Nov 4, 2023 — If she’d not gone off to the big card shop in the sky 18 months ago, our Cardie Oma Hannlis would be 100 today!  🥳 The photo of her enjoying the big stack of cards sent from Cardies far and wide was taken back on her 95th.

For anyone new to our Cardie Community, I’ll describe Hannlis Hawk as a dear friend, neighbor, and favorite beach buddy of mine here on Miami Beach. The star of many a Cardie Newsletter, H was a constant source of inspiration — for our cards and LIFE.

For years, out my office window overlooking the Atlantic, I’d seen the whippet-thin woman with snow-white hair swimming in the sea and beachcombing day after beautiful day. Finally, one afternoon eight years ago, I went down to the shore to write and made a point of parking my fanny near where she was stretched out on a beach blanket reading.

An unbreakable bond was formed that day, and I wrote and dedicated the card above to Hannlis. And the first three designs you see below, they began as messages sweet Cardies penned in their own birthday cards to H over the years.

A few months after we lost Hannlis, in May of ‘22, I was sent this amazing poem written by the brilliant Bernadette Noll, and it seemed to describe my friend more exactly than I ever could. I shared it with you then, and now will again … with thanks for allowing me to share her wisdom, grace, and good humor with our caring Cardie Community, here’s to Hannlis, who undeniably aged like sea glass.

Jodee Stevens
Founder & Chief Creative

Nov 4, 2023 — If she’d not gone off to the big card shop in the sky 18 months ago, our Cardie Oma Hannlis would be 100 today!  🥳 The photo of her enjoying the big stack of cards sent from Cardies far and wide was taken back on her 95th.

For anyone new to our Cardie Community, I’ll describe Hannlis Hawk as a dear friend, neighbor, and favorite beach buddy of mine here on Miami Beach. The star of many a Cardie Newsletter, H was a constant source of inspiration — for our cards and LIFE.

For years, out my office window overlooking the Atlantic, I’d seen the whippet-thin woman with snow-white hair swimming in the sea and beachcombing day after beautiful day. Finally, one afternoon eight years ago, I went down to the shore to write and made a point of parking my fanny near where she was stretched out on a beach blanket reading.

An unbreakable bond was formed that day, and I wrote and dedicated the card above to Hannlis. And the first three designs you see below, they began as messages sweet Cardies penned in their own birthday cards to H over the years.

A few months after we lost Hannlis, in May of ‘22, I was sent this amazing poem written by the brilliant Bernadette Noll, and it seemed to describe my friend more exactly than I ever could. I shared it with you then, and now will again … with thanks for allowing me to share her wisdom, grace, and good humor with our caring Cardie Community, here’s to Hannlis, who undeniably aged like sea glass.

Jodee Stevens
Founder & Chief Creative