Welcome to Bottman Design

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -- Mary Oliver
 
This letter is a big embrace, a giant thank you to Tom and Paris Bottman and Amy McDonald, to all of the Bottman reps current and through the years, to all of the retailers, and to all of the collectors of my Laini's Ladies collections.  Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!
 
As many of you may know, I have been on a parallel creative journey of art and writing. With my latest book series, launching with Daughter of Smoke and Bone Fall 2011, writing has taken oven my life. I now will place LL exclusively in the world of my LL's collectors: to trade, to collect on Ebay and collector sites, and pass to at some point, to the next generation. (As I have already started to do for my own daughter). I hope to someday come back to my art, to Laini's Ladies, and to you!
 
I thank you all for selling my product into the world and or acquiring...

OKAY greeting cards are designed using hand-cut block prints. The original print is scanned, and then the cards are printed on a heavyweight matte paper certified from responsibly managed forests, adding to the look and feel of a block print. The cards are 5" x 7" and come with matching envelopes. Printed in USA. Inside Text: BLANK

Lots and lots of new greeting cards for 2012. Many new Simon Drew images, lots of Wild Indigo and Maren Schaffner. New OKAY cards and enclosures. Nice additions to the Once Upon a Card line.

These little matchbook note pads are 3-1/4" x 3-1/4". Each holds about 50 lined sheets that are perforated for easy takeout. All of these birds are interacting with something, whether it is an apple, a pear, a cookie, etc. The birds are very colorful, and the background patterns are wonderfully lively. There are sixteen total. Make sure to look for the Christmas Matchbook Notes!