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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Janine is a 20-something living and working in Boston. She loves her friends but is distrustful of revolving doors, describes her personal style as rumpled-chic because she hates folding laundry, and misses receiving real mail.

ABOUT KWOHTATIONS

The idea for kwohtations, as with most ventures and ridiculous ideas in general, was seeded in the idle chatter between two friends over coffee on a lazy Sunday. My best friend, Amy, and I were reminiscing and laughing over our assorted (mis)adventures, narrowly avoided mishaps, and personal triumphs. Too bad they don’t make cards for all these random occasions, we said. Like when someone drops their phone in the toilet (it really sucks) or has a pregnancy scare (it’s really scary) or decides to pursue their dreams despite a myriad of pressures to do otherwise (it’s really inspiring). Or for all the things we really think and sometimes want to say.

Each of these cards is inspired by some funny incident or real conversation that we’ve had. It is the (right) brainchild of our own propensity to apologize profusely and somewhat unnecessarily for little blunders, and conversely, to stumble into situations (bad haircuts, corporate jobs) where we would be the likely recipients of such condolences. We also try to remind ourselves that we don’t have to accomplish something quote-unquote extraordinary to be someone special. Also, we can be pretty awkward in the way we tell someone we like them.

So these cards are for all of us who aren’t 100% pulled together, but kind of like it that way. Hope they make you smile, and if they do, please buy one (or five)!