The Longest Shortest Time

The Anatomy of *spark*cards

For two weeks now, I’ve been sending out a new batch of *spark*cards almost every day. People have been ordering them from all over the country, and in Canada, the UK, and New Zealand, too! I have been amazed by the variety of uses people are finding for these cards—playgroups, book clubs, church groups, a lawyer moms group, breastfeeding support groups. There was even a dude who wanted to take them to his Bradley birth class.

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One of my favorite *spark*cards requests: for an awkward moms group. I want to be a member of that group!

I am super psyched by all of the requests by health professionals. I’ve heard from doulas, lactation consultants, occupational therapists, birth educators, pastors, midwives. If you know someone who could use these cards for their patients or clients, please either send them this link or fill out the form yourself and give them the cards in person. Either way, they’re FREE!

I have a compulsive love for assembly line projects like this, so thought I’d share the behind-the-scenes process that goes into each *spark*cards package. First, I write a note to each recipient (see above).

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Next, I glue a appropriately colored *spark*card to the notecard.

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Then I line up my packing materials.

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Assembling the cards packs its a whole other project in and of itself. Spent many nights this summer sorting and rubber-banding these while watching mindless TV.

Those little stickers had to be stamped by hand

Those little stickers had to be stamped by hand

Each package gets 4 stamps. If yours are wildly crooked, it's safe to assume Sasha applied them. She may have even stuck your package in the mailbox herself!

Each package gets 4 stamps. If yours are wildly crooked, it’s safe to assume Sasha applied them. She may have even stuck your package in the mailbox herself!

If you have received *spark*cards, I am so curious to hear how you have used them, and how recipients have reacted to them. Any interesting stories *sparked*? Tell me in the comments! And don’t forget, if you want to design your own Moo business cards or notecards, they are offering 50 free cards to LST-ers.

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