SilverCrow Creations Holidays & Celebrations - Graduation
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How we treasure our friends is different for each of us. This unique note card tells those special friend just why they are special. Quoting Jack Kerouac, with text color glowing from yellow to bright orange, just like his thoughts:
zen saying
Please remember that square greeting cards require extra postage.
Printed in USA
22June2008
Price: $2.50 each
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50 Days to a Better Life - Old-time Punch Board
Rizzo's Fortune Telling Punch Game
Answers to Your Questions Punch Game
Hallowe'en Stunt Board
The 50 Days to a Better Life Punch Board is inspired by similar ones from the 1920s! The instructions are right on the front:
Push Out a Task and Complete it Before Pushing Out another
Using the pin from the slot on the reverse side, punch out one scroll each day for 50 days. Simply do what it says.
Each cardboard tile (about 1/2-inch thick) veils fifty tasks - each rolled individually. a push punch, which is hidden in a sealed slot on the back side, is used to "push out" each day's allotted task into the palm of your hand! You can even save your tasks to use in your next collage!
Two sample tasks:
replace a button on a garment. use red thread & make a wish.
carry a rock in your pocket for a week as a reminder of something you want to do.
This truly special board is perfect for a friend who is in search of reason or trying to center his or her life. Maybe that friend is you yourself!
Made in India
14June2008
Price $12.75 each
Working Magnetic Compass
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This way cool compass actually identifies location. Now we don't suggest a 90-mile hike into unknown territory with just this little compass to guide you. But, it is a great fun way to teach a little one (or a direction-challenged grownup) how to use a compass. It is fully functional with a durable, clear plastic top. Each compass measures just 1-1/2 inch in diameter.
We also like to decorate packages for graduates with compasses like these - at least the compass will give them some direction...
Imported
Out of Stock
Price: $1.20 each
Good Luck Fortune From Within
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From KOCO NY, this square greeting card offers a good luck message for us all. On the front, from Walt Whitman:
I my self am good for- tune.
And, inside:
good luck
(it's all within you)
Please remember that square greeting cards require extra postage..
31May2008
Voyager Note Card
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Deborah DeWit Marchant's artistic search began with photography and journal writing. Her photographs capture every day scenes transformed by the light that fascinates her. The card, inspired by this East African saying, reads:
Only the feet of the VOYAGER know the PATH.
This lovely notecard is blank inside and, of course, is accompanied by an envelope.
Made in USA
20April2008
Price: $2.75 each
Honor Your Spirit Note Card
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Primarily a writer - with a passion for color, design and form - mary anne radmacher's original writings partner with her artwork which visually represent and accent her words. From her original writings, the card reads:
honor your spirit: listen. embrace your convictions without apology. whisper as the rain.
laugh thunderously. create a day you will long remember.
Bloomed Notecard
Book by Susan Mrosek
Susan Mrosek is the astonishing artist of these absolutely wonderful cards! How hard some of us try every day. And, trudging along, sometimes we make it; sometimes we don't; and then - sometimes we soar. This card captures that feeling - just when you need to express it. The sentiment reads,
He'd always looked, but when he looked this time he had bloomed. . . finally reaching his point of purpose. It was without a doubt the brightest year of his life.
The wonderful print of the watercolor painting illustrates this so very expressively on the notecard, which of course is accompanied by an envelope.
17March2008
Shoot for the Stars Arrow Pin with Crystals & Pearls from Maximal Art by John Wind
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What better message for anyone on a new adventure - whether it be retirement, graduation, a new job, marriage, or, even divorce!
This gorgeous piece reads
Shoot for the stars!
It measures about 2-7/8 inches long by about 1/2 inch wide. The golden base features crystals and pearls adding to the elegance that is standard with John Wind's jewelry pieces.
Like all Maximal Art jewelry, this sprightly brooch is designed by artist John Wind. This wonderful design features vintage style art, 14 karat gold plating and, of course, the Austrian crystals and glass pearls.
Each brooch arrives in a lovely Maximal Art gift bag and is certain to charm even the most discerning eye! Many Maximal Art pieces become collectible as they retire.
6March2008
Price: $45.00 each
Reach for the Stars Charm
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What better advice than this:
REACH FOR THE STARS
This lovely charm is fashioned from lead-free pewter and measures about 7/8 inch high by 5/8 inch wide. The hanging loop is in the back, so that it will also double as a small pendant or focal point of a necklace. There is also a tiny hold in the back that allows you to add a charm or bead to hang between the two bottom points of the star. But, if you choose not to do so, the hole is hardly visible.
Because of the great message impressed into the front, this makes a wonderful addition to a baby gift or collage, or, indeed, a graduation present. We're sure you'll find many uses.
2February2008
Price: $1.10 Each
Med School in a Box
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What a perfect gift for that new college grad who can't suffer enough - ready for Med School. Or, even for a high-school grad moving right into pre-Med! Here's a fun gift when you're not ready to devote the next ten years to grad school.
What fun for someone who is already a medical doctor and just wants a quick refresher course. Either way, the brilliant minds at Mental_Floss magazine are happy to help. Med School in a Box offers instruction in anatomy, physiology, neurosurgery, and other impressive-sounding subjects for a wildly low price (especially when compared to the real cost of Med School!).
The program includes:
Med School in 96 Pages: Your Comprehensive Textbook
10 Heroes of Medicine Trading Cards
10 Extra-Credit Study Cards
Devilishly complicated medical trivia board exam
Rolled diploma with real Latin words
It's the perfect gift for doctors and would-be doctors of all ages, from the highest-ranked boxed medical school in the country!
On the side of the box, it reads:
COMPARE PRICES AND SAVE!
Duke. . . . . . . . . . .$145,000 Harvard. . . . . . . . . . .$150,000 Yale. . . . . . . . . . .$155,000 Med School in a Box. . . . . . . . . . .$14.95
5February2008
Price: $14.95 each
Greeting Card - Japanese Gardens
Rebecca Pavlenko captures the peace and serenity of Japanese gardens and the serene simplicity of Japanese artifacts in her beautiful, hand-painted Polaroid transfer photographs. Contemplative quotations from great spiritual tinkers complete all of her truly elegant cards.
A serene garden walkway with Zen-like steps is evocative of the sentiment from Zen writings, accented by a tiny chop marker:
Every step of the journey is the journey.
This 5 by 7 inch card is blank in side and is printed with soy based inks on beautiful, textured uncoated 100% recycled paper with 15% post-consumer waste that rivals fine Italian paper. Envelopes are deckled.
22January2008
Hand Watercolored Greeting Card - Following Your Heart
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SilverCrow Creations is proud to offer this wonderful work of art that disguises itself as a greeting card! Created by J.Stone Cards, one by one, each card measures 3-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches, and is individually hand painted in watercolor and hand-glittered on elegant 100% cotton cream colored card stock with a matching envelope.
This special boat might take us anywhere throughout our life's journey, and the hand-lettered sentiment is special advice:
following your heart will cost you dearly but not following your heart will be much more expensive...
You'll rest assured that your missive will be treasured for years to come when sent inside one of these beautiful works of art
Each J. Stone card/verse/design etc is registered by COPYRIGHT and by TRADEMARK. Federal Law and Good Karma prohibit you from duplicating any of this without explicit permission from J Stone Cards, Inc.
Hand Painted, Glittered & Lettered in USA
19January2008
Price: $4.00 each
Art Postcard - Never Doubt...
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If you're not happy with the way things are, you can make a difference! That's the message from renowned anthropologist, Margaret Mead, on this wonderful art postcard designed in the tradition of 1960s posters. The illustration and calligraphy by Jody Richards certainly highlight Mead's sentiment:
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has.
Price: $1.25 Each
Copper Trust in Your Dreams - Be Free Charm
This little antiqued copper pewter charm resembles a parchment - it even appears to be flowing! It measures 3/4 by 9/16 inch and on one side, it reads
Be Free
And on the reverse, it reads
Trust in Your Dreams
This affirmation is certainly good advice for anyone, but we think it especially appropriate for graduation.
There is a little hole at the bottom for you to add a tiny dangle or crystal.
23December2007
Price: $1.45 Each
Congratulations!
Graphic Artist Janeen Koconis created this elegant note card from her artwork called Musical Conductor. Her artwork a collage of words and paint, with a quote from Ruth Ross:
There are only four colors, ten digits and seven notes; it's what you do with them that's important.
On the inside:
Congratulations
This is a square card in a square envelope - it may require additional postage.
22December2007
be who You will Note Card
Illustrator dug Nap is famous for his bold style evoking a contemporary burst of living out loud fun! Admittedly slightly twisted, dug creates cards with humorous sayings and renders them with a beautiful, painterly technique. His brushstrokes are worthy of his 16th century muse Lucas Cranach (for whom he named is cat), dug's work is artistically sophisticated and then just plain fun!
On the outside, he declares:
be who You will
The inside is blank for your own message - perfect for a special friend, or someone on the brink of something new!
dug's cards are printed on coated recycled paper with soy-based inks and measure 5 by 7 inches. Of course, an envelope accompanies the card.
16November2007
Alice In Wonderland Note Card: Impossible Things!
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Lovers of Alice and dreamers alike will love this card. But, we think it best be sent for a graduation or in celebration of another type of new beginning:
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - Lewis Carroll
11September2007
Blank Note Card - Be Yourself
From Provincetown on Cape Cod, Steve Katz creates vibrant Polaroid transfer photographs and hand colors them in his unique and complex style.
This 4-1/2 by 6-1/4 inch card is blank inside. On the outside, from Oscar Wilde, the sentiment reads:
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.
This all-knowing card is printed with soy based inks on recycled nicely textured papers.
9August2007
Price: $2.25 each
Note Card: Imagining World
Artist/philosopher Brian Andreas has created the Story People®. And, we are totally enamoured by his works. His voice, be it in verse or by brush, is pleasantly right on the mark:
In my dream, the angel shrugged & said, If we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination & then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand.
The card is blank inside.
15June2007
Wishing You Confidence
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Illustrator Harry Watrous created this elegant note card, with the inside message:
This is my wish for you - confidence in your abilities.
We wish that all wishes come true - especially wishes such as this. The serene communication and peace is so alluring, you'll want to frame this 5 by 7 inch card to inspire you daily.
Whether this be a crow, magpie, blackbird or raven, there is comfort in its presence as the air is filled with butterflies, feathers, balls, fairies and dragonflies. So many images of confidence for all the subjects of this fine picture are just waiting for interpretation!
We suggest this card for anyone celebrating a new beginning, or someone who needs a reminder of how special s/he is.
28July2007
The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great
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Lower the bar. Turn it down a notch. Get off that Stairmaster. The Underachiever's Manifesto is the playfully persuasive pocket guide to living life to the least and loving it.
With sharp humor and genuine wisdom, this welcome little book extols the fabulous benefits of underachievement in our overextended society. A witty introduction makes the case for the right amount of effort—a lot less than we've been led to believe.
Ten principles of underachievement establish the basics:
(#8: The tallest blade of grass is the surest to be cut)
And practical applications show how mediocrity is the key to happiness at work, in relationships, dieting, exercise, investment, and more. Devilishly enlisting examples from philosophy, economics, science, and good common sense, The Underachiever's Manifesto is a lighthearted, life-changing rallying call for those who dare to do less and enjoy more.
Ray Bennett is a medical specialist in the Seattle area who is still guilty of overachievement in treating his patients. This is his first book.
This little (4 by 6 inches) hardback book is 96 pages with twelve black and white illustrations. And, we just love that the title was hyphenated - not enough planning - or, does it even matter?
Printed in USA or Imported
18March2007
Price: $9.95 Each
Bedazzled by Joy Note Card
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From independent artist, Peter J Ketchum, is this wonderfully happy card with a verse adapted from a poem by Paul Vesey entitled, "To Satch":
One fine Morning I'm Gonna Reach UP and Grab a Hand FULLA STARS Look over at GOD and say HOW 'Bout THAT!
The author has named his print, Bedazzled by Joy. If only we could each feel this way every day! This card is printed with soy-based inks on recycled paper.
29May2007
VooDooBaby™ Albert
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"E=mc2", says he! Voodoo Baby Albert will increase your brain power to help you understand the most difficult of things. This is an especially good gift for students preparing for the BAR, SATs, finals, and other higher learning exams. And, we expect that graduates will enjoy getting one - to remind them that learning never ends! Albert is about 4 inches high and about 2-1/5 inches wide.
Each VooDoo Baby is hand-writhed from a single string of cotton thread. Amazingly, there is no wire inside the doll to support the structure. The creation of each VooDooBaby takes not only excellent artisanship, but also a great deal of attention, patience and care. They are an expression of imagination, creativity and appreciation and are not for real and possess no curse effect whatsoever - but wouldn't it be nice if they could?
12May2007
Price: $9.95 each
All things change... Greeting Card for Life Changes
Graphic Artist Janeen Koconis created this elegant note card to celebrate life changes. We love the way she attributes the change to the person rather than waiting for the world to change around us. The elegant acrobat reminds us to be flexible as does the sentiment:
The hand moves, and the fire's whirling takes different shapes.
All things change when we do.
Congratulations on making life change
The designer believes that a greeting card is not frivolous, rather, the opposite - that it has utility: a card can be a handshake or a kiss.
18February2007
Vintage-Style Gift Tags - Toast
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These gift tags are almost amazing as you are...and they're going to look great on your gift! You can also use them as Luggage Tags, and, if you're still reading...Imagine, right here right now, something you want to happen; and it just might....
We've only seen top-quality gift tags such as these ever! Simply write out your message, fold the flap toward the string, tuck it under the lip and what a special tag! Perfect, too for scrapbook pages, assemblages and collages.
On each side of our 1-1/2 by 6 inch tag, is a vintage-style illustration of a toaster that has just popped. On one side, a simple:
here's to you!
on the flap and next to the toaster. And on the other side:
you should be feeling like a piece of bread ...... because everybody's toasting you!
Made in Shanghai, China
26March2007
Package of 2 tags
Price $2.25
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Letterpress Note card - Somebody Far
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We just love letterpress cards and letters. The elegance of vintage stationery is all but forgotten. We're simply delighted that some smaller companies are offering the same high-quality papers and designs with a modern touch - so we can offer them to you! The vintage illustration of a globe, slightly tilted and the old-time font of the verse accent the richly textured paper. And, of course, because it is letterpress, you can feel the letters with your fingers.
The old-fashioned sentiment is perfect for so many occasions: birthday, thinking of you, the new year (whichever you celebrate), retirement, and so on:
Somebody far away wishes you many happy returns of the day
The 3-1/4 by 5-1/4 inch size is just what you need for those short messages and quick thank you notes.
17February2007
Price: $2.55 each
A Hundred Wishes - White with Red Bow
Available in Pink and in Blue
What would you do with a hundred wishes? Each roll has one hundred WISH tickets tied with a tag announcing what you would do with them:
If I had a hundred wishes I would give them all to you
This tiny roll of real tickets makes an excellent party favor or unusual gift for someone special. These are white, but they are also available in Pink and in Blue. A perfect gift for your Valentine, on that special day - or, to make any day special. We think they'd make a great wedding or graduation gift as well!
Of course, what better addition than these to a birthday scrapbook?
31January2007
Price: $7.50 per Roll of 100 Tickets
This is My Wish for You
Frequently one wishes to say to another, "I wish you the best of everything." This book delivers this message with power and sincerity. Welleran Poltarnees has taken Charles Snell's text and selected a painting or illustration for each wish, giving additional life to an already marvelous text.
We assert, without exaggeration, that this is the nearly perfect gift book. It is the smaller hardcover version of a book with the same title, measuring 4-1/2 by 6-1/2 inches.
This is a book created to be given. At its center is a poem by Charles Snell which was written for, and published in, 1914 as a small gift book. In it the giver, in a series of concrete images, extends the recipient many good wishes.
In the 48-page volume, Snell's words are presented within borders made by Daniel Maclise for a book entitled Moore's Irish Melodies, published in 1846. Selected images accompany each wish. These are made by a great variety of painters and illustrators, and range over more than 150 years.
This Is My Wish for You is in the tradition of ancient blessings, in which one tries, through the power of language, to throw a mantle of protection and beneficence over the receiver.
30January2007
Price: $8.95 Each
Bag of Happiness
If you love our Simple Rules for Happiness, you'll be ever so much more delighted with these tokens of happiness - meant to share or save - at once, or one at a time.
So, after all, what does bring happiness? The Chinese believe that happiness is five-fold: wealth, luck, prosperity, double happiness and longevity. The tokens within the auspicious lucky red organza bag represent these.
Coin - Wealth Gourd - Luck Monkey - Prosperity Pair of Mandarin Ducks - Double Happiness/Harmonious Love Pine Bough - Long Life
This set of six modern pewter charms is a lovely host/ess gift particularly when given at the new year.
1December2006
Compare at: $12.00 Our Price: $9.95 Per set
Magic Pocket Spell - Success
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Of course, we wish everyone a successful and happy life - now we have a magic spell for success - in a pocket sized format! The spells and rituals included Pocket Spell for Success are intended to help you identify your goals and to achieve them with the fervor that will generate success. You might find it in the serendipity of the moment and replace some of those goals with dreams!
In the sliding matchbox, you'll find the appropriate botanicals, magic seeds, magic rocks, magic fragranced oil, magic spells, a spell-casting sheet, mood candles and instructions. Of course, you might modify the spell to create your own new peaceful tradition.
Made in Australia
29November2006
Price: $7.50 each
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
We cannot say enough wonderful things about this book. We originally bought it as a package deal with another book. This story was slimmer and so, picked it up first. We suggest, just as the review from Publishers Weekly indicates:
Don't start this compulsively readable book without enough time to read it straight through to the final page.
Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic card player, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That’s when the first Ace arrives. That’s when Ed becomes the messenger. . . .
Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only one question remains: Who’s behind Ed’s mission?
Winner of the 2003 Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award in Australia, I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love.
Although this 357-page paperback book is officially considered juvenile fiction, it is a superb read for any adult as well! Please read it!
4November2006
Was: $8.95 Now: $7.50 each
Art Postcard - Duck
We can all only hope we can make it through the day like this little duck. How often we've been warned to keep our heads above water. Little do we know how important such advice is until we end up in a predicament like this little fellow!
This is just the card for a quick note of encouragement to someone pulling through hard times, or, as advice for a graduate or someone starting a new job, new life, new....
Printed in The Netherlands
17October206
Art Postcard - Giacomond (Out on a String)
This controversial painting by German artist Quint Buchholz features a young person walking a tightrope from the roof of a house. He is holding the other end of the rope. It might be either dusk or dawn.
There are just so many possibilities of meaning to this wonderful illustration, that we had to offer it to you! Does he create his own path? Does it simply present itself to him as necessary? Is he leaving home? or, just another building?
We think it perfect for a graduation sentiment that you might add. Or, use our Postcard Frame and settle it on your desk for inspiration.
Printed in Germany
Present Yourself Note Card
Susan Mrosek is the astonishing artist of these absolutely wonderful cards! The advice is meant for pondering:
Present yourself - as though you were a gift.
Such a wonderful thought along with such a special print of her watercolor - and in a note card! You'll want to pin this up nearby to remind you to live such a full and wonderful life.
We suggest this card for anyone celebrating a new beginning, no matter what the circumstances!
Imported or Made in USA
19juLY2006
Art Postcard - Sternewerfer (Star Thrower)
Now who wouldn't want this job? Filling the sky with stars! Oh, how many people you'd make happy! We think this the perfect graduation card as the universe opens to the graduate - or for any other reason that you want to make someone else smile. Or, how about for your desk in a postcard frame, to remind you of the simple and important moments we forget each day!
16August2006
Art Postcard - Put Yourself in this Picture - SUCCESS
Subtitled: HOW TO GET ALONG IN THIS WORLD...
and concluding with: Troubles WE Don't Talk About
The text, as well as the illustration is taken from an vintage magazine advertisement offering
...5,000 gems of worldly wisdom on how to live fully, joyously, successfully
...how to handle people, make money, be happy...
What good advice for anyone - makes a great graduation card!
Pocket Acorn Token
Cast in pewter, this sweet acorn pocket charm is perfect for the autumn. Add one to each place setting on Thanksgiving - or integrate it into your place cards. Acorns are the beginnings of sturdy oaks - making a gift of one is appropriate for any new beginnings - baby showers, graduation, retirement, new job or home, ..., the list goes on!
Several acorns shown for illustration.
SilverCrow Classic
Package Size & Price: 1 - $1.75 5 - $7.50 25 - $30.00
Golden Die Cut Congratulations Dresdens
These elegant golden Dresdens are die cut and deeply embossed meticulously. And you don't even have to cut them apart! Just the right thing for graduation, a promotion or any other occasion when Congratulations are in order. These paper die cuts are ready to use on your next project. We found them perfect for reproducing vintage German ornaments.
Made in Japan
package size & Price: 10 for $3.00 100 for $18.50
Bite-Size Einstein
Subtitled Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century, you'll find yourself reading this as a novel, it is so entertaining! With quotes on music, art, science and so one, you'll certainly be well-versed in Einsteiniana!
On art: I am enough of an artist to draw freely on my imagination.
On physics: As a human being, one has been endowed with just as much intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists.
With his wry sense of humor and keen insight, Professor Albert Einstein comments on just about everything - his insatiable curiosity took his observations beyond his mathematics and physics specialties.
This small hardcover edition (92 pages, 7 by 4-6/10 inches) makes a great graduation gift.
Price: $8.50 each Regularly: $13.95
Chinese Chop - GOOD FORTUNE
What better message for any day - GOOD FORTUNE! SilverCrow's hand-carved Chinese chop set arrives in a beautiful green brocade case with your soapstone Chinese seal carved with the characters meaning GOOD FORTUNE.
What a lovely engagement or wedding gift for an artist friend! Also, for a birthday, the new year - just about any occasion!
Accompanying each set is a traditional porcelain covered dish of red tael ink.
Of course, each seal is a bit different as the artisan carved each by hand. We are certain that you'll be as charmed by your seal as we are.
The image is about 7/8 inch square with a hand-carved square as its perimeter.
You'll find this wonderful one as a gift for yourself or someone who is quite dear to you.
Made In China
Price: $27.50 set
Art Postcard - Nancy Sinatra
This is the perfect card for someone leaving - anything - a job, a relationship, a town, or for graduation - any time someone is moving on - as boots are made for walking, after all.
Printed in USA 9May2006
5 Simple Rules for Happiness - Pocket Charms
Follow these rules, and you'll surely be on your way to happiness - if you're not already. Or, share one with a friend. You can even string them on a silken cord to create a necklace or add one to a charm bracelet or put one your pocket on the days you need a reminder. We think these little silvery rectangular charms are lovely in a notions dish upon your dresser.
1. Free your heart from hatred.2. Free your mind from worries.3. Live simply.4. Give more.5. Expect less.
Just the thought is a treasure in itself! They arrive in a silver organdy bag with a romance card so you can easily share them as a gift of inspiration to the souls nearest you.
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