A dog baking a cake, an elephant in a hospital bed, two old ladies and a stripper. Hard to relate to? Then why are these the sorts of things that appear on every birthday, get-well, or thank-you card you see?

You’ll likely find a truer slice of life in Nikki McClure’s notes, a line of simple greetings beautifully depicting people and scenes of the every day. On the Jocelyn card, a woman stands on a boat looking at the water; on Pregnant, a woman with child sits contemplatively with her feet in the water; Blackbirds shows, well, blackbirds.

Mundane? In the best possible way. McClure turns seemingly average moments into little works of art. And the blank interior leaves room for you to write your own message.

Bet it’ll be more eloquent than whatever a cat wearing sunglasses might have to say.

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