate to admit it, but I think that some of the most talented card designers with some of the most beautiful and creative work can be hard to find on Etsy because...

Over a year and half ago I wrote a blog post about starting a card line. It was kind of scary, but I was going to throw it all out there and see if my card designs could resonate with other people. I had every intention to write about the process, but I spent the next year working every free minute I had to develop over 50 cards and other products. Needless to say, blogging didn’t happen. So, this post is that update. Better late than never, right? Here we go (first with an infographic): June, 2015 – CARD LINE CONCEPTION I had been...

As a lover of cards and all things handmade I decided that I wanted my son to make his own Valentine’s Day cards this year. He is five years old and is at the stage where he loves coloring and cutting with scissors. He needed to be able to make 16 cards to give to his preschool classmates and, at first, I thought that would be way too many cards for a kid that age to make…until I realized that he could make 1 or 2 BIG CARDS and then cut them (which he loves doing) into smaller cards. BINGO....

Today I added over 20 new cards and art prints to my shop. I have been working so crazy hard on these for the past two months and am stoked to finally have them up and ready to go!   This summer I had gone on a road trip with some friends to Waco, Texas. While we were shopping we stumbled upon an awesome boutique that carried beautiful cards from several designers I had seen online. When I saw that they had their designs out in the real world (not just online) it lit a fire inside of me. I came...