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I've been obsessed with the greeting card aisle since I was a kid. The drugstore rack was good - but the real magic was discovering indie gift shops, with cards that were funny, bold, and unlike anything else. A lot of that came from my mom. For every holiday, birthday, and big occasion, she'd have me write a card to a family member by hand, cover the envelope in stickers, and send it off. It was just what we did.

When I moved out on my own, I kept the tradition going - and started making my own cards whenever I wanted something that actually felt like me, or like the moment I was in. When I met my now-husband seven years ago, we began sending a holiday card to our friends and family every year. Come mid-November, the messages started pouring in from our loved ones saying they couldn't wait to see what we'd come up with - and just like that, we had a little tradition of our own. What is also so cool about this whole tradition that was ours, is with sending them, we started receiving so many in return, year after year. It's like we inspired a whole new wave among our friends that greeting cards are sweet to send and so nice to receive.

Greeting cards are often thought of as a thing of the past. I think the opposite. We're more “connected” than ever, and somehow it can feel lonelier than ever - so sending something real, something physical, in the mail feels rare and special. Receiving one feels even better.

That holiday-card habit turned into something bigger when our friends started getting married and having babies. For each of those milestones, I'd make a custom card. One thing led to another and, well - Nowhere Else Studio started the way most good things do: as a hobby that got completely out of hand.

Every card still begins with hand-drawn artwork or a bold one-liner - usually sparked by a silly little pun, or is just too cute to keep to myself. From there it gets printed on heavyweight, recycled cardstock right here in Venice, California, paired with an envelope, and sent off to do its one job: making someone's day a little brighter.

I keep the insides blank on purpose. The front of the card is my part - the rest is yours.

The goal is always the same: to help you say the thing, in a way that feels like you.

The little girl covering every envelope in stickers and perfecting her handwriting, all to make her nanny proud.