Whisker Graphics

My mom’s birthday is coming up so I made her a card. I submitted this design in the Crane competition (I was not a selected designer. boo hoo), but I thought my mom would get a kick out of it. We have this running joke between us, I call her Betty (not her real name) and she calls me Windy. These are our alias names that came about from people not hearing our correct names when being introduced to us.

Anybody else have a mis-heard “alias” name? Do tell.

Side note: Before Windy came into play, the #1 response to my name when I was little was, “Whitney, isn’t that a boy’s name?” Way to crush a 5-year-old girl’s heart thoughtless grown-ups of the 60’s. In all fairness, this was well before the Whitney Houston craze.

I’ve been working on some design submissions for Crane & Co.’s upcoming collection called STUDIO. They are looking for illustrators, artists, and designers for their new line. Click here to read more about it. Anyway, last night in the middle of making dinner an idea for an invitation popped into my head. I told a couple of people about it and they laughed. I’ve submitted to Crane & Co. and I thought I’d share it with you. Hopefully it will make you laugh or least bring a smile to your face.