Postcard Club Illustrations (Year 4)
The “Postcard Club” is back for year four! Since beginning in 2023, I’ve been creating and mailing these monthly designs.
2025 was the year of the snake, and 2026 is the year of the horse! That was the theme of January’s postcard club, with horse themed stickers and a whimsical carousel featured in the watercolor postcard design.
The horses on the merry-go-round also fit the "merry-go-round of life" metaphor - it seemed fitting for the new year, with it's cyclical nature of continuous ups and downs. Our new baby might have also subconsciously influenced the color palette for this month’s card, since it uses a lot of childlike primary colors!
The horse theme continued with the two stickers, a 2026 warrior horse and two racehorses.
January 2026
February 2026
This month the postcard is of the "Love Letter Delivery Service," which makes sure everyone gets their valentines rain or shine! I painted a goose delivering the love letters by air, land, and water. I wanted to choose the goose as the love letter deliverer because they're monogamous birds, often forming lifelong pair bonds to raise their young.
For the stickers, I brought back the "favo-rat" pun with some new designs: 19 valentines themed stickers!
March 2026
The postcard for this month featured a bunch of little rats enjoying a cozy “crafternoon”. They’re journaling, painting, embroidering, writing letters, and generally enjoying a day of favorite crafts.
One sticker was an octopus with more hobbies than hands! The vinyl sticker version had glitter accents on the octopus spots, so it shimmered in the light. The other sticker was a rat who was “lord of the onion rings.” The back of this month's letter had a small 5x7" version of my “protect your neighbors” painting.
