etui

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.

I found these ultra-lovely silkscreened cards at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn last month. The artist, working under the name of Etui is a graphic designer who designs and prints the cards to stay creative. When I first saw these cards I was overwhelmed with emotion (as I often am over lovely things) but this time, because they look much like the dreams I have over and over. Growing up in Portland, Oregon, I spent a lot of time playing in parks and green spaces, and I have photos of me in similar actions, with leaves all around. I have reoccuring dreams of myself at Wilshire Park in Northeast Portland, of me on the swingset, jumping from tree top to tree top, and running through piles of autumn leaves. They are really happy beautiful dreams, although I guess it’s been a while since I’ve had one. I saw these cards and felt like they really summed up my feelings of my own childhood, and I absolutely love them and will frame them.

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