Genuine, thoughtful, and poetic paper goods and engravings inspired by the darker side of life, designed and handmade by a husband and wife team in rural Oklahoma.

 
I’ve written and designed 73 cards for Strong and Hardy. Of all of them, this one sells the most. Like, it’s not even close. Wish I knew why ๐Ÿค“ โœถ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐‘Ž๐—ป-๐ฆ๐‘Ž๐—ฑ๐™š ๐—ฎ๐ซ๐˜ • ๐‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐ž๐’๐‘’๐’“๐‘Ž๐˜๐‘’๐™™ ๐‘๐’š ๐˜ผ๐‘ฐ โœถ Back text: I am i
The ladybug is a symbol of health, good luck and prosperity in worldwide throughout history. And fun fact: they smell through their feet and antennae ๐Ÿž โœถ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐‘Ž๐—ป-๐ฆ๐‘Ž๐—ฑ๐™š ๐—ฎ๐ซ๐˜ • ๐‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐ž๐’๐‘’๐’“๐‘Ž๐˜๐‘’๐™™ ๐‘๐’š ๐˜ผ๐‘ฐ โœถ Body of a Flower: Lad
๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’’๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ. ๐ท๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘. ๐น๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ
1. Recognize when you need a break from the internet. You are not staying informed, you are staying enraged. The media exists now solely to do the latter and we are consuming hours and hours of it every single day. Your brain is being hijacked in way
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๐ŸŒ™๐ŸŽƒ Hฬฃaฬฃpฬฃpฬฃyฬฃ ฬฃHฬฃaฬฃlฬฃlฬฃoฬฃwฬฃeฬฃeฬฃnฬฃ!ฬฃ ๐ŸŽƒ๐ŸŒ™ This is where you’ll find us @odditiesandcuriositiesexpo in 2025! Returning to a few previous cities and visiting some brand new ones! 17 cities in all! ๐Ÿคฉ We hope you’ll come see us! It’s
My grandmother dedicated the last decades of her life saving the lives of so many birds that she was known as The Bird Lady to all in my hometown. And yet, it wasn’t until my early 30s that it dawned on me that I probably love including birds
A wise artist in my feed recently shared the sentiment that we can no longer rely on social media to build a following, that those days are over. That we must return to sharing our work and building those relationships in person. We’re lucky if
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At not one but two recent shows, a single person purchased all visible inventory of our holiday cards. Each stating they were giving them to as many friends and family as possible. ๐Ÿ˜ณ We should probably sell box sets of just this card. Maybe? {Link