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If you’ve been keeping up with my Unemployment Projects, you already know I’ve a penchant for drawing books (check that post out if you want some tips on book-drawing). In fact, I am so obsessed that I have been drawing notebooks full of books:

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OKAY I KNOW IT’S WEIRD. BUT, they are coming in handy. I decided to scan all of my drawings into my computer, and make notecard sets, presumably to give away at the next holiday! Of course, you don’t have to draw BOOKS to make your notecard sets, you can draw anything!

SUPPLIES

  • Sketches
  • Scanner
  • Photo Editing Program (for laying out your cards)
  • Cardstock
  • Rotary Cutter (or very straight scissoring, to cut your paper in half)
  • Envelopes that fit Quarter Sheets of Paper
  • A ribbon

I am sure you do not require step-by-step instructions, but here are some tips!

  • Hand write the year, the name of the picture on the front of your card, and your name, and put these on the backs of all your cards for a personal touch.
  • Make a variety and package them together with envelopes and a ribbon for a complete gift.
  • Test out different settings on your printer to get the best look.
  • I am going to include a card with my cards sets — this one is going to be hand drawn with a single book cover (presumably one that relates to the person receiving the gift).
  • You don’t, of course, have to make sets. You can make single cards and mail them out. (I miss snail mail!)
  • I used this sort of layout when printing (except, you know, even):
  • card-layout-2

Here are some of my final card designs (more or less):

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(Except I actually cut a border around these books so as not to have to print in all black!)

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(You might noticed I got the above from a certain Catcher in the Rye Desktop Wallpaper!)

As a congrats to those of you who actually finished the post, the first three people to email me at maria[at]stickersanddonuts.com with their address, I will send one of my  sample cards, with a little note inside! (There will probably also be stickers on the envelope.) (EDIT: Done & done! Everyone who emailed will get one. I’m a sucker!) Everybody loves snail mail!

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