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Today I am posting my first "celebration of friends" (the odes to your name here I was telling you guys to stay tuned for).  But before I post that later on… I finally decided to create an etsy.com seller account to sell some of my cards.  I’m only posting a few to see how it goes before I post the rest of them — some of the newer ones are going up today.  That said… click here to see my etsy "shop."  There are a few fees associated with listing and selling items, but they’re much better than choosing to sell in a local boutique and it keeps the cards cheaper for my buyers.  I factored in those fees when setting a listing price and if it still proves to be a little high, I’ll bring it down.  The only shipping fee for buyers is the value of a postage stamp (all of my cards are small enough to place in a standard envelope).  Best part: you can "heart" me and my shop!  If you like my cards, be sure to add me as a favorite or show some "heart."

I value your input, so leave me a comment or shoot me an email with your opinion on the cards (would you like to see more posted, is the pricing too high, etc…).  Love you guys!  Be back later…

I mentioned before that I’m starting to make cards again and hopefully build up my collection so that I can sell them soon.  I’ve got Birthday, Thank You, and Congrats collections in the works.  Some are bold and colorful for spring and summer and others are more earthy and toned down.  If you like any of my cards or need one for an upcoming event, let me know!  I am open to "orders."  If you like one of the samples, but would like it even more in a different color or with a different pattern, just let me know.  Almost all of my cards include hand embossed stamp designs and I am making more to include eyelets, ribbons and other "flair."  I’m most likely going to post them on a site and selling them online, but I have yet to figure out pricing and I want to get a few more samples and collections going before I venture into that arena.  So… yea.  I love my cards and I hope you do, too!

So… here are a few of the samples from my first batch (the file sizes are a little weird): 

Dove is hand embossed in "Midnight Ruby Obsidian"

"thank you" and quote are embossed with fine line silver. 

Stamp is embossed in fine line silver. 

Dragonflies and quote are all embossed with clear detail powder over a milk chocolate brown ink. 

"thank you" - embossed with clear detail powder over forest green pigment. 

Dragonfly - embossed. 

Paisley designs and "Happy Birthday" - embossed.  Cake is gold metallic pigment over black chalk pigment. 

i must say, it’s been a pretty great day.  slept in.  played some kickball with friends at the intramural fields.  (and forgot my sunscreen and now have a good burn on my scalp and shoulders ).  did a little cleaning around the house.  worked on some greeting cards (more about that in a minute).  and spent about an hour in borders sipping on my new favorite iced latte (hazelnut) and lusting after books i can’t currently afford (boo, hardbacks!).  i bought three books and one gift for under $25 (!!! — oh how i love the discount).  

back to the greeting cards — i used to make cards ALL the time my senior year of high school and, after some suggestions from family friends, considered selling them.  but college applications and squeezing in those last months with friends put my potential little card "business" on hold.  now, i’m back in the swing and am once again thinking about selling them through one of the local boutiques.  we know a woman who does the same thing through one of the local boutiques in downtown lawrenceville and she is pretty successful.  i love greeting cards and especially value those that are handmade and heartfelt.  i just hope the rest of athens agrees with me.  in the next few days, i’ll post some pictures so i can get some feedback.  

but right now, i’m going to attack one of my new books and eventually call it a night.