A Conversational Timepiece

For the creative-spirited soul, here is an idea from my own daughter’s dining room.

With 12 of our notecards, she has made a timepiece.

She mounted each sketched card on a block of wood.  Before the mounting, 1-inch thick pieces of wood were cut to the exact size of the cards.  She painted the cut-edges of the boards a variety of fun colors such as lilac, lime green, yellow, pink, etc.  She decoupaged the cards onto the face of the boards and placed a picture hanger on the back side.  After arranging them in a circle in an aestheticly pleasing fashion, she hung them on her dining room wall.  In the center, she used the recycled hands and works of an old battery-operated clock to tell the time. Voila!  Her self-designed timepiece has its place on the wall.

I enjoy hearing about the unique ways our cards can fit into someone’s life.  See the selection of cards available in our store.  Happy creating!

photo credit: Bretta Grabau

This year, in our Christmas Catalog, we are featuring two options for customizing our note cards.

1.  Customers may request the cards to be sent unfolded.

For example:  My daughter has ordered her Christmas cards from us.  She requests that we send them to her unfolded.  That way she is able to print the inside of the cards on her own printer with her family’s own special font and sentiment.

When the cards come unfolded, the customer is responsible to print his/her own sentiment and to fold the cards.*

2. We are also featuring a “Merry Christmas” sentiment with or without a Bible verse.  The inside will be finished for you and the cards will be delivered folded.   This convenience comes with a small extra cost.

*CAUTION:  In the folding process, do not attempt to crease the fold of the card with fingers with polished nails.  Nail polish can rub off and discolor the card.

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A Sweet Ride

My own brother has a favorite motorcycle.  It is from his delight in it that I was inspired to draw some sketches of it.

Earlier you got a sneak-peek at 2 images of motor cycles that we had in production.  They have now been released for sale.

If motorcyles are your passion, we invite you to look them over in our store.  These designs are entitled: Motorcycle Wheel and Motorcycle Motor.

I hope you enjoy them and be sure to drive safely!

Photo credit: Bretta Grabau

Departing from the normal can be somewhat of an adventure.  That is what I have done with the Christmas Wreath for this season.

Coming from northern Wisconsin serves as a resource for this time of year.   A wealth of balsam trees grow abundantly.  What better place could there be to use these boughs?

Many years ago my mother and her sister took seasonal jobs at a wreath factory.  Mom got so comfortable with the business that she and Dad began making and selling them for themselves.

In the off-season, we picked up pine cones that would later be wired together and rolled in white paint.  Bows could be made in the summer as well.  Once the frost hit the northwoods, my brother picked the pine boughs.  As long as the weather stayed cool, the wreath-making began in earnest, for it was then that the undecorated wreaths could be stored on cold ground underneath a protective canvas.  With the bulk of the wreaths finished, the decorating began.

This Christmas Wreath design for our card comes from a photograph of one of their creations.  The wreath is adorned with white-tipped pine cones and a red velour bow.

Whether your choice is the fresh-sketched pencil wreath or the one done in colored pencil, we hope it brightens up your holiday.

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