It seems like everyone is either completely pro-Valentine’s Day, or completely anti-. I’m really just done with the rhetoric of both sides, and ready to enjoy it for what it is – sinful amounts of chocolate, cards exchanged between friends, and time with people you love. It is what it is, neither a huge deal nor something I feel like completely ignoring.
So, when my friends and I decided to have a spontaneous Valentine-making party over the weekend, I got stoked. After brunch was dismissed, we ran to a couple of shops to gather necessary materials – glue, glitter, lace, pompoms, cuttings from an old dictionary, and stick-on jewels – and then reconvened with snacks and the entire library of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. And then we got cracking.
My one-size-fits-all card. The letters are rub-on letters!
Chris and I share an affinity for the Pixies, so it was reflected in his card.
A few more for-anyone cards:
And a NSFW card for someone who hates Valentine’s Day:
Other thoughts:
The dictionary we cut up was the one my mum used in college. I never use it to look things up anymore, but I wanted to use it for something. So I’m using it to make new things. Score!
Chris drew me a card by hand. [Yes, he went to art school.]
Did you all make your own cards?
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The one you made for Chris is my favorite! I love the colors and the shapes.
Thanks! All the perspectives were a little off, since I was shooting without a tripod or any kind of lighting [next time!] but I think they turned out well. A coworker asked me if I planned to sell them – maybe next year I should!
[...] awhile back, I inherited an enormous amount of rub-off lettering. I used some of them to make Valentines, but really, it just sat in my closet, begging for use. I didn’t want to waste it. Until I [...]