Happy Earth Day

Today we are celebrating Earth Day, a time to pause and reflect on the state of our planet, then move forward and act to PROTECT, PRESERVE AND CONSERVE the ONLY HOME IN THE UNIVERSE WE HAVE EVER KNOWN.

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This planet is not renewable.

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I'd love to hear your reflections on earth day.

This is my earth day peace sign 5x7 available

here. It is also available at Pizzazz's in Cedarburg, and as a card at Elliot's Partyland in Mequon, the Flying Pig in Algoma, and Pizzazz's.

I also have many photos that celebrate the natural beauty of this planet in my shop at http://www.jselep.etsy.com/.

All that Pizzazz is now selling my cards

All That Pizzazz! is now carrying over 50 of my cards for sale. Located at W63 N698 Washington Ave, in historic downtown Cedarburg, WI, All That Pizzazz is committed to promoting and supporting Made in America products and other handmade works. The store is bursting with whimsical and beautiful glassware, ceramics & pottery, and unique home decor items you don't see everywhere else.



I hope you will stop in to see my cards if you are in the area. I am very excited that I have cards for sale in stores like All that Pizzazz and Elliot's Partyland. I change out the seasonal ones, (Both stores carried some of my Valentine designs). After Valentines Day, I remove the unsold cards and replace them with different designs.

Of course, I have these designs and more for sale at www.jselep.etsy.com. Meanwhile, it is snowing here in Wisconsin. AGAIN! So here is a final image of spring I want to leave you with - Spring Will Come!

Valentine's Day Cards released!

Back on January 15 I was trying to design and create some Valentine's Day Cards. Then the children were off Thursday Jan 15, Friday Jan 16, Monday Jan 19, and and Friday 23. (I don't get much work done when the kids are home, go figure.) I also had a lot of other (real life) work to cram into the remaining days. This did result in a delay in my progress.


Eventually I created the original designs, photographed them, improved them, photographed them, printed the photos, assembled them as cards (finished product), photographed the finished product looking like a card, and then repeated the process with more designs. It's a lot of work for a $3.50 card but I had fun doing it. Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays.















I took the finished product to Elliot's Partyland on Port Washington Road in Mequon, WI, and they bought 6 of the designs! They are trying them out, since mine are handcrafted by a local artist, they are different then the commercial cards they normally carry. Some of the cards (3 different designs) already sold!

Elliot's Partyland selected a representative variety of the cards, so the ones pictured here are the designs being sold at Elliot's. I have these designs and more for sale at www.jselep.etsy.com, and at Studio 6, next to Tomaso's Pizza in Cedarburg.















I hope you enjoy the cards, and remember loved ones and relatives - Make them smile by sending a card today!