Something bespoke is made to order. Made by hand. Bespoke used to be a common thing, but now is, well, "Wow." Think hand-thrown ceramic dish ware. Think commissioned art. Think a one-off-racing bike. Then you'll be in the contemporary realm of bespoke.
Last week I had to purchase a book of stamps to send off checks to a handful of wonderful musicians who brought music to the Guild, musicians who were not part of our direct deposit program. I marveled in my mind that so much time had passed since I last purchased one. Had it been months? Years?
Honestly, I was tickled to have stamps in hand and decided to make a celebration of this opportunity.
After crafting little notes of gratitude and purchasing a coffee cards to tuck into personalized envelopes (each a unique bright color so that the recipient would know that what they offered our group was better than an anemic #10), I went to work at practicing penmanship, using the art of typography to send the little packages into the wide world on their way to the hand of a real live recipient.
Bespoke.
There are 11 stamps left in my little book. Eleven stamps that I am planning to utilize well. More on that forthcoming.
Think DaVinci. DaVinci summer. Unplug Send a bespoke letter from your hand to the hand of an other.
-Kim
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