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Vanessa Wilkes
It's Not My Birthday
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Vanessa Wilkes

It's Not My Birthday, 2023

Mixed media

© Vanessa Wilkes, 2023

Play with fire, get burned. There’s no antidote to loving fiercely, and attachments don’t disappear overnight. Birthday candles scorch a frosted canvas, as if the person at the cake lingered too long on their wishing. Send to the romantics among us who, on their next solar revolution, finally plan to act on what they’ve been missing.

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So happy to be part of @ardoru.cards !🧡✉️ It’s amazing to see my work as postcards, especially since I’ve always collected artist postcards myself. 💕🌳
The most magical moments are those that happen everyday 🧡
This year I’m sending my girlies handwritten galentines cards from @ardoru.cards instead of a quick text for v-day, because sometimes a text just isn’t enough 💓
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Feeling the love from @ardoru.cards. Had us writing love letters all night long ❤️❤️❤️
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March, you sweet sweet thing 🦋
Cards that match my personal style 🌸
Curious what brands NEED to start doing more of?
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Spent international women’s day writing letters to the amazing women in our lives 💖
It’s still February at Wilkes Studio. Thank you SO much to @ardoru.cards for making February’s print club extra sweet.
Thank you @ardoru.cards 🩷
🌙 🌑 In the studio making some Lunar New Year paintings as we move into the year of the fire horse !!! You can order these artworks as greetings cards from @ardoru.cards 💌
Happy to announce I’m part of the @ardoru.cards squad! This is my first batch of cards. You can shop my cards in the link. Super happy to be in such great company with other amazing artist. The cards are dope and come with the signature fly orange envelope.
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My 12 Zodiac cards are now available on AdorU’s @ardoru.cards website!!
Receiving my cards from Ardoru Cards was such a beautiful experience 🧡.
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Sneak peek of my greetings cards in collaboration with @ardoru.cards!
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My cards I did for @ardoru.cards have just arrived …thank you to the ArdorU team for the beautiful production!
did a greeting card collab with @ardoru.cards earlier this year, thank you for sending me this cute package….they look encroyable (that’s incredible pronounced en français), and the envelopes are adorable, love! 👼💌🌷
to celebrate valentine’s and galentine’s month, i spent a few weeks writing greeting cards gifted from @ardoru.cards’s valentine’s day collection to celebrate my friendships and hangouts during the weeks leading up to valentine’s and galentine’s day ♥️ @ardoru.cards has an exemplary array of greeting cards to use for any occasion, desired emotion, design, or artist to celebrate creativity and connection while supporting small businesses and artists ! 🥰🎨🖌️🖼️💌
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I worked with @ardoru.cards to translate some of my paintings into these gorgeous cards.
When was the last time you received a handwritten card?
Each card, its own statement. Each statement, its own occasion.
NYC to LA — still finding ways to send pieces of myself to the people I love. Some cards live a little before they’re sent. They move with me. Wait in my bag. Collect a few quiet moments. This one’s been waiting for the right person.
In a world of quick messages and passing comments calligraphy artist @jlinitz reminds us why writing I love you by hand still matters. A handwritten gesture carries intention in a way nothing on a screen ever could. It becomes something real. Something kept.
Sending is just the beginning. Keeping the memory is where the loop closes. Every ArdorU card can live on, digitally and framed as a lasting piece of art.
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Send this to someone you’d follow anywhere. @mara_heuer ‘s “You” feels like the right amount of imperfect yet fully committed and every bit of found object from your childhood shoebox.
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Not just a Valentine. A keepsake. Send your person something special enough to frame — this Valentine’s Day and beyond.
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ArdorU is shaped by poised serifs, a tactile signet, and a precise, memorable orange. The bright envelope delivers instant brand recognition on arrival.
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