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The Spring 2024 Collection is here!
What inspired the spring collection? What do you love about it?
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When I started painting this collection I had just gotten a pallet of jelly gouache. I had never heard of it, but during some late-night doom scrolling, as one does, I impulse-bought a set. 😬 Oh my goodness, jelly gouache is so much fun to paint with. The colors are so bold and I love the inherent opacity of the pigment. I still paint with it like watercolor, which enables that loose floral feel in the art that I love. Since I was jazzed about this new pallet I had to experiment and the first painting I did wound up setting the whole tone for the card pack- it was the turquoise card design if you’re wondering. I liked the look and feel of these designs, which were a good contrast with my more typical hand-painted, water-color cards. I wanted to make sure there was a fair amount of differentiation for our first printed set of cards and the fact that I got that result on the first try with a brand new set of paint, well it was kismet for me.
What is your artistic beige flag?
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Ha! Oh so many! But as it pertains to Hello Petunia in particular…I will paint a card for someone, I will write a lovely note inside it, I will address the envelope, and then… I am incapable of mailing that card until I find the perfect stamp. Secret share time? I am a crazy stamp collector lady and have been since I was a child. For the longest time, my most prized possession was a bicentennial stamp of Sybil Ludington, hometown hero, iykyk.
Who is your next handwritten card going to be sent to?
This is a tough one because I currently have a cache of cute stamps waiting to be used… I think it will have to be a birthday card for my grandma's twin sister. Plus, all the handwritten notes I plan to send to all the lovelies who order this first set!
