It's not even April...

...and I've already got my Mother's Day cards ready to print! I badly wanted to be considered for Poppytalk's Mother's Day Market so I busted 'em out in less than 24 hours. Feeling pretty smug right now.

What do you think?? Which one is your favorite? I love animals. I need to make more animal stationery.

Up next is Secretary's Day, coming in April! We secretaries need appreciation too. I already have the illustration for that one inked, it just needs some color & prep for print! It should be available within the next week also.

Oh, and because I said I'd share some exciting news this week, I will share some exciting news: My husband Jamie got into grad school for mathematics! Which means we will be moving somewhere new & interesting in July! This has been a goal of his for years, so it's great that it's finally coming true. ♥

Well, now it's time for some letter-writing & mail art. I think I earned it.

♥ Ciara Kay

Miscellany

Random post ahoy!

Look what I bought at Michaels on Monday! ♥ I went in for that one purple pen and left with all of this (and a few things for Scoutaroo). I could not resist those stamps... or those postage stamp stickers! Or really any of it, which is why I spent $40 instead of $15.

Stamps, ink, a purple pen, notepads, stickers, STAMP STICKERS, ribbon

Look what I got in the mail yesterday! I hosted a stuffed collaged envelope swap over on swap-bot.com and I got this special treat from Texas. I love the black labels!

Goodies galore! Including David Bowie articles... ♥

 Look what I made while I was supposed to be doing other things! A 4-month planner! (I ran out of pages okay?)

I used an old journal (removed juicy journal secrets first! I'm carrying this around with me, after all).

Added tabs & hand-drawn calendars.

Weekly planning pages are a must! I like to map out every detail of my days and looking at the entire month gets overwhelming...

So that's what I've been up to. I have some exciting news that I'll be sharing later this week!

♥ Ciara Kay

Letter-writing Soundtrack

Lately I've been all about Mist Giant. The vocals are enough like another instrument not to be distracting, but their sound is interesting & haunting... I love it!

I've also been enjoying Grizzly Bear. What a bunch of weirdos.

And CocoRosie's "old" album (better than their latest, interested in their upcoming) The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn always make for a nice backdrop of sound.

The Devendra Banhart station on Pandora has unearthed a few new-to-me gems as well! I need to pick up a few of that guy's albums... After I stop spending all my money on craft supplies.

What do you like to listen to while you write letters? Opera? Folk? Metal? Silence? 

I've been slowly catching up on letters! It feels nice. :)

♥ Ciara Kay