To be away

Dear all,

I realised it’s been such a long time since I updated anything on this blog. To my surprise, there are still some visitors to the blog daily. To these people, thank you so much for your support and for dropping by.

Unfortunately, due to a very very hectic day job schedule, I am unable to spare any time making cards. It’s very sad for me and I really feel sorry to have rejected several people who wrote to me asking for cards. I didn’t want to make it official here at first because in my heart I kept wishing and thinking that I would be back to this very soon but alas, it really seems quite impossible at the moment (or in fact the past few months)

I will come back to making cards one day because I really like doing it and those papers and the tonnes of ribbons / stamps stashed away in a big box under my table need to see daylight once more.

To those lovely people who have bought cards from me in the past, I thank you from the bottom of my heart because you have given me much needed motivation and proved that what I did wasn’t meaningless. And to those who are interested in getting cards from me but can’t do so now, I hope that I can return to this hobby soon enough for you to revisit the site. In all, thank you all for your patience and I look forward to the day when I can reopen the site again.

New Year 2011

Hi all! I am back )

Despite the temporary absence, I found that I still had some visitors to my website which I am guessing is because Christmas cards by ASHCARDS have reached their destinations and people are dropping by to check the website. I certainly hope that’s the reason!

Christmas is going to be a busy period for me but I may take some time out to start on New Year cards post Christmas. I believe most people combine their new year greetings with their Christmas wishes in their Christmas cards so what I am thinking is not so much of “Happy 2011″ but more of Chinese new year cards. I am not so sure if people my age give out CNY cards but I am guessing that people around me don’t do so because most of the cards on the market look too traditional and “old”. Perhaps if cute and simple CNY cards are available, some people may start giving them out.

The year of the Rabbit (2011) is a theme which may provide a lot of creative ideas, as rabbits are viewed as soft and cute creatures and it’s easier to translate these qualities to a card as compared to say, the year of the Snake or the year of the Horse for example. I am thinking simple rabbit cut-outs and carrots? LOL An extremely appropriate character which I thought of is Miffy. (Since we had Mickey for the year of the Mouse and Snoopy for the year of the Dog etc.) I don’t know any other rabbit characters who look pleasing  and simple enough to put on a card (Bugs Bunny is too annoying to be on a card) So in a nutshell, stay tuned for the CNY cards!

Away

I will be out of town from 5 Dec – 21 Dec, so I am sorry I won’t be able to respond to your emails / requests during this period.

Sorry for the inconvenience, I will put up new cards again after I come back!