Handmade valentines & learning Hebrew

I'm trying to learn Hebrew, and so for my valentines this year I decided to write "love" in Hebrew. It's pronounced "ahava" and spelled אהבה .

I made them out of repurposed thin cardboard from a coffee cup carrier (and some scrap card stock with drafts of illustrations on it), which I painted with watercolors, and then drew on with gel pens and markers.

Practicing drawing mouths

Handmade Mother's Day card

I made this card for my mom with gel pens on card stock.

A New Years collage card

Today I made this card for my sister for New Years and Belated Christmas.

Happy New Year!

Collage Holiday Cards

(Low quality photo because I forgot to take more photos before sending them)

A 30th birthday present and card

It was recently my partner Eric's birthday. He was really hung up on the grave significance of turning 30, so I made sure to make an extra special card to commemorate the occasion.

I made the card using magazine clippings (some from vintage National Geographics), a cellophane bag that was originally used to package a greeting card from a store I used to work at, and a sewing machine to close it at the top.

The note reads from left to right.

It's the Holiday Season!

Collage holiday cards. I love holidays!

Collage Birthday Present: It's Your Day

Yay birthday presents!

It's Your Day collage birthday card

Birthday Kitty

I drew this card of my parents' cat Abigail for my sister's birthday.

Ugandan Taxi Card

Last spring I took a trip to Uganda to visit my sister. One of my favorite Ugandan cultural things that I saw was the taxis. They often had decals of sayings on the back window. These sayings were often cheesy godvertising (though sometimes not).

When my sister's boyfriend David's birthday came around, I wanted to make him something special because he is awesome. Here's what I came up with: