Hi friends! I hope you’re all doing well.
I feel strange writing a monthly newsletter sometimes knowing that there are so many more important things to think about and focus on in the world. At the same time, I do think it’s important to check in and hopefully provide a little bit of a safe space here.
I was reminded of this on Friday after playing a virtual game with friends. We’re all experiencing different things in our lives and living on opposite ends of the country and we’re all feeling a similar sense of sadness and doom. And there’s something really special about being part of a group where we make time to meet twice a month to work together and figure out this unfamiliar game (to us) called Dungeons and Dragons.
It’s funny because I was hoping to join an online writing workshop this summer and I find that D&D is kinda like that. It’s a fun way to build a fictional world and to think deeply about your characters. It’s also interesting to see the different perspectives that the other players/characters bring and how they react and move about in our shared world.
Anyway, here is my character below. Their name is Figaro "Fig" Fleming. They are a Nakudama Cleric with a penchant for healing others with food. I also sketched out a mini comic from our first session where Fig wakes up from a nightmare.
Since we started playing last month and I spent some time thinking about my character, it inspired me to think about the characters for this month’s postcard. Here is the sketch I have so far…
I decided to draw sardines with tomato for the June sticker which also inspired the pattern for this summer’s bookmark.
I printed the drawing as a greeting card and recently placed an order with my manufacturer to print out my summer bookmark pattern as one of my new washi tape designs.
Here’s a sneak peek of my two washi tape designs:
I’ve been embracing brighter colors in my work and they do make me happier. I’ve also brightened my pin packaging too!
⚘ In Transit ⚘
The May snail mail was sent out the first week of June! While working on the postcard drawing, I decided to change the sketch because the angle and house shape looked too similar to April’s postcard drawing with the crow.
(Wisteria House postcard & Rabbit Journaling sticker)
⚘ Favorite Little Things & Book Finds ⚘
Some secondhand books I recently picked up! Ocean Vuong’s book has been on my list for so long so I was very excited to pick that up!
That’s all for now! Thanks for being here and listening/reading! 💛
💛 Justine