2011 - Talk Birth

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Door open (door is glass, but it doesn’t show up in the pictures and looks like an empty frame).
I had a variety of postcards, tags, and inspirational words saved and some of them posted on the
wall by my computer. I decided it was time to do something with all these accumulated goodies. I made a
reversible, removable card to insert into the front door of the box. For the front panel, I used a card that I
bought from [3]Birthing from Within with the ”kiva woman” painting that I really love and connect with. I
didn’t like cutting it up, but it was worth it! Around the edges I picked words from the tag that came with
a shirt I purchased from [4]WYSH (though the quotes are intended to be about the parenting journey, they
are amazingly apropos for birth—which, of course, is part of the parenting journey too). I also used some of
the tear off pages from a little ”happy thoughts” sort of page-a-day calendar that I had a couple of years ago
from the $1 Shop (again, totally appropriate for birth, even though it wasn’t the original purpose). Finally,
my paper-hoarding tendencies have come in handy, because these little words of wisdom were perfect! Part
of me felt like I ”shouldn’t” have so many words as part of my birth altar—birth brain doesn’t really ”speak”
in words, but words are my thing and my ”medium,” so to speak, so I followed my intuition and I loved how
it turned out. It is perfect :)
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First side of reversible card
I am less happy with the second side—I was going for less wordy on it and maybe I should have
worded it up too! The upper left hand corner is a linoleum block print carved by my husband :)
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