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Spring Cleaning 2026

Four cards we're saying goodbye to this season—and two newcomers to the shop 💌

Just Because

Last month I sent out a poll asking subscribers to vote on their favorite theme for 2026 spring originals, along with suggested occasions where each theme would work well as...

Shopping with Your Heart | Holidays 2025

This year calls for a backwards Black Friday. Instead of panic and rush shipping, slow collecting. Instead of trendy items that'll be in a landfill by spring, treasures (or relationships)...

Greeting Cards, Reimagined

Back in the spring, I sent Signed Cricket email subscribers a poll to vote on some new greeting card designs that would be occasion-themed, with messages on the front like...

Permission to Play

Making Time for Creativity “You inspired me!!!!!!” A bit startled, I opened the email—and then it dawned on me where I'd heard the sender's name before.  "We stopped by your...

Collage: The Art of Revisiting

Revisiting Paintings I’ve been cutting up old watercolor pieces this month 🫣  You don’t realize how precious something is until you get the scissors out!    But I'm building collages...