February 22, 2014
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February Red.
A friend is in need of a smile. She is turning the big THREE O this year. Hasn’t quite yet accepted the joy of getting older, she feels a bit down now that she is entering her 30s.
She got married a few years back and now has a two year old baby girl, yet she still feels this is a BIG deal. The poor girl wanted to plan a solo trip to South East Asia to wave goodbye to her 20s, but canceled due to a lack of financial means and the need to be with her family. Guess there will be no tropical sunshine on her b’day later this month, instead, a winter grey in New Hampshire, USA, where she lives.
So I’m handwriting her a brief letter to wish her a happy birthday and as an attempt to boost her low dose of merriness. I’m guessing it maybe better than a regular Hallmark b’day card. And since it is February, I thought it is only fitting to use a cheery red ink that I have been saving for few years for special occasions/letters. A limited edition from the J.Herbin line of inks.
And just to make it a little different from the b’day cards she’ll be receiving, I thought it would be neat to use a sealing wax as well, using carved name stamps/seals by an awesome maker in Taiwan. Hope all these will be enough to put a smile on her face, even just for a day.
Comments (4)
Wow your handwriting is so nice! I used to have those Chinese stamps as well.
Such a cool idea Rudy. You know, I have some sealing wax like that, and I have my father's seal. I have used it on some personal mail when I used to write letters to dear friends and family.
thank you. it could be better. i'm still trying to figure out how to write less sloppy. as for the chinese stamps, i have three
you do? how awesome. hope you get to use them more often in the future. it is such a dying art, sad to say.