Blog — "Valentine's day"

Happy New Year! I hope you all rang in 2014 in a fabulous way, whether that be out on the town or on your couch. We decided to have a fairly low-key event with another couple and decided to go duck pin bowling. Nothing says "Happy New Year" like the crash of some old bowling pins.

2013 has been quite the adventure for me as I quit my day job as a teacher, got married, turned the big 3-0, and traveled halfway around the world to Australia for nearly a month. It has been a good year, and I can only hope that 2014 will be just as fabulous. I wanted to start 2014 with a bang, so I thought what better way to bring in the new year than to launch my new Valentine's Day card line? Just like last year's line, there are some sweet, some hilarious, and some naughty as well. New this year is a special card just for you Baltimore locals. Shall we take a look?











I have worked really hard on this year's line of cards and I am completely satisfied with how each and every one of these turned out. I feel as though I have found a groove and creative energy that has started to click for me not only in this new line, but in the set of cards I have most recently been producing. It's hard to choose just one favorite!

Be sure to check out the full Valentine's Day card line! And as an additional bonus to you all, use the code MYVALENTINE on a purchase of $20 or more and you will receive 15% off. That's for one day only, so hop on it people!

Alright, which of the cards is your favorite?!

You may have seen my five million tweets or Instagram pictures about this, but I guess I'm totally going official with it now on the blog. The 2013 Valentine's Day card line is complete! Last year, this card propelled my shop to new levels that I had not expected, so I really wanted to be prepared for Valentine's Day this year. I spent so much time working on these cards and the hard work has paid off! I am so excited to share nine new designs for the upcoming holiday-- some sweet, some funny, and maybe one raunchy. ;) Here's a look at the final line.


I hope you enjoy the new line of cards as much as I do! And of course all of my other Valentine's Day designs are still available in the shop!

Now that you've seen the full 2013 line, which is your favorite?

So you may remember some fun I had with markers and I had promised I would show the end result. I finally had the chance to get everything printed, photographed, and listed in my shop. And here is the final result.




While the vibrancy of the colors became a bit more dull, I am still happy with the outcome! So much so that I had to try another idea with creating a scanned image card. This time, I used paper cutouts of hearts, did some PhotoShop magic, popped the PhotoShop magic into an Illustrator file, tweaked a few things here and there, and viola!


What do you think?

I'm loving all of the fun ideas I've been having for Valentine's cards, but have been trying to design some new stationery these days as well. I'll be back with that in a few days! :)

Don't worry, I know I'm way ahead of the time. Maybe that's a sort of good thing considering usually I'm lagging behind. But I had an idea pop into my head this past weekend while I was working with a typewriter font and I just had to go with it. Sometimes I think of designs at the most inopportune moment (or in this case, inopportune time of year) and I have to get them down or they'll be lost forever. So I went with it.