Thank you so much but do not envy. I have taught so many people to paint that I know for sure ANYONE can do it, they just don't know it yet.
I do have people tell me they save the cards

Oh, PLEASE show us. I do paintings in all mediums, LOVE oils and watercolors the best, but do some of all. I usually do very large or very small. People always have room for mini paintings and buy them like crazy.

I also sell my paintings as prints (minis called ACEO cards). If you are not familiar with them, Google them. You might want to sell some that way.

How neat. I LOVE those. Good job!!! (and for a very good cause). I had cancer 21 years ago

Oh my! You start taking pictures of what you have done. I'm OLD so I have thousands, but if I had started taking them early, I'd have thousands more, many that I WISH I had. So then, when would I find time to look at all of them??? LOL!

I have that. It's Zebra Grass or the same without the stripes across the green grassy parts. What I love is, that if you cut a lot of them when they are still closed up, pull the grass part off and take them inside, let them dry out for a few days, they will open and curl, making a beautiful dried bouquet. Then you spray them with hair spray and they wiil stay pretty for YEARS. Be sure to wait until they open all the way. You may even want to spray them a color with spray paint.
In your photo, they have not yet opened and look just right for picking/cutting.

Oh gee! I'm so old that if I put pictures in this thread from "my" long ago, people would think I was from another world!

Forrest Gump
Steele Magnolias
You've Got Mail
Fried Green Tomatoes
Quiggly Down Under
An Affair To Remember
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
and the Hallmark movie Sarah Plain And Tall.
(can u tell I'm from the south???)

PS: I can't do it right now, it's my busy season and I am swamped, but after Christmas I could teach you how to use HTML so your site can be exactly like you want it, without using the templates that everyone has access to. It's not that difficult to learn, trust me. I am 74 and have done my own since 1998.
If I can help, let me know.

I made up my mind in 1998 that I would learn HTML so I didn't have to use all those icky templates and I did!
A free site is good for a beginning site, but as you begin to get more hits, you need more room for those, but you can get plenty of that for anywhere from $4.95 a month to $11.95. Yahoo is GOOD.
Mine is in a mess right now and needs some work but I advertise my artwork there (since 1998) and I now sell to people in 50 states and 5 other countries. You can see it at www.jozart3.com

I would absolutely LOVE scrapbooking, but I already have so many things to do ... I love photography and gourmet cooking AND I have to MAKE time to ride my horses.

I just retired from wall murals about a month ago. I have painted since I was 4 years old, 70 years to be exact. Since 1993, I have been doing Christmas cards too, for many people in the horse industry. I did my first wall mural at 4...painted horses and dogs on my bedroom wall and got spanked for it! My mother lived to see me make good money for that. LOL! I sell Christmas cards each year to many horse people in all 50 states and 5 other countries, so now is my busy season.
I really like your murals and hope we'll get to see more!
Here are a few things I have painted. The ones with horses are cards.

Christmas card


Card for my bird-lover customers


A deer I did a loooong time ago


Emmet, On wood


A floor in a Porte-cochere


I also paint ceramics


Canvas


Wall in a Children's clinic waiting room

I'm just now reading this thread and it's pretty easy to see what you are saying.
It's like when I was a little girl, my hero (my dad) told me many positive things to make life easier for me. One of those was:
"If you see someone without a smile, give 'em one"
I have only one person I don't like, so I guess I DO have an S list, but I speak to her politely. I read your post and never thought for a moment that you sounded angry. Merry Christmas.
As far as being a Christian, yes, I am proud of it, but if you are one, you don't have to tell it, your actions speak for you. (and you never should ever PUSH it on anyone)JMHO

Good heavens. What on earth was all the fuss about?
That person is 16 and doesn't yet know what "IGNORANT" means.
Ignorant is NOT a bad word. It means you don't know. This forum is FOR people who want to learn from others,(so we won't be ignorant of certain facts) so criticizm is a really good thing here.
Everyone is ignorant about something because no one knows EVERYTHING. Maybe this one will grow up fast....maybe not!!!

Hahahaha! Now didn't that do a lot of good, and why did I open MY mouth??? LOLOLOL! Sorry, I'm OLD and find this funny, but kind of pitiful. Don't hit me.

Nope just me. People often accuse me of looking like Paula Deen though! (picture below) Wish I was her age again!

Me and "Passion in Blue" (aka: Porter)

#3 for me. Love it!