ddots
Announcement
D D O T S ® Greeting SHADOW A R T C A R D S and Gift Tags are hand-dotted with a hammer and special tools - these ARE NOT done by using a hole punch or templates of any kind!
Simple designs in three different hand-dotted fonts create beautiful shadows of the image INSIDE the card as you open it!
Our sister shops:
dorana.etsy.com - Original Sterling Silver & Gemstone Jewelry
eventshandmade.etsy.com - PuffScapes "Place Card DRESS" & Connecting Flower Poms!
http://www.eventshandmade.com/
http://dorana.blogspot.com
Announcement
D D O T S ® Greeting SHADOW A R T C A R D S and Gift Tags are hand-dotted with a hammer and special tools - these ARE NOT done by using a hole punch or templates of any kind!
Simple designs in three different hand-dotted fonts create beautiful shadows of the image INSIDE the card as you open it!
Our sister shops:
dorana.etsy.com - Original Sterling Silver & Gemstone Jewelry
eventshandmade.etsy.com - PuffScapes "Place Card DRESS" & Connecting Flower Poms!
http://www.eventshandmade.com/
http://dorana.blogspot.com
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paleogiraffe on Feb 25, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThe card is absolutely beautiful and unlike anything you will find anywhere else! Packaged perfectly and with such care. Thrilled with the process, and the seller even mailed me pictures of what to expect the packing to look like when it was mailed. Excellent communication and professionalism. Unique and beautiful concept and the quality is incredible. Would encourage anyone to look into these products and I would be happy to return and order again. Thank you so much!
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dreamastrologer on Apr 1, 2020
5 out of 5 starsgorgeous artwork, fabulous communication and excellent delivery. thank you for the bonus items as well!
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cstiegler1 on Nov 27, 2019
5 out of 5 starsIt’s beautiful!! Arrived so quickly and perfect for a tree ornament. Thank you.
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scp01 on May 1, 2019
5 out of 5 starsThe graphic detail, clarity and quality of our 'worldly' greeting cards, were nothing shy of spectacular! Working with Dorana was efficient and so timely. Our purchase arrived overnight as requested, and the added 'surprise' tokens just made us smile! Dorana made a 'world of difference' to us with her artwork, flexibility and kindness! Excited for future purchases with Dorana! THANK YOU!!!
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Reviewed by Inactive on Dec 17, 2018
5 out of 5 starsOur transaction was handled with great care and attention to detail. The sphere is lovely and will look beautiful on the tree or hanging by a window to catch the light. Package arrived on time and was well packed. I would not hesitate to buy from this shop in the future.
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Amy on Jan 13, 2018
5 out of 5 starsWhat a great design! These cards were perfect to finish the gifts for dear girls in my life - the NASA women lego set was paired with a donation to STEM learning - this card was the perfect way to tell of the donation.
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Vivian04 on Dec 9, 2017
5 out of 5 starsThese cards are absolutely stunning! Incredibly well made and beautifully packaged. I've bought the Scorpio, Capricorn, and Libra designs. I haven't seen anything like them anywhere, and the quality is amazing.
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Chelsea on Apr 30, 2017
5 out of 5 starsQuick shipping, great communication, and serious quality! This is a beautiful piece, thank you so much!
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Kristin on May 11, 2016
5 out of 5 starsThis is a beautiful card and my sister loved it when she opened it for her birthday. It was wonderfully packaged and arrived on time and in perfect condition. I would highly recommend!
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About ddots
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Created by collecting & arranging thousands of hand-punched dots to form a space-view of Planet Earth.1st Planets Series
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Custom DDOTS Hammered Notes, Cards, & Tags - create "more meaningful moments & gifts" personalized sentiments
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DDOTS Signature Shadow Art Card - Let it Snow - Hand Hammered Snowflake Art Card
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The Celestial Sky Lamp is mapped to scale using the size of each dot to represent the brightness of the stars.
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Constellation Greek Illustration- hand carved stamped illustrations & stars mapped to scale to create card star shadows
A Paper-Confetti-Filled-Life
Growing up in grammar school art class, I idolized watercolor artists and the way they could manipulate water and paper to create such diverse colors and textures.
Specifically, the intricate way a watercolor artist could divide the lines between the white paper and the color white in the image and the rest of the composition exhibiting such supreme control over an often untamable medium…
No matter how hard I tried, the water always won and I felt powerless…
In frustration my high school art teacher flung a stack of colored card stock and said, “Make your own medium!”
After trying several techniques, the first time I held a hole puncher and heard the “clack, click, clacking” of the small machine and felt the rhythmic clenching in my hand and caught sight of the textures and colors that those tiny paper dots could create, I knew I had found my art home…
I would create art with my own HANDMADE PAPER CONFETTI!
Life as it sometimes does, took me away from my art having been convinced that “artists don’t make any money until they’re dead!”
A couple of years ago cleaning out my office, I came across the familiar feel of the hole puncher in my hand and I’ve been “clack, click, clacking” ever since (much to my husband and dog’s dismay)!
That same feeling of comfort and joy came rushing back when I discovered the hammer and special tools that I use to create the DDOTS® Shadow Art.
I’m magically transported back to living in my mother’s home being followed by her and the vacuum every time I began a new piece; but now it’s our daughter that I have to keep away because the dots may be my art medium, but to a little girl, it’s an endless party in our
PAPER-CONFETTI-FILLED-LIFE!
Shop members
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Dorana
Owner
Artist and designer Dorana is blessed and overjoyed to be in “business to create!” and shares her paper-confetti-filled-life with her supportive husband and inspiring daughter, dog Murphy and cat Nisha in her studios in northern New Jersey.
Shop policies
My DDOTS GREETING CARDS AND GIFT TAGS are all hand-dotted with hammer and special tools - these ARE NOT done by using a hole punch or templates of any kind!
I look forward to creating personalized DDOTS GREETING CARDS for your special occasion!
All of my DDOTS GIFT TAGS are created using archival quality papers and adhesives accented with beautiful ribbons and MAKING MEMORIES BRAND eyelets.
The DDOTS GREETING CARDS are made with TEXTURED GREETING CARDS in BOLD COLORS!
*** PLEASE NOTE
The colors in the listings may be different then they appear on your monitor depending on your screen settings. I do not use color enhancing software in my photo editing and use natural light in my photography to try to depict the real color! If you receive a product and are disappointed in the color - let me know so that I can make it right!
siempre- dorana
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Shipping
CUSTOM ORDERS/PERSONALIZATION can take 7-10 business days. Please let me know if this is for a special occasion and you need expedited shipping at an additional cost.
As our store offers DDOTS PAPER ART as well as other products from time to time, it is important that you note that there are different shipping costs for the various products that we offer.
I will do my best to accommodate you if you have purchased separate listings, but please keep in mind that the special "combined shipping rates" are only applicable with like items.
Please convo me if you are purchasing several listings so that I can maximize your shipping savings.
My signature DDOTS PAPER ART ARE packaged with care.