While getting ready for The Artery I realized that I needed a new business card holder. The one I had was old, worn, and beat up from floating around in a variety of purses and bags. I found several beautiful ones on etsy, many way over what I wanted to spend. For being such a huge fan of thrift stores I seem to have very expensive taste sometimes. I finally landed on this lovely wood one, https://www.etsy.com/listing/246741525/personalized-business-card-holder-custom?ref=hp_rf, from Etchey.  I love the earthy feeling of wood. The dark and light wood tones on this one were beautiful and I liked that I could have my logo engraved on the front. It also doubles as a tabletop holder when open, great for if I continue selling at art fairs. Of course, being the minor klutz that I am, within 5 minutes of taking it out of the package, I had dropped it on the floor and broke it. It is now in the hands of my cousin who can hopefully fix it for me. But I still needed something to hold my business cards so I decided to make something myself. I found this easy, no sew, pattern, http://www.marthastewart.com/267926/business-card-cases, that I was excited to try out. I modified the pattern to have rounded edges and used some snaps I had on hand instead of the screw posts that they used. I found some gorgeous faux leather at Joann’s Fabric on clearance and to add a little interest I painted a stripe of metallic. It turned out so pretty I made 5 more. Why? I don’t know…I think it’s like chips, you can’t make just one.