Musings

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Reflecting on 2017

Now that it’s the end of the year, many people have been posting their “best nine” - their nine most “liked” Instagram photos from 2017. As I refle...

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Sometimes Unicorns Are Just Horses Wearing Strap-Ons

I generally walk around with two questions bouncing around in my head: Why is my shit perpetually such a mess, and how is everyone else keeping the...

Things To Do When You're In A Depressive Spiral Before You Crawl Into Bed (From One Human To Another.)

I don’t know about you all, but I often feel like I’m both okay and not okay, sometimes in a ping-ponging sort of way that’s a little crazy-mak...

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Reflection on 2016: You Are The Sprig Of Green Growing Out Of Shit Mountain

Instead of the regular rotation of holiday markets, I spent these last couple weeks camped out with my sister in a Taiwanese hospital helping my da...

Fuck You, Universe: Cards For Grief & Loss

In extreme freezing conditions, your body restricts blood flow to all extremities, conserving and redirecting its limited energy to preserve only t...

On love and loss, but mostly on love.

In the past couple years, Kwohtations has not only served as a crash course in starting and managing a business, but a lens through which I’ve come...

How To Grow With Integrity?

Dear everyone, I think a lot about what kind of person I want to be when I grow up (although I suspect that I will never feel entirely “grown”), an...

Cards For Love And Other Feelings

Hi everyone, Every year around this time, I can’t help but reflect on all the thoughts and feelings (oh, feelings) that Valentine’s Day stirs up fo...

Doing the Maker Hustle

Dear everyone, A confession: I’ve been a witness to and a participant in the glorification of “busyness” that has become pervasive in certain circl...

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Giving Thanks: Finding a Voice in Greeting Cards

Dear everyone, Yesterday was Thanksgiving. And while I struggle with celebrating a holiday founded on an atrocious version of history, I appreciate...

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Why I Travel and Dealing With The Post-Vacation Blues

Dear everyone, Two weeks ago I was in Colombia visiting my friend Amy, with no agenda to speak of except to wake up when it got too bright out to s...

Why Diversity Matters in the Card Aisle

Dear everyone, A couple years ago, a friend shared with me the difficulty of finding birthday party invitations for her daughter that featured brow...