Inspiration for cards or any artistic creation is very personal and won’t always appeal to everyone, but often some people. It’s common to doubt that yours will be interesting to anyone, let alone everyone until you put them out there and see
Then there is the marketing.
Also, are paper cards still used today with the cost of postage, the trouble parking to get to a stationers and then the post office for stamps and post box to post it. I find they are now much less convenient – awkward places to stop and pop a letter in the post box.
I find a new ‘toy’ to try and use that as inspiration, or find a long-awaited idea for a topper, printing templates to colour in various ways to get the effect I want – or discover.
What do you do for your inspiration?
What sort of cards do you want to send to people? Have we lost of the art of beauty for convenience? Facebook reminds us of birthdays and we send a digital word or picture. But it’s not the same as something to keep and hold, and remember.
I found some old mothers day cards from my daughters as children, in the photos I sorted over lockdown. They made me smile, remembering receiving them – where we were, eager faces looking for appreciation. Some old cards with lovely words I’ve kept that meant something to me so I bought it.
I often wonder who would be looking for what and why, but as unique and variable as we are as people are the sentiments we want to send.
I am giving it a go, no matter how nervous. My children have some in the past and I send to family too, but still, so strangers who buy them? We will see.
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