Why Cringe on Cardmaking

Everyone of us has the bittersweet memory on cardmaking when we were little. That one fateful school day when our art teacher told us in a very cheerful manner that we will be spending the whole day making a card (and normally it is for our parents). This incident happens either when it is already nearing mother, father or even Christmas day. We all have the same reaction, each time the teacher announced this. We cringe. We are scared of starting yet another tedious project and not knowing how to end it. We are scared of the complications of card making knowing that in the end our cards would only look as sloppy and we will end up throwing it and buying mom or dad a card from the store instead.

Does the paragraph above ring a bell? Do you have similar experience on card making? Well maybe you can pretty well relate with the experience of Kate when she was in elementary but read carefully because in the last few notes you will be amazed how she transformed this seemingly pet peeve when she was a little kid into a hobby and eventually a source of income!

It was again that activity that everyone dreads, including Kate. These fifth graders hate surprise activities, especially art projects that come unannounced and yet your teachers expect you to come up with the most creative card. Similar handmade and personalized card in those samples that they brought with them to show us. Well, they can't fool these kids. Those samples are made by professionals, there is no way that these kids can came up with such adorable cards given the fact that they don't have any material with them and they are only instructed to make do with what they have.

For more than ten years, Kate would normally have this activity in school. Slowly, instead of being grumpy about it, she learned about the tricks of the trade. Knowing that card making is one of the most expected school activity every year, she tried her best to be ready all the time. She have some art materials neatly stacked inside her locker in case of emergency. Also, she have a small notebook where she writes every card idea that she could think of at any given day. Since then, Kate looks at card making with much excitement and anticipation. This was to the amusement of her classmates. She always earn an A for every card making activity this helped her to get good grades and eventually a scholarship.

Eventually, her classmates and teachers could already see her talent in card making and would normally ask her to make cards for them and they will pay her! Kate was very happy. Imagine doing one of the things she loved and being paid for it at the same time. It is more like a dream come true. After graduation, Kate started her homemade card making business and she still keeps her notebook of ideas up to this day.