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By day, I work in theatre and anaesthetics, which means my life revolves around airway management, surgical drapes, and keeping people peacefully asleep. By night (and on my precious days off), I trade my scrubs for a paper trimmer and dive into my true creative escape: designing cards.
Working in the operating room means my world is highly technical, fast-paced, and incredibly sterile. Cardmaking became my absolute sanctuary—a chance to get messy with ink, play with vivid colours, and channel my energy into something tactile.
But theatre nurse life also teaches you a lot about human connection. You meet patients at their most vulnerable, right before they go under, and you learn exactly how much a reassuring word or a bit of humor matters. That is the exact energy I bring to my cards. Whether they are designed to give someone a much-needed laugh or just show you care, each one is crafted in my spare moments with a lot of heart, a healthy dose of silliness, and maybe a little bit of leftover O.R. adrenaline.
When I am not monitoring vitals or covered in paper scraps, you can usually find me mainlining caffeine and trying to convince myself that my cardstock stash isn't a safety hazard.
Thank you for supporting my small business and helping me spread a little more joy, one envelope at a time!

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