Musings
Thoughts, stories and inspiration from the maker behind maoleesa creations.
What doesn't get thrown away
Most of the cards I make go to people whose lives will brush briefly against mine and move on. These are the nostalgi...
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A card is not a wrapper for a message
Most of us have treated a greeting card as an afterthought, something grabbed at checkout to accompany the real gift,...
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Verdant Nova
Verdant means green in its most living sense, full of growth, not yet finished becoming. Nova is a star in the moment...
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Summer Blooms
Summer has a particular quality of warmth, generous, unhurried, the kind that settles into the skin before you think ...
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Three years of silence, one card
There are friendships that do not end - they just go quiet. And then one day you find yourself holding an address you...
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Grounded
There is a particular kind of person who does not announce themselves. They do not arrive loudly or leave a dramatic...
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Handmade vs mass-produced greeting cards
Both handmade and mass-produced greeting cards serve a purpose. But they are not the same thing, and the differences ...
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Creation - what does it means?
I have been thinking about what it means to make something. Not in the grand sense, not the romantic image of an arti...
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For the ones who are hard to shop for
Some people have everything. Some people want nothing. And some people are simply impossible to read when it comes to...
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