My First Customer

I put together the final card designs for my first paying customer, a good friend who, like me, strives to stave off all things Hallmark. While I combat the greetings card giant with a burning hot glue gun, blinding embossing powder, and scything pinking shears, my friend uses her extreme powers of investigation to find the almost-invisible independent craftspeople who can help her build up a forcefield of handmade stuff. The final two sets of cards I made were a female birthday set and a male blank set:

Once the collection was complete, I had great fun indulging my stationery-loving side by packaging all the sets in a Rather Agreeable Manner:

And because I'm such a nice, kind craftsperson and want to pledge my allegiance against the greetings card giant, I included a freebie for my friend:

I loved all that packaging up! And she loved all the unwrapping and finding delights! I think it's safe to say I have One Happy Customer, so that's a good 100% record for me so far.