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Father’s Day Card

I hadn’t planned on doing another post on handmade cards so soon, but then Father’s Day was incoming and I spent days working on the card for my Pa. So, since this is what my week mainly creatively consisted of, here’s ANOTHER HANDMADE CARD! I knew I wanted to do a knight theme for myContinue reading “Father’s Day Card”

The Art of the Envelope

Last week I played around with a new watercolor technique, and as always I ended up with some small paintings and nothing in particular to do with them. I realized they would make the perfect little summer cards to send out to a few people, and that means DECORATING ENVELOPES!!! I’ve had a long traditionContinue reading “The Art of the Envelope”

This One Goes Out to the Mothers!

My yearlong homemade card series continues with a card made for my marvelous, magical Mama Maloy! I felt drawn to springtime colors and inspired by the apple blossoms covering the world when making this card. Mother’s always make me think of trees and roots, the nourishing of new life from one’s own body, the continuanceContinue reading “This One Goes Out to the Mothers!”

Handmade Birthday Cards

Since I swore to only give out cards I make myself this year, I’ve had two birthday card projects this month: One for Claire (my co-blogger here on CC for those not in the know) and one for Zack, a friend here in Boulder. Throughout this process, I’ve discovered I LOVE making cards for myContinue reading “Handmade Birthday Cards”

Handmade Valentines

So, my impulse was to start this blog with a long-winded rant on why I generally think Valentine’s Day is a consumer-holiday-of-the-worst-sort, all “buy me diamonds” and “Disney-taught-me-everything-I-need-to-know-about-healthy-adult-relationships” malarkey. But I think that sentence will do… And given that every holiday is really just what you make of it, this year I decided to makeContinue reading “Handmade Valentines”

The Honeymoon Project

An old college friend invited me to her wedding celebration, and it seemed the perfect opportunity to practice my drawing and watercolor. Instead of buying a card, I would make one, and since my gift was a donation to their honeymoon fund I had my obvious inspiration. As always, there were lessons learned through thisContinue reading “The Honeymoon Project”