New Handmade Note Cards

I love making note cards. I try to complete a new one at every studio session. It's a great warm up for the days' collaging tasks. Here are two recent ones!

Therapy

I don't know whether or not you've guessed this, but making collaged note cards is therapeutic for me. Whether I'm using it as a studio warm up or specifically spending an entire studio session making note cards, I find that I can truly escape into the right side of my brain and put these together without thinking. I rummage through all my scraps and start assembling by color and shape. And then, of course, comes lots of glitter! You know I love glitter.

And I use these cards, too. For birthdays, anniversaries, thank you's, condolences. And I also include a free note card with every Etsy purchase! ;)

Although I make them available for purchase at my art shows for $5.00 a piece, they are not available online. Sorry.

Another Red Note Card

I'm not sure how I've gotten into the habit of using either unryu or banana paper as the base for my little note card abstracts, but I have. I guess I just like it! I'm intrigued by the plant fibers that run through it and the way the edges get all fuzzy when you rip it. That's the best part about these Thai papers, ripping them. Their fibrous edges make them appear even more beautiful when you do that.

Blue & Turquoise Note Card

Another day, another note card!

Lotus Pond

"Lotus Pond" - 6x6 - Mixed Media Collage - $90 + $10 shipping

available on Etsy

Years ago, while in Newark, Delaware, I was shopping in this fabulous little clothing boutique of locally manufactured designs, when I ran across the cutest, hand-crafted ceramic buttons. They were each one of a kind and I purchased a hand full of them. Every once in awhile, they find their way out of one of my numerous drawers of tchotchkes and into my artwork. That's where the "flower" has come from in this piece. 

Also, for the first time, I'm creating an option for the immediate purchase of this piece if anyone should so desire.

Orange Note Card With Green Butterfly