This is the perfect card for this year and all the essential people in your lives.
UPDATE: You can read more about creating Valentine’s cards in the time of Covid in this Vox Article with Angela Ensminger, Hallmark’s creative product development director.
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Valentine’s Day continues to be one of my favorite seasons to create artwork for at Hallmark! I absolutely LOVE how this card turned out, the designer did such a lovely job adding processes and finishing the design. I hope there are many happy girlfriends who receive this card this year!
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Last Valentine’s Day my very first Paper Wonder cards that I collaborated on arrived in stores and since then I’ve been lucky to have the chance to create mono-weight laser lettering for several cards, including this new Val diorama. Other examples include these Thanksgiving and Love cards. This just might be the card I give to Dale this year!
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The first month of a new year is always an exciting fresh start — especially this year! Between unfathomable lows leading up to inauguration day and the joy of seeing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sworn in, this month was a rollercoaster for our country. Personally, I got back into the swing of working from home after a holiday break, embarked on my first ever Whole30 with my parents, and celebrated Dale’s immunity day after his second Covid-19 vaccine!! I’ve also been analyzing and organizing my house — basically a New Year’s tradition. Around the web I loved seeing this sustainable DIY:
I’m also really loving browsing for antiques online. I love this piece Mackenzie found for her home!
After my Whole30 month is officially over (just a few more days!) I know I’ll have to do at least a little baking. Maybe these cookies? Or my weird recent craving, key lime pie?
On a healthier note, two of my favorite Whole30 approved recipes: Jambalaya and Spaghetti Squash Pad Thai
Feeling much more patriotic as this month comes to a close!
And I LOVED the inauguration fashion. Fancy coats are my favorite, I wear my bright red J.Crew one all winter long.
Not so patiently waiting for these lamps to arrive for our bedroom.
And I’ve been loving our new humidifier, and so have my dry eyes.
Someday I would love to upgrade my IKEA desk I’ve had for years. This one is a contender…
I spent New Years’ weekend at Turkey Hill with my family. My mom and I went cross country skiing around our property two times — it was so beautiful and I was amazed at how much the scenery changed each day. The second morning there was a hoarfrost which made all the pine trees look like real life flocked Christmas trees! It was the perfect way to kick off the new year.
