08/01/2026
Often when I choose cards for the store, it's not just about a message for an occasion, sometimes it's about a cool image that a person can connect with. How much more thoughtful is it to receive a card because someone knows you love to sew, a cheese j***y or into Greek mythology?
*Pictured image from "The Meaning of Dreams, Isador Henry Coriat (1915)
From James Sotheby's "A New Elucidation of Colour" (1809)
Greek musical modes from the "Encyclopedia Londinesis" (1810)
From a Canadian bicycle shop catalogue: "T.W. Boyd & Son, Bicycles and Sundries (1918-1919)
From Friederich Johann Bertruch's "Bilderbuch für Kinder" (1805)
In Greek mythology, the Muses were the 9 daughters of Zeus inspiring science, literature and the arts.
From "The National Encyclopedia for the Home, School and Library" (1923)
From an illustration in "Mrs. Berton's Book of Household Management (1907)
From the "Illustrated Catalogie of Day and Night Bombshells of the Hirayama Fireworks Co., Yokohama Japan (c1883)
