This card is titled Surround Yourself with Joy, my new 2024 Holiday Card!
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I made this card before the hurricane hit Asheville, wiping out my studio building and much of our community.
Now as I look at it, the card has a different meaning for me.
The weeks following the disaster I joked with my husband that as I rebuilt my business I would change the name of "Happiness Through Art" to "Hate in My Heart" and start making very dark and depressing art. Haha just kidding, but it’s still a running joke we are getting a lot of mileage out of!
But now, weeks out and with power, non-potable water, and WiFi restored, things are slowly getting better and I am seeing a way forward through all the grief in our small community.
Now, more than ever, it feels important to surround ourselves with Joythis holiday. I am wishing this for you :)