For Valentine’s Day this year, I created a card to look sweet and a bit romantic on the surface, but actually have an underlying sarcasm. The cards consist of a layer of card stock, a layer of tissue paper, and a layer of hand-sewn 20lb paper.

Final size: 5" x 8"

The text is from The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce [1911].

Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.