Re-stocking

 As mentioned, my grief card cupboard was bare, and so I set about cutting paper, setting type, inking up and printing. Then the illustrating and then the packaging and the final step updating the inventory.

All done now!

In a way it's sad that these are my best sellers; but in another way I am happy that folk can choose simple, heart felt and hand made cards for folk who need their thoughts and care at the time.

After finishing the illustrations for the dandelion cards - with the quote "they lived and laughed and loved and left... and life will never be the same again"

I find it quite meditative drawing these flowers and counting the seed heads that remain attached; and those that have been blown away.

This time around I also made some of my 'dandelion' cards in a portrait format, and they look OK.

Envelopes found and inserted, and then all tucked up in their cello bags ready for sale.

The other cards have the quote 'may flowers grow in the saddest parts of you' and  have a garden of hand drawn and coloured watercolour flowers.

This time around I chose a random set of colours for each card. I like working with the Graphitint watercolour pencils because they give such nice mellow colours - nothing bright or cheery.

All packed and ready to go. I printed a few on smooth card this time as well; and they have these lovely plain white envelopes which are lined with the deepest, darkest navy blue and look really really good.