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1 2018 Catalog

2 About the Bees The CT-based mother-daughter team of Sally and Becca McBee specializes in greeting and note cards, 8" x 10" matted prints, and screen printed tote bags featuring Sally's hand-drawn, watercolor and ink-based original artwork. We reproduce all of our cards and matted prints here in our studio with archival, acidfree papers and matting materials using the giclée process, a type of printing employing fade-resistant archival pigment-based inks. Our ecological tote bags are screen printed locally in Stonington, CT by Poor Morgan (poormorgan.com) using nontoxic, machine-washable inks. Even our labels are screen printed by Emulsion Apparel and Printhouse (emulsionprinthouse.com) in nearby Groton. Sally says: I have lived in France part of the year for the past fifteen years and use that time to think, create and paint. I also hiked for eleven days in the Canadian Rockies this past summer and will be going to both Sedona and Morocco in the near future to complete other wonderful and informative hikes. These experiences always feed into my painting habit, whether I get insight through what I am seeing or through the interesting people I meet on these trips. Two Bees Design is the third business I've started in the past 30 years; although my background is actually in journalism, I've run a high -end window treatment company, where I designed and sewed window treatments of all sorts, and an event/wedding business in my gardens where I was the gardener. Being creative in one form or another has always been in my blood, and although I didn't start painting until 2006, I think art for me is a natural extension of my previous experiences. Two Bees came about quite by accident when I made each of the women in my bi-monthly painting group a Christmas present by illustrating a saying that I felt applied personally to each of them; I had so much fun doing it that I continued producing additional sayings, which morphed into the idea of a card company. When I see my cards displayed in a shop, I feel that they jump out from the rest, both for my love of bright colors (three rooms in my house are different shades of orange!) and for the uncluttered white backgrounds that make the colors pop. When I start a humorous greeting card, I first identify the lettering I want to use, plot out the line spacing according to the number of words, decide what I want to emphasize most in the wording, and formulate how I will embellish the finished product. What do I love most about this process? I never know what a finished card will look like when I start... and that keeps the process fun and engaging for me.

3 We love what we do! Most of our cards incorporate some form of Zentangle, the art of stylized and creative doodling. It s way more fun than anyone should be allowed to have! We use all archival materials. Need custom work? Do you have a favorite saying you d like to have illustrated? Send it to us... we ll discuss the design with you and take it from there! Opening Order/RE-Order: No Minimums Payment Methods: V/MC/Disc Made In/Ships From: Stonington, CT Greeting Cards: 7.25 x 5.5 Giclée prints of original watercolors on Museo archival, acid-free paper with Crane & Co envelope. $2.50 ea Note Cards: 5.25 x 3.75 Giclée prints of original watercolors on Museo archival, acid-free paper with Crane & Co envelope. $2.00 ea Totes: x x 5 Cotton canvas bag screen-printed with non-toxic, fade-resistant inks $12 ea Matted Prints: Available in all 7.25 x 5.50 Greeting Cards. Fit 8x10 Frames $9 ea

4 Greeting Cards Art Politicians Believe Left-Handed Mother Life

5 Greeting Cards Running Late Big Girl Panties Sequins Follow Your Heart A Recent Study Just Do It

6 Greeting Cards Laugh Happiness Options Fairies Free Ticket Damn You Book

7 Greeting Cards Women Who Read She Who Reads Hoarding Open Book Procrastination Love

8 Greeting Cards Awesome Dancing Don t Quit Overthinking Husband Nature

9 Greeting Cards Ecoute Go Right/Go Left Free to Fly Do Not Read Happy On Exercise

10 Greeting Cards Wine Salad Wild Martinis Age Happy Hour Double Single

11 Greeting Cards Dinosaurs Start with Smile Rosé Good Woman Good Wine Chanel

12 Greeting Cards Trust Me Brunch Wine Flies Hangovers Tequila

13 Christmas Cards...Available in Both Sizes Greeting Cards: 7.25 x 5.5 Giclée prints of original watercolors on Museo archival, acid-free paper with Crane & Co envelope. $2.50 ea Note Cards: 5.25 x 3.75 Giclée prints of original watercolors on Museo archival, acid-free paper with Crane & Co envelope. $2.00 ea White Christmas HoHoHo Grinches New Years

14 Christmas Cards Christmas 2013 Christmas 2014 Christmas 2015 Christmas 2016 Christmas 2017 Christmas 2017 Note Card

15 Christmas Cards Note: These are mock-up images. The cards will have a white background. Available in note card size only. Small Tree #1 Small Tree #2 Small Tree #3 Small Tree #4 Small Tree #5 Small Tree #6

16 Christmas Cards Small Tree #1 Small Tree #8 Union Avail in Greeting Card or Note Card

17 Note Cards Acorns Artichoke Clementine Eucalyptus Bud Four Gourds Three Gourds

18 Note Cards One Gourd Maple Samara Yellow Lily Parrot Tulip Wisteria Orchid

19 Note Cards Indian Paintbrush Lavender Wand Lavender Pod French Window 1 French Window 2

20 Note Cards French Window 3 French Window 4 French Window 5 Fresh Hazelnuts Pine Tree Sunflowers

21 Note Cards Rose Hips 1 Rose Hips 2 Rose Hips 3 Rose Hips 4 Virginia Creeper One Pear

22 Note Cards Asian Lilies Bird of Paradise Crocus French Berries Copper Gingko Two Gingkos

23 Note Cards Iris Pink Iris Purple Alstromeria Eggplant Root Veggies Lighthouse

24 Tote Bags Totes: x x 5 Cotton canvas bag screen-printed with non-toxic, fade-resistant inks $12 each Art Nature Women Who Read Matted Prints: Available in all Greeting Card Designs Fit 8x10 Frames $9 each