Frolicking in the Leaves
We are celebrating the arrival of Autumn, on the wings of cinnamon, sunflowers and apple harvests. I, for one, would just like to shout a big “woohoo!”. Granted, the frolicking has yet to begin, as there are only scatters of leaves on the ground, 
but that won’t stop us! Here, at TLC Inspirations, we only need the tiniest of excuses to have a party, so let’s get on with it!
In celebration of the changing season, we’re finally Featuring our first Artist(s) and we’re so excited to be introducing Rosemary to you, co-collaborator (run by two sisters and an aunt), in the creation of Rosebud. They are an online card company who create and sell, you guessed it, greeting cards. Not just ANY greeting cards, though….
“Imagine the background hum of Christmas music, as your feet twirl you from the baking cupboard over to the mixing bowls, where your eager children await further instruction. Buttery goodness permeates the room to signify the final moments of sugar cookie greatness, the golden edge. You prepare the rainbow of icings, pull out the sprinkles and let imagination do the rest.”
THIS is what Rosebud is about. Not quite getting the picture? Here, let’s get a visual…
How long have you been painting? Is it self-taught?
We started hand-painting our homemade cookies in our childhood and never looked back! This family tradition is the inspiration behind our creations! Only one of us does brush painting and she has been painting for over 15 years, having studied with various teachers.
What inspired you to sell your paintings in greeting card format vs. fine art?
We couldn’t wait until Christmas every year to decorate cookies, so we began baking and painting on other holidays; hearts for Valentine’s Day, bunnies for Easter, pumpkins for Halloween. As a way to share these goodies with friends and family, we photographed our cookies and sent them as cards for holidays and special occasions, with words of encouragement. Our creations evolved into a collection of paper goods.
Because a handwritten card is one of the simplest ways to brighten someone’s day, it made sense for our paintings to be sent in this format. However, we do approach our creations as fine art, and we found that we can express ourselves creatively while reaching more people through this format.
Are these designs from cookies you’ve actually made at home?
Yes! Every card in our cookie collection starts from scratch: baked in our kitchen, painted by hand and photographed before being printed on our high quality card stock. You’re seeing photographs of actual icing and sprinkles on each card!
All small businesses desire success, but how do you define “success”?
Because we began sharing our cookies and cards with a small circle of friends and family, we’re just excited to keep the circle expanding! It has been an organic and gradual process, and as our business evolves, we define “success” by surprising others (and ourselves) with new designs and continuing to create and share handmade gifts of love.
Rosebud would like offer you a choice of THREE out of the FOUR Autumn/Halloween cards pictured above (orange pumpkin, row of pumpkins, squash vine, pumpkin vine) as the prize for our…
☙✩∿⋰⋱☂⋰⋱⧽{ OctoberFest Giveaway }⧼⋰⋱☂⋰⋱∿✩❧
What do you have to do, you ask? Easy. Visit Rosebud Cards and then come back and tell us which one is your favorite! You can earn additional entries (up to 5) by tweeting, digging, stumbling and/or otherwise, shouting from the rooftops and hillsides (and don’t forget to comment with the link to your promotion). Giveaway only runs through October 7th. Winner chosen at random.
I love the Lavender Cupcake design!
Blue Snowflake
The Green Christmas Tree card is my favorite.
i like the Gingerbread Couple
I absolutely love the Chinese brush painting of a landscape. The card and the materials are beautiful.
i like the Row of Gingerbread Men card.
I like Row of Christmas Cookies 1. Thanks!
My favorite is the set of Study of Ning Yeh’s Amaryllis cards!
My favorite is the gingerbread couple.
The assorted Christmas cookies would be perfect to send out this December. The cards with the crab make me think of a precocious nephew I have who deserves a good hard pinch or two – I’ll refer my sister to the sight and the crab invitations for his next birthday party.
Posted your giveaway at: http://www.hmgiveaways.com/2009/10/4-handmade-greeting-cards-from-rosebud.html
We will tweet the giveaway as well!
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My favorite item is the: Purple iris card found here: http://www.rosebud-online.com/shoppurpleiris (it’s lovely!!)
Thanks for the chance!
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i love the bunnies! she has a sweet shop and i can not believe the diversity between her work! amazing.
I like the Purple Iris, a print of a Chinese brush painting done with color on rice paper.
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I love the Lavender Cupcake card. So cute!
The invitations are my favorites! Also the gift enclosures – I have used the little bunnies for baby shower gifts and got positive responses!
Tweeted the giveaway http://twitter.com/jgnp/status/4572669037
I love the Gingerbread Couple card!
The Chinese brush painting cards are exquisite. My favorite is the Study of Ning Yeh’s Amaryllis Chinese brush painting. Thank you.
I love the hydrangeas card. Very beautiful.
I like the Christmas Gift Cards…so simple and sweet.
I love the Study of Ning Yeh’s Amaryllis. It is so peaceful and balanced.
I love the blue ice cream cone card! These cards are just so cute and looking at them immediately takes me back to my own child hood… cutting and decorating cookies with my sister and my mom – holidays, laughter, fun. Very cute!