Thank YOU!!

I want to give a giant THANK YOU to everyone who came out to check me out (I mean my booth!) at the Highland Market on Saturday. The weather was awesome, despite the odd spells of rain, and I couldn't have asked for a better day. The support and warm reception towards my cards mean a lot to me!! There was so much talent there and it was great meeting new faces and other local entrepreneurs sharing their own passion with the community.

Speaking of passion...the days following the market led me to think about me, my cards, what I'm all about, and what I'm trying to achieve.

What I do is extremely modest and small, and truth be told I don't even really think of myself as running a "business" because frankly, I think I'm having too much fun to justify calling it something serious like a "business." The simple fact is that I do it for the love of it and I do it for the love of what value people receive from it.

My mentality on "never creating the same card twice" proves to be both a blessing and a challenge, but it's the challenge I love! It forces me to think outside of the box, to try new designs, creations, styles.

As for blessings , I can't stress enough how much I love telling people that the card they are purchasing, or the card I am giving to a friend or family member is the only one that was, and will, be created. And with that you can't imagine the high I get when I receive positive feedback from customers about how much the recipients loved their cards, how it was their favorite of all the cards received, that it was the one they kept after throwing the others away, and that it was the card that they displayed most prominently in their home. It's comments like these that let me how much the cards make them feel special and valued, which is exactly what I'm trying to achieve.

In this growing world of a buhjillion people, we're constantly surrounded by others: at work, school, with friends, family, it's endless. But despite all that, everyone in this world is created unique and beautiful in their own right, and well, shouldn't the cards that represent the important events in their lives be just the same?