I love business cards.  love them.  When I was little my mom would be in craft shows and I would be dragged along and bored out of my little head.  So I started collecting them.  I would love to see how many I could get and then pick out my favorites.

Unfortunately my collection did not survive puberty, college, and moving out on my own (although I still have every card each of my parents have had since I was small, and every single one I have had - days job AND artsy/crafty!).  Until recently, I did not realize I had started collecting all over again.  I love to see the different styles, the lines, the colors - I pick them up wherever I go and save them, and love them. 

So, anyone who wants to send me a business card of theirs is welcome to, and in exchange for it, I will send you one of my collage postcards (I am hoping that is a good thing to you).  Any takers?  If so, email me at hope@thesoulofhope.com and I will send you my address!   To make this offer even MORE enticing... out of all the cards I receive, I will randomly select 3 winners who will each get a special assorted card set which will include 2 of my new Paper Vignettes (shown below, oh and please check out the new page -  -and let me know what you think too!).  Let's say all cards I get within one month from today - so that is August 17, 2006.  I think that is a Thursday.

This means I need to get at least 3 people to do this! So...

Please.  Spread the word.  Tell your friends.  Send me a card (or if you have more than one style, send them all for more chances to win!)

Oh, and new shop news to note:  Paper Relics shipping prices have changed, now if you want to order 1 or 2 individual cards shipping is very, very reasonable!

Also, I am participating in Leslie's In My Life flickr group (if you are not playing, please consider - it's fun!), but besides posting there, I have started a set of In My Life photos so you can see more photos of my life...(just what you always wanted I am sure) but some photos are kind of neat to see.  I will be adding to it all week.  Anyway, see my set by clicking here!  Let me know what you think!