Regular cards are boring. They're made of paper and are stupid. Every year, millions of people get cards in the mail and say, "This card is boring and stupid". I decided to change that.
Since 2020 I've been hand-making cards for my friends across the globe to celebrate the New Year. These cards are not boring or stupid. And they're much more than your average Christmas Card.
They're New Year's Cards.
Do I always underestimate the time and effort it will take me to make, write, and mail out 50+ cards before the end of December? Yes. Do I ever start planning earlier in the year? No. That's the magic of Ray's Card Club.
Each year, I use "cutting-edge technology" and my state-of-the-art "card facility" to bring the public new and innovative greeting cards.
What will it be this year?
Click below to join the club and find out this New Year's Day.
I was living in Japan at the time, and didn't have access to my usual workshop, so these were handmade with stamps and origami paper.
These cards were created in July 2022 with the help of my friends Zack and Andrew. We filmed a video of the ideation process over the course of a day. The cards featured embedded NFC stickers to link to the video.
I returned to the Jersey Shore boardwalk with a rocket costume and a mission. Although the costume was made out of material I bought at the Dollar Store, it actually was able to carry me a few miles into the air.
These are the cards that started it all. I traveled to the beach in December to take this picture. Luckily, I had the foresight to use a little bit of Photoshop instead of actually burying myself in the sand.