Looking for that perfect card to tell your Valentine how much you care? Local artist Emily Chan’s handmade cards, Twinkle Toes Greetings, could score you big points in the romantic thoughtfulness category.<\/p>\n
Shy and introverted as a child, Chan said she started making handmade cards to express gratitude and appreciation to people who did nice things for her.<\/p>\n
“It started when I was really young. They just mean so much more when you take the time to make a card,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Now I’m really glad that I get to share this thing I love to do with more people. It’s fun. Each card, I always try to make it a little bit better than the last one.”<\/p>\n
Chan makes every card by hand, with a sharp eye for color and texture and an impressive attention to detail. In addition to Valentine’s Day greetings, Twinkle Toes has a large selection of design themes, including baby, birthday, flowers, friends, get well, graduation, holiday and seasonal, insects, kids, thank you, religious, remembrances and more.<\/p>\n
Cards can be customized for include prewritten messages inside, like “my thoughts are with you,” “I love you” or “hang in there.”<\/p>\n
Expanding on the theme of thoughtfulness, Twinkle Toes is offering to donate 25 percent of all proceeds made through February to the La Conchita Mudslide Memorial Fund.<\/p>\n
“With so much tragedy in our world, Twinkle Toes strives to always make a positive difference,” Chan said.<\/p>\n
Reasonably priced, the cards start at about $6.50 and can be ordered on the Web site, www.TwinkleToesCards.com<\/a>, by writing to Twinkle Toes, P.O. Box 2392, Santa Barbara 93120 or by e-mailing contact@twinkletoescards.com.<\/p>\nOriginally published in South Coast Beacon<\/a>\u00a0on January 20, 2005.<\/h6>\n
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