~ love notes ~

 it's the last day of January ~

and it is C O L D.

staying indoors, cooking hearty meals on our always-burning woodstove...

baking sweet treats for my beloved and keeping my hands busy

~ all help to ward off this deep-freeze we are in at the moment.

tomorrow marks the 1st day of a month of 

celebrating love & friendship, so I wanted to create a new set of blank

note/thank you cards using my original drawings...

I have always enjoyed the look of fine line illustration ~

using nothing more than an ink pen and tiny detail.

 

instead of printing directly onto the kraft-paper colored cardstock,

I thought it would be nice to print onto some of my hand-parched paper ~

 

then I stained the paper some more, 

and before adhering to the front of the cards,

I cut the edge of the drawings with pinking sheers...

 

while sitting in my keeping room, with old movies on the tv...

piping hot chocolate within reach and slowly cutting paper and gluing,

I was reminded how as a child growing up in Connecticut on frosty stay-at-home snow days,

always would I have my paper, scissors ~ pencils & pens scattered about me.

I guess some things never change ~ 

I'm blessed to be able to do what I love, and still channel that young girl

that drew hearts and flowers on everything she could....

 my sweet notecard sets w/envelopes will be available in my Etsy shop today, 

~ as well as here in our Shop at the farm

💌

wishing you all a day warmed by love and creativity!

 

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori