New cards and calendars galore

Happy October! This harvest season I’m excited to share a release of ten new card designs for birthdays, condolences, holidays and more. You can browse all 70-plus single cards, as well as boxed notecard sets, in the card section.

I am also now shipping my 2025 mini-calendar of art and haiku. The Eureka Times-Standard just ran this fun feature called A calendar tradition on the origins of my haiku calendar, going back to a childhood art project with my two sisters. (Journalist Heather Shelton was inspired by my last blog post/e-newsletter about this history.)

Shipping is free for orders of $35 and up; just enter promo code FREESHIP35 at checkout.

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NEW! 2025 mini-calendar of art and haiku - Japanese-inspired collage

$12.00

NEW! funny frog card - you’re so cute and cool but I like you anyway! (464)

$5.00

NEW! get well card of love and healing - beach landscape collage (460)

$5.00

NEW! non-traditional sympathy or birthday card - redwood tree with haiku (459)

$5.00

NEW! redwood tree non-traditional holiday card - collage of giant redwood (457)

$5.00

NEW! funny playful cat birthday card - tuxedo cat catching autumn leaves (456)

$5.00

NEW! sea turtle birthday card - may you live long and well - tropical ocean collage (455)

$5.00

NEW! river and ocean friendship card - so grateful to share this world with you (461)

$5.00

NEW! funny birthday card of dog playing at the beach - many happy returns (458)

$5.00

NEW! non-traditional sympathy card - ocean wave collage with haiku (462)

$5.00

NEW! beautiful egret birthday card - wishing you a wonder-full birthday (463)

$5.00

persimmons holiday notecard set - wishing you joyful holidays

$20.00

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Makino Studios News

The Made in Humboldt Fair at Pierson Garden Shop runs Nov. 5 through Dec. 24. I will have books, prints, calendars, and notecard sets there.

The Arcata Holiday Craft Market takes place Dec. 14-15 at the Arcata Community Center. Look for the Makino Studios booth on the lefthand side of the main room.

I'm looking forward to the Seabeck Haiku Getaway Oct. 24-27 in Seabeck, Washington. Highly recommended for new and experienced haiku poets alike!

Makino Studios orders will not be shipped while I’m traveling Oct. 22-30. Avoid the wait by ordering now!

Sneak preview of the new collage collection

“fog becoming redwoods” is 8 x 10, made of paper, acrylic paint, and adhesive on illustration board. © Annette Makino 2020.

First of all, I want to thank everyone who responded to my last post (Big Changes in the Studio), where I shared my new artistic direction creating Japanese-inspired collages. I was genuinely uncertain whether this big shift in style and technique would appeal to my longtime fans and customers. 

But based on your enthusiastic responses, I have gone ahead and designed a line of fifteen new greeting cards based on my collages. These new cards should be back from the printer on Monday. To sneak a peek at the new collection, see this page of all my Makino Studios card designs. I’m excited to share my new designs for the holidays, birthdays, sympathy and more.

I’m also very happy about my new 2021 calendar of art and haiku. This is my eighth year of producing these—and my favorite yet. Arriving next week, these mini-calendars feature a dozen of my new collages along with original haiku.

I’m not able to do any in-person holiday fairs this year, and some of my retailers are seeing reduced sales during this pandemic. Consequently, I have printed 100 fewer calendars than usual. So order soon to be sure to get enough for yourself and for holiday gifts!

My collages, using discarded materials such as old letters and canceled checks as well as hand-painted washi papers, may be a fitting medium for this strange, disjointed time. In adapting to the pandemic, we are all having to gather bits and pieces from our old lives, then transform and rearrange them in unexpected ways. 

Please let me know your thoughts on the new collection, and enjoy! 

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“what remains” is 8 x 10, made of paper, acrylic paint, and adhesive on illustration board. © Annette Makino 2020. The haiku was originally published in With Cherries On Top, Press Here (2012).

Makino Studios News

Seabeck Haiku Getaway: I will be giving a reading of my haiku and presenting my new collage haiga (art with haiku) at this annual gathering, which is being held on Zoom this year. This free event takes place Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Registration is full but you can sign up for the Seabeck waiting list; the organizers hope to make room for more participants.

Made in Humboldt fair: You can find my calendars, prints and boxed notecards at the “Made in Humboldt” event at Pierson Garden Shop in Eureka, CA from Tuesday, Nov. 10 through Tuesday, Dec. 24. This will be the only fair where you can find my work this season, as the annual holiday fairs at the Arcata Community Center and Redwood Acres are canceled. My cards and calendars are also available in select stores.