Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2014
This is just so you'll know you've found the page.
Choices & rationale are below.

Just realized you may be doing some scrolling around
if you're going to try to see all this on your iPhone.
it's through the eye of a needle . . . but you should see it.


On the LEFT (both above & below) are the headlines over the original photo.

In the CENTER (both above & below) are the heads over a "sketched' treatment,
similar to what we did for Marci Junior. This is usually a good, more "painterly"
treatment. It brings out the texture of your Mom's seersucker jacket, for instance,
but I think it's a little "rough" for the card. But what matters is what YOU like.

On the RIGHT (both above & below) are a combination (of photo & sketch)
which I personally like best. But again, yours is the vote that matters.


I know from Dianna that you'd never heard the "Fair Winds" phrase before,
so for what it's worth – I thought you might want to know its significance,
as I did this version before knowing that your words were specific "copy."
It's a very old & well-known naval blessing, with references all over the internet.
What's below is just one of the first ones I found. Last paragraph is the only important one.


Annie, just choose whichever one you feel is right – always your call.
We'll print it on glossy stock, fold on the left, and you'd then be able
to write a sentiment on the inside.