It’s gingham time, also the notecards are back
Here at the ol’ cottage, the dandelions and forget-me-nots are blooming but nary is there a lilac in bloom.
Spring has taken its time getting here, unless you’re at a mall. Then it’s summer dresses galore.
I recently wistfully beheld the beauty of my summer dresses all lined up in the closet just waiting for a sunny day.
This is where my love of dresses began… at Hadrian's Wall in Rome.
He’s cute but not much of a talker.
I bought this dress on the Isle of Capri with the lovely Áine back in 2010, so you know providence of the dress was already off to a good start. I wore that dress out. Seriously. Remember when I lived out of my suitcase for a year, then stretched it to four? Yeah, that dress was part of all that. And holy goodness gracious it held up so nicely until the fabric wore out.
Though I had to toss the dress eventually, I’ve been buying versions of it ever since.
And to really dive deep into the obsession while I await warmer weather, I started painting gingham dresses.
Then I added a few more dresses, uploaded the scans, performed some magical digital jiggery pokery, and voila!
New notecards:
What I love love LOVE about designing these notecards is that I finally found a decent printer who prints fantastic hues on the INSIDE of the card. Technology has finally caught up to my artistic desires. Here is one of the insides, but they are all matchy matchy different with the outside of the cards. Good times!
I also created a set of gingham dress notecards that went out with the Cottage Letters this month:
I SOLD OUT of the cards pictured here with the four dresses. Amazingly enough. I’m so flipping happy that people are liking the Cottage Letters. The rest of the letters in May will include another notecard, so if you want to try out the letters, now might be a good time to score a fun extra notecard so you can send your own letter.
Just look at all these Cottage Letters in the basket, ready to head out to the post office.
It’s like the philatelic equivalent of a gingham sundress.
Anyway, I’ve been redesigning the old notecards now that I have a printer I actually like. I’ve been posting a slew of the familiar Paris scenes in the shop as well as some new art that comes along…
It’s amazing what gets done when one is waiting on the weather.
Janice
