Sept from Christy - calligraphic skull

 

Christy did one of those variation of name-stacking that I've mentioned as a possibility for my future envelopes. Have I already mentioned my idea to take all the incoming envelopes from one month and use them for the inspiration for the outgoing on the next month? Whatever people send me is what I return. I like that idea a lot...

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This was a post written a while ago - and it's redundant - but, I'll leave it - and if you are busy - just skip this.

Day of the Dead was an aztec ritual that the Catholic missionaries co-mingled with their all-saints day - as they proceeded with their *mission.* And here we are, in current times - where people who make a living off holidays - have been promoting halloween with gusto - and have tied in DOD. I will not digress into a discussion of commercialization of holidays. You can Google DOD if you are curious.

My point is this - in the world of DOD/halloween - the design aesthetic is now - anything goes - and my calligraphic embellishment probably won't look too out of place. 

While the honoree for next year is not officially announced - it will probably be the most adorable little lady who was on the very first committee - when the DOD event was launched - and worked tirelessly for decades.

*** Update -- when the team of artists who worked on the flowers and nichos arrived at the museum to view the finished ofrenda - they were all impressed with how it turned out - and they all said that they would be delighted to participate again. That was  gratifying. Previously, I had been concerned that some of my friends might be ghosting me after this whole project.