Don't you hate to see a conglomerate of pumpkins, turkeys, and Christmas trees all lumped together under "seasonal" in your local Wal-Mart? As I look at greeting card seasonal marketing, I'm reminded of the rule of thumb for illustrators; 6 months ahead. So in June, the Christmas tree cards should be designed, and, if I were REALLY on top of things, my store would be replete with Thanksgiving cards and I would be busily designing, um, Easter cards. Really? Still, I want to do with my cards what I like to do in life. I want to linger over each and every holiday. And to me, Halloween isn't over until the "HALLOWEEN STORES" which fill our local emptied store buildings seasonally are gone, I can't see a single candy corn or pumpkin at the local craft store, and the "Halloween" cards are out of the greeting card tiers. Guess what! That never happens! As the Christmas aisle expands with it's glitter, electronic villages and displays, the Halloween aisle will have it's huge markdown, and Thanksgiving, well it's passed over almost entire save a few little pilgrim figurines and an occasional turkey cardboard cut out. So I did a little experimenting. During a Google search, selecting only black and white (to assure me of images of the past, I found one site with suggestions on how to make a Thanksgiving yard sign: http://groupart.info/16871-how-to-make-thanksgiving-turkey-meal-yard-decorations.html And a delightful vintage image of what was probably a 1920's invitation
