Candy has always considered herself blessed to spend half the year on the Jersey shore and the other half in South Florida. Most evenings, she walks a mile or two up and back whatever shore she’s strolling, picking up every piece of litter she sees (bless her!).

Friendship is definitely a Candy specialty. As our founder, Jodee, tells it, “Candy is caring through-and-through. For years I’d noticed this fit woman walking miles up and down the shore each evening, carrying a bag for all the litter she picks up along the way. I finally met her in January of 2017, soon after she’d returned from the Women’s March on Washington. Candy had flown solo up to D.C. and, on that long, chilly march, carried a big backpack filled with dried fruit and trail mix for anyone who might need a little sustenance along the way. As I came to know her, I learned this retiree volunteered cleaning cages at the Pelican Rescue each week. And it didn’t take long to notice that many of the things she has to say are card-worthy!”

“I’ve always loved and sent a lot of cards,” says Candy, “but never appreciated how much that meant to people on the receiving end until I packed up my aunt’s house after she passed away. Under her bed I found a big box filled with two decades of cards from my late sister and me! Aunt Nippie was like a mother to me — raising us after our mother died when I was seven — so you can imagine how moving it was to see for my own eyes how much she cherished all those cards we’d sent over the years.”

As you can tell by her card messages, this Contributing Cardie is as caring and poignant as she is fun and just plain funny. In 2019, when our Creative team saw the great cowgirls image, we sent the pic off to all our Contributing Cardies for input. Like a well-made magnet, Candy’s message stuck!Women on horseback magnet

Candy says that, when she saw the photo, she was reminded of “two great friends that I’d go to dinner and clubs with back in my 30s. They were — and still are — very fit dance instructors with studios of their own. But having great shapes did not stop these Jersey girls from occasionally asking me, ‘Does this outfit make my butt look big?’

“Of course that was in the days before women embraced the shapely ‘gifts’ they’d received from genes or exercise,” Candy explained. “Thinking of these gal pals made me smile because, while they worried that they were too well-endowed in the derriere, I envied them … I had inherited a flat behind that no number of squats will cure!” For the record, Candy still looks as good as she writes! :) From Candy, we anticipate more more more.

Designs with messages by Candy

  • Needlepoint heart caregiver support card

    Needlepoint Heart card

    $3.50 Item # 93892
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  • Duckling Family card

    $3.50 Item # 94094
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  • Rust colored mailbox thinking of you card.

    Rust-colored Mailbox card

    $3.50 Item # 93894
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  • Women on Horseback card

    $4.25 Item # 94004
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Designs Dedicated to Candy

  • Two Little Lambkins card

    $4.25 Item # 94168
    Details

Candy has always considered herself blessed to spend half the year on the Jersey shore and the other half in South Florida. Most evenings, she walks a mile or two up and back whatever shore she’s strolling, picking up every piece of litter she sees (bless her!).

Friendship is definitely a Candy specialty. As our founder, Jodee, tells it, “Candy is caring through-and-through. For years I’d noticed this fit woman walking miles up and down the shore each evening, carrying a bag for all the litter she picks up along the way. I finally met her in January of 2017, soon after she’d returned from the Women’s March on Washington. Candy had flown solo up to D.C. and, on that long, chilly march, carried a big backpack filled with dried fruit and trail mix for anyone who might need a little sustenance along the way. As I came to know her, I learned this retiree volunteered cleaning cages at the Pelican Rescue each week. And it didn’t take long to notice that many of the things she has to say are card-worthy!”

“I’ve always loved and sent a lot of cards,” says Candy, “but never appreciated how much that meant to people on the receiving end until I packed up my aunt’s house after she passed away. Under her bed I found a big box filled with two decades of cards from my late sister and me! Aunt Nippie was like a mother to me — raising us after our mother died when I was seven — so you can imagine how moving it was to see for my own eyes how much she cherished all those cards we’d sent over the years.”

As you can tell by her card messages, this Contributing Cardie is as caring and poignant as she is fun and just plain funny. In 2019, when our Creative team saw the great cowgirls image, we sent the pic off to all our Contributing Cardies for input. Like a well-made magnet, Candy’s message stuck!Women on horseback magnet

Candy says that, when she saw the photo, she was reminded of “two great friends that I’d go to dinner and clubs with back in my 30s. They were — and still are — very fit dance instructors with studios of their own. But having great shapes did not stop these Jersey girls from occasionally asking me, ‘Does this outfit make my butt look big?’

“Of course that was in the days before women embraced the shapely ‘gifts’ they’d received from genes or exercise,” Candy explained. “Thinking of these gal pals made me smile because, while they worried that they were too well-endowed in the derriere, I envied them … I had inherited a flat behind that no number of squats will cure!” For the record, Candy still looks as good as she writes! :) From Candy, we anticipate more more more.

Designs with messages by Candy

  • Needlepoint heart caregiver support card

    Needlepoint Heart card

    $3.50 Item # 93892
    Details
  • Duckling Family card

    $3.50 Item # 94094
    Details
  • Details
  • Rust colored mailbox thinking of you card.

    Rust-colored Mailbox card

    $3.50 Item # 93894
    Details
  • Details
  • Women on Horseback card

    $4.25 Item # 94004
    Details
  • Details
  • Details

Designs Dedicated to Candy

  • Two Little Lambkins card

    $4.25 Item # 94168
    Details