January 28, 2022 — Can you relate?! 🤪 And how many good, fun friends does this new design bring to mind, especially in the lead-up to Valentine’s?

Because it so hits home, it’s one of my all-time favorites, inspired by longtime friend and cardie Kaija Donahue. A born storyteller, Kaija was coaching Cardthartic on how to get with the program and be better at posting on social media one day when she and I both made the exact same silly comment at the same time. Without skipping a beat, Kaija said in her great, deadpan way, “Same kind of crazy.” Cracked Us All Up!

One thing’s for sure, a crazy love of cards runs deep in this community. Our most prolific contributing cardie, Mary Morini, early-on introduced herself by saying, “I’ve been a happy card addict for years. And while it may sound dramatic, my life changed the day I walked into my favorite card shop and laid eyes on a Cardthartic fixture. Reading each and every card, I felt that someone had somehow read my mind, skillfully enhanced my words, and printed them on a card.”

Cardie Camille Annotti once confided, “I must send more than 150 cards a year … and from whomever has received a Cardthartic card from me, I seem to get a phone call or a note saying, ‘That was the cutest, kindest, loveliest, cleverest, most thoughtful, funniest, etc. etc’ Always in the superlative.”

A year ago now, Barb Penny told us, “Since the pandemic began, I have sent a card each week to some of my closest friends, just to keep their spirits up. I mail the cards on Friday so that they arrive on or about Monday, so the week begins on a cheerful note. In fact, one of the friends told me that she now actually looks forward to Mondays!” (Talk about crazy! 🙃)

After receiving her copy of the Big Book, Cardie Claire Bergad teased, “I’m going to have to start managing my money better because this catalog is going to ruin me!”😉

This oft-repeated quote from Cardie Carolyn Reinertsen feels so true: “Until I found Cardthartic, I didn’t really know there were others like me who thrive on taking the time to find just the right card in which to write just the right note to friends and family to let them know we’re thinking about them and wishing them well … I’m glad to know there are many of us doing our part to knit together a loving net of supportive connection.”

Crazy, isn’t it, how we all found each other here and are, together, leaving our stamp on the world?! Enjoy your weekend and maybe make a point of connecting with a same-kind-of-crazy friend or two!

Jodee Stevens
Founder & Chief Creative