Clayton Valentines 2011 Edition

Well here it is, photos of our family’s annual valentine exchange. Over 20 years ago, our daughters who were then in grade school wanted to purchase valentines to give to the family. Tom and I suggested that we each make a valentine and the idea caught on. Through the years, the valentines have had many messages, heartfelt, poignant, silly, corny, political, cultural, and of course those involving sports. Although not photographed, I heard there was a Justin Bieber themed card this year. Here are some of this year’s editions.



Love the pun and the 3D effect of the Biden figure. It had to come in a special box



Like I said, every theme, even the kitchen sink



My valentines usually show the techniques I am practicing in my studio



I had to alter the front of the card to avoid copywrite infringement



Now the inside, definitely a homemade appeal



More corniness



From our daughter who works with iPads in the classroom



sketchbook practice



front of card


and inside. Those are silly bands attached to the card.

I don’t know how many more years we will do this, but we are still having fun.