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Chris Stanton's avatar

You’re so talented, Kelcey. I always look forward to your posts.

Connie Gray's avatar

❤️ I love how you break down your process!

YOU ARE A TRUE GIFT!

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you, Kelcey!

THANK YOU! 😁

Candace Rose Rardon's avatar

Kelcey! I have been meaning to write you for at least two weeks now, to let you know your beautiful zine made it to Belgium and to thank you for this snowflake! I truly gasped when I opened it, and can't get enough of its rich colors and layers of texture.

Reading this felt like reliving the joy of receiving your art all over again, thank you!!! 🥰❄️✨

Myq Kaplan's avatar

Dear Kelcey,

This is awesome.

I love this sentence a lot in particular:

"I also wanted to make something 'original' - something both the same & different for each person."

That resonates hard!

Thank you for sharing your beautiful work/art!

Love

Myq

Gary Ervick's avatar

I love your Substack(s). And, yes, you are amazingly awesome!

Josh Gosfield's avatar

You’re so awesome Kelcey ! Love this. So simple. So cool. Of course I might have to copy you! 😄

K. Woodman-Maynard's avatar

I loved your zine! The snowflake you made is hanging on my studio wall. 🩵

Kelcey Ervick's avatar

I'm honored! ❤️🥰

Rachel's avatar

I love this!! I run a print newsletter too, and I’m so glad to see other writers and artists doing so too! :)

Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Excellent! Thanks, Rachel!

Colleen Meyer's avatar

I loved my snowflake! Mahalo! ❤️ ❄️ ❤️

Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Yay! Mahalo, Colleen!

Weston Parker's avatar

So wonderfully, endlessly inventive. Thanks

Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thank you, Wes! I'm so glad you're here!

Weston Parker's avatar

These days I don’t read my usual two dozen poets, it’s been wearing me down too much. I also don’t post but once every several weeks but I can’t miss yours.

Lee Arnold's avatar

This is fantastic, Kelcey! I don't get around to your work anywhere near enough, for which I offer my apologies - though my own stuff around my day job and all the other sundry things have the effect they have when I try to get around to as many folks as I can - but this is a great shout-out, and I love that you showed everyone the behind-the-scenes process. Great work here - and huge thank-you!

Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thanks so much, Lee! I have the same experience of too much great stuff, too little time. I'm so glad to have you here when you can!

Kimber Poon's avatar

Love love seeing the process! And as a process nerd, I can’t help but wonder how you end up making it into a long image for the newsletter. Do you upload the pictures and doodle in photoshop?

Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thanks, Kimber! I use Procreate on my iPad. You can make a "canvas" any size you want, and I kept making mine longer as I added more photos and text.

Kimber Poon's avatar

Yes, this makes sense! Thank you so much 💛

Amy Makechnie's avatar

I love it all - thank you for sharing the process. ZINES - it's been awhile, but this has made me want to make one again :)

Kelcey Ervick's avatar

I have my students make a zine on the first day of class, so I figured I should do one too! :)

Ann Hostetler's avatar

I love the show and tell of your process. It's inspiring for me, who is somehow daunted when a scissors is mentioned!

Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Well, technically I used a box cutter to slice up the snowflakes! Scissors were only used for the one cut on the zine. :) You can make something on precut 4"x6" watercolor cards if you don't want to cut!