I’m so proud of myself. This project was started almost exactly three years ago, and I can finally hold a deck of cards that I completely designed myself. Wow. They’ve been finished for a couple months, but have been stuck in China because of super-expensive shipping costs. They weigh about 60kg per 500 decks, and we ended up getting 1200 decks, accidentally. The company printed 500 of them on the wrong kind of paper, and fixed their mistake by printing 700 of the right kind. My dad found a co-worker that was making a trip to China, and enlisted his help to bring back a few of my poker cards. And now. They’re here. (Well, only about 20 decks are in the US now, but soon enough!)

I can’t really start selling them yet, since I don’t have access to the supply. But as soon as I do, I’ll announce it so whoever wants to can buy/ship/etc. I set up and Etsy account in case I decided to sell them online after they’re all brought back to the US. There’ll be a bit of a premium on it because of Paypal and Etsy fees. But they won’t be expensive at all - I’ve decided on $3 each or 2/$5. Cheap!!! Designed by someone you know!! I’ll even autograph it for you if you want

If you want to let me know in advance how many you want (you can even choose between normal or super-glossy), I’ll keep track and ship them out once I get them/paid. But no rush, I’m sure none of you plan on buying me out.

*This font is called Huxley Vertical - I set it and pulled prints of it for my font class two quarters ago. It might by the first font I ever purchase…maybe in the future. Things missing in this picture are not limited to the sketches of diamonds and clubs and aces in a (possibly lost) notebook and the entire deck drawn out on my dad’s old business cards. While I was looking through all these steps, I noticed a tangent that I forgot to finish (center top)… Next project: my business card.

Something funny:
Kency and I went to the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships last week (which was fantastic, UCLA won) and I noticed something about the Arkansas Razorbacks’ costumes…

Looks strikingly similar to my original ace of hearts, right? That just goes to show that creativity isn’t all that rare or unique in many cases. There are so many people out there that everything is bound to be “created” more than once.

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