Happy World Card Making Day 2025 – October 4! I’ve been busy in the studio making handcrafted cards featuring authentic vintage elements, my own art, vintage rubber stamp and letterpress block impressions, and antique illustrations. I’m starting to get them listed in my Etsy shop, with many more on the way. (If you live in the SC Lowcountry, you can find some at The Beaufort Emporium as well.)

I love thinking that something I’ve created might serve as a tangible way for one human being to connect with another, perhaps bringing a smile. I’ve kept a zillion cards over the years myself!

art and text copyright Robyn Hood Black

My new cards are 5X7, made using archival cardstock with matching envelopes.

Here’s to cards of all kinds, especially handmade ones – from crumpled crayon masterpieces to professionally designed individual works of art. Maybe today’s a good day to make one of your own, and make someone else’s day?

For a history of greeting cards from ancient Chinese and Egyptian traditions to 15th-century European printed ones to Victorian Valentines and Christmas cards, visit the Greeting Card Association at https://www.greetingcard.org/history.