[ it's a wondramous life ]

Did you know tomorrow is World Card Making Day?  

Yes, it is indeed a real holiday and there is always a reason to celebrate in our little creative world.   Start your weekend with this happy mail color challenge to use orange, teal and black on a card.  

If you need more challenges for WCMD, head over to fiskateers.com. There will be plenty of challenges to get your creativity flowing.


Then, mail that sweet card off to someone special and bring a smile to their day.  

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Doodlebug Design and Stacy Julian have kicked off a wondramous campaign.

happy mail

What is Happy Mail? Happy Mail is a concept Stacy Julian presented to Cynthea Sandoval last year at a trade show. Our Create-a-Card program was the perfect fit for this idea and with the help of both companies we are excited to announce it's launch.

What is the Happy Mail Campaign? The following statement was posted on the Big Picture blog today, "Starting Sept. 1 2012, I Stacy Julian, declare that I will make and send 365 handmade cards with handwritten notes. Now I do not want to do this alone and I know with your enthusiastic support, we can do this. Join me in a pay-it-forward Happy Mail movement where people rediscover the joy of sending and receiving handwritten communication (with a stamp)."

Why participate? The online world is an exciting place to work and hang out—with new advances in digital media and communication exploding at every turn. Many of these digital tools have established themselves permanently in our daily lives and routine—think email and Facebook. But the sheer volume of digital communication can be utterly overwhelming, driving attention deficit, dehumanization and diminishing returns on our efforts. It’s crazy to me, that these super-convenient tools, celebrated for their ability to connect people, can actually have the opposite effect. This is why my big idea is very old-fashioned and requires only a pen and a piece of paper.