Hello Blackbirds!
I apologize for being a bit late again today — I’ve spent the morning packing June’s postcard deliveries and the time got away from me! But I’m here now to show you what’s on the table for YART SART DAY 3! 🌈✨
This is the third installment of my digital yard sale, where I am sellin...
2021-06-15 19:31:40 +0000 UTC View PostHello British Blackbirds! A notice and a question for you:
Today I received a sizeable stack of returned packages for patrons in Great Britain (and confusingly a single one from Dublin), requesting additional postage. I’m not sure what has changed in the last two months, but clearly something! I am setting aside this ...
2021-06-15 19:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds!
Welcome to YART SART DAY 2! 🌈✨ The second installment of my digital yard sale, where I am selling off the archives of my print work in preparation for my cross-country move! You lovely patrons have early access to the work that will be launching on Etsy in 24 hours. In addition to the early...
2021-06-08 16:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Blackbirds!!
The bonus card that Raven Dandies will receive in June has been determined: The Ace of Vessels! I’ll probably do some slight cleanup on it like revamping the text a little, but if you’re of the Rave...
2021-06-02 00:49:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Blackbirds!
Welcome to YART SART DAY 1! 🌈✨ I’ve got four prints to offer you folks a day early before they go live to my Etsy tomorrow at noon! In addition to the early jump, blackbirds get an additional 15% off of the already discounted price. 👍
Here’s how this is going to work. I’ll tell yo...
2021-06-01 18:34:42 +0000 UTC View PostHello Blackbirds, for the final time today, I swear!!
It’s time to determine the bonus cards that Raven Dandies will get in June! If you are not a Raven Dandy but you would like to be, you have just today to switch your tier and receive this bonus card!
This month I’m pulling from the archives agai...
2021-05-31 16:50:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning AGAIN Blackbirds! Behold: Another completely different announcement! I am hosting a digital yard sale of art all throughout the month of June!
In preparation for my move, I am tasked with getting rid of an enormous stack of fine art prints, original works, and artistic bits and bobs accumulated over the las...
2021-05-31 15:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds! On the eve of June, oh-so-belatedly, I am thrilled to finally share June’s Postcard of the Month, featuring the effervescent Stephanna Bennett of @stephannalyn on Instagram! Stephanna provided gorgeous reference for this...
2021-05-31 14:21:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Sunday, Blackbirds! April’s process video is here for you to enjoy! I appreciated the feedback last month about how you all enjoy process videos; starting with June’s postcard, I’ll be trying some new things!
It’s been a tad quiet around here from me in the last month or two — than...
2021-05-30 15:39:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning blackbirds!! I’m so pleased to announce that our postcard of the month for June will feature a new guest model: Instagram’s @stephannalyn! Stephanna has been a stunning style muse as long as I’ve followed her, and I’m thrilled to have her on board for an MBPS piece. The material from the shoot she sent me...
2021-05-06 15:08:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, blackbirds! The complete process video for March’s postcard is now available for you to view! This one’s a fun one because I left all my reference materials directly on the canvas, so you can get a sense of what I’m looking at and how I’m using it as I go. As in February and January’s videos, my colo...
2021-04-29 17:13:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds! The numbers are in, and the bonus card for May will be this study of a Leyendecker Gilette ad! Members of the Raven Dandy tier will receive this bonus postcard alongside May’s postcard of the month. If you’d like to upgrade to receive this card, you have until April 30th to do so!
Here’s ...
2021-04-16 15:15:28 +0000 UTC View PostVote to decide which bonus card Raven Dandies will receive alongside May’s Postcard of the Month! (A reminder: You have until April 30th to update your tier if you’d like to be eligible for the bonus card!)
The options this month are this redraw of a Leyendecker Gillette advertisement, featuring a handsome mod...
2021-04-12 14:35:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds! I’m here to start your week with good news: The May postcard reveal! This piece is a redraw of a cartoon from an 1895 edition of Punch magazine. Oh Jessie, how sincerely I relate. 😩 2021-04-12 14:28:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, blackbirds! I hope you all have been enjoying kind weather where you are like I have! I apologize — it’s been a minute since I’ve sent an update to you all!
First order of business — Please enjoy this complete process video of the February postcard! I’ll be posting a process video for March’...
2021-04-03 18:58:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, blackbirds! Spring is arriving, and so is April’s postcard of the month! Members of the Crow Collector and Raven Dandy tiers will be receiving this Chat Noir (Chatboy Noir? :3c) postcard next month! If you’d like to upgrade your membership for April’s delivery, you have until March 31st to do so!
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2021-03-10 22:41:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Thursday, blackbirds! I hope you are all well, and that those of you enduring a harsh close to this winter are making it through — spring is on its way!
And to welcome her in: The March postcard is finished! Featuring a soft trans satyr and the object of their flirtations, modeled by the lovely Syd of Canary Co...
2021-02-18 19:24:20 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, Blackbirds! As I write to you, I am being snowed into my studio — wish me luck in my imposed hibernation!
I am here to share that in its first three months, the Merry Blackbird Postcard Society has grown beyond my wildest dreams, and so much faster than I anticipated. This is ✨wonderful✨ n...
2021-02-15 20:21:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, blackbirds!
One of my favorite joys of social media in the last year has been making connections with other creatives and makers in disciplines far away from my own. For March’s postcard of the month, I’m so excited to announce a collaboration between the MBPS and historical costumer Syd of Canary Costuming!...
2021-02-05 19:25:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning! At long last, here is the first of many process videos to come! You can now watch me redraw the same set of lines four different times at ~1200x the speed! Enjoy my many follies, dicking around with brushes, and reference images clipping in and out of the canvas.
This particular piece was created dur...
2021-02-02 16:24:33 +0000 UTC View Post
The February postcard is here!! Look at this dapper and peachy pair! Members of the Crow Collector and Raven Dandy tiers will receive this postcard next month! Jolly Jackdaws, if you are interested in receiving this postcard — or Crow Collectors, if you’d like an extra copy to share with a Valentine’s friend or sweethea...
2021-01-29 16:05:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning, blackbirds! I’m happy to share a preview of February’s postcard, which will be delivered to members of the Crow Collector and Raven Dandy tiers!
Though February’s card is still in progress, I am already very excited about March’s card, which I anticipate starting work on in the next week or s...
2021-01-28 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings on this gray and blustery Sunday morning! At least, such is the weather here in the Queen City. I’m happy to share that January’s postcard delivery is now in the hands of the postal service and whatever capricious god they serve. Here’s hoping they make their way to you swiftly! {Those receiving this delivery ...
2021-01-17 18:23:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning, and a blessed Winter Solstice to you all! The light is returning, and Persephone is counting the hours until her return from the underworld. January's postcard features the mistress of death and renewal alongside her somber spouse, enjoying the landscape together in the pit of the darkest part of the year.
A lovely lady is checking her lover’s pocketwatch, counting the hours until the return of Spring. Any guesses as to who these classical figures might be? ;D
Behold — a first glance at January’s postcard in progress, which will be received by all members of the C...
2020-12-16 19:06:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening, Blackbirds! Today is December 8th, and the sign-up window to receive the December postcards is officially up! I’m waiting on one last thing before I send out cards, but they should be out in the mail on their way to your mailboxes across the country and the world sometime this weekend!
For now, it is ti...
2020-12-09 00:30:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Blackbirds! Check out this arrival!! I’m only missing one more piece of the package puzzle before I can send you all your cards!
While I’m busy preparing for the first delivery on my end, please make sure things are squared away on your end as well! Go to your profile settings, view your memberships, select t...
2020-12-07 20:10:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I am so pleased and proud to announced that the first MBPS postcards have arrived, and they look absolutely gorgeous!! I cannot wait to send them out to to you with a lovely welcome message. 💖 I’ve also begun sketching January’s card, and I am so jazzed by the concept, I’ll be sharing progress work with you soon!!! <...
2020-12-03 20:27:10 +0000 UTC View PostI have been absolutely wondrously overwhelmed with the support shown to the launch of the Merry Blackbird Postcard Society! Thank you all SO much for being here, you have no idea how much it means to me. Each one of you is making a real material difference in my life as I continue this new journey of making freelance illustra...
2020-11-29 22:45:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Willkommen, bienvenue! Welcome, welcome, welcome! I am SO excited to announce the launching of the Merry Blackbird Postcard Society!
My vision for the MBPS is a community of people that delights in the small gift of trad mail like I do. <3 I look forward to making beautiful art for all of you, whether you collect tha...
2020-11-27 17:35:10 +0000 UTC View Post
