The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre

I have a total love-hate rela­tion­ship with Valentine’s Day. (Yes, I know this comes a little late, but I’m about a week behind on everything else right now, so it seems somehow fit­ting.) Yes, it’s trite and silly and you should be nice to the people you love all year long, and not just when you’re oblig­ated to. Hon­estly though, I know I some­times need a little extra push. And the girly side of me is always dis­ap­pointed when I don’t get flowers (I’ve had a lengthy string of boy­friends who’ve com­mitted this sin, thinking that I’d dis­like being given them. Ser­i­ously, who dis­likes being given flowers?)

At any rate, every year, I have the best inten­tions to lov­ingly hand­craft gor­geous cards for everyone, and every year, I never get around to doing it. (I guess at least I have my tra­di­tions, even if they involve dis­ap­pointing myself!) This year her­alded a near-success, as I threw together a card at the elev­enth hour (lit­er­ally, it was eleven o’clock):

Aren’t I adorable?

It’s amazing how good it felt to spend just ten minutes drawing for fun again. Ten minutes! You’d think I could get into this habit, no?

On a side note, I’ve been insanely busy. Added two new pro­jects: a logo and a web­site.

Tags: design, misc, projects, websites