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I'm Tiana Traffas and I'm an artist. I created this blog to share my work with you. Here you'll find studio tours, in progress works, news series, frustrations, and flow state musings.

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Hand Painted Cards

Updated: Mar 28, 2023


I love mail. I love getting letters and writing letters. I love to receive a handwritten note in my mailbox. I have many notes and letters from my grandma. I miss getting her notes in the mail. And now that my grandpa has passed on too, I have gotten some of the letters I wrote to them back, one was tucked away in a box of my grandpa's special things. It made me cry to see it again. If I love you, you will receive a handpainted card on your birthday. If you send me something, you'll get a handpainted thank you. If we've worked together on something chances are you've received a handpainted card in the mail. I love to take the time to think about the receiver and make them something personal. I like to decorate the envelope with a little clue as to what's inside. And when they open it, I hope they are delighted by the artwork. I hope it brightens their day!


In progress "I Think You Should Leave" b-day card

A little inside joke for an anniversary card
A winter birthday card featuring my family as gift bearers
Spilled tarot cards illustrated across this envelope
A fortune telling barn owl
Santa's a hippie
A Christmas card for someone special in AZ
Mother's Day
Father's Day
Of course my daughter shows up in many of these cards
Christmas card
Lots of people's pets make it onto the cards
Psychedelic Christmas! 🍄
A thank you from a few years ago
If you watched 30 Rock you know what holiday these were for!
A beachy birthday card
Cartoon Dad on his birthday!
A common thread is gnomes and mushrooms
A thank you to Flagpole Gallery St. Pete for flying my art!
Another tarot-inspired card for my mother-in-law 💜
Pop-up Valentine for my daughter
So many Christmas cards to the grandparents
Making holiday cards always gets me in a festive mood
Sending a card to North Sea Apothecary they have my handmade herbal charms in their shop
Another trip around the sun, another handmade card!

Thanks for taking a peek at some of my handmade cards! As a working artist, I find my skills bleeding out into other aspects of my personal life! Cards, Halloween costumes, toy making, decorating, etc. It's been fun to dig back through my photos to find these. I hope you enjoyed them and I hope someone surprises you with a handwritten letter someday soon. ✉️ ❤

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