No offense
to Hallmark or American Greetings, but sending cards on special occasions is
getting, well, cost-prohibitive, so sad since many of us enjoy sending all those pink and red cards, slathered with all sappy and sticky sentiments.
Those of us
of a certain age may remember our elementary days celebrating Valentine’s
Day. A few days before our party we’d
decorate paper lunch sacks with crayons and stickers and white paper doilies,
with our names BOLDLY reminding the cute little boy we had a crush on which bag
was ours. God forbid he could accidentally
put MY card in the wrong bag!
We’d secure
our bags on the tack board, or on a rope along the wall, or perhaps right on
our desk. The day of we’d break in the
afternoon for our party. Everyone proudly deposited their secret cards
into each bag. We’d enjoy freshly baked
and brightly colored cupcakes, more simple than today’s versions along with boxes
of warm milk. We hit the mother lode if
someone gave out boxes of candy hearts with cute sayings, or boxes of red
hots. Or better yet….chocolate foiled
wrapped hearts. And then we’d
painstakingly read through every card to be sure that one special card in fact
was there.
Hearts could
soar, or be broken in an instant. Whichever
side of the coin toss you ended up on, it’s a wonderful childhood memory. I loved it.
I wish I could decorate a lunch sack today and have it filled up with
mushy poems of love.
This year I
decided to opt out of the purchased option replacing it with functional cards of a different kind. So
here I am…..tangling up a storm inside while it’s blowing snow and cold
outside. I decided to design Zentangle®
bookmarks in lieu of cards. The tools are simple and on hand….heavy vellum card stock,
pens and markers, along with the sleeves for the finished product. I still need to pick up a bunch of red corded
ribbons that hang off the ends.
So here they
are, handmade, crafted by hand…..minus the ribbons, ready for Valentine’s Day.
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