Getting a jump on the Holidays

Christmas decorations typically don't go up at my house till mid December, but this year I'm getting an early infusion of holiday spirit thanks to focusing my cardart activities for the past few weeks on creating "tree ornaments" from cards. Now that we're into November, they're ready to roll out.

There's 30-something of these in this initial batch. I basically look for cards that would lend themselves to modifying for the holidays, such as red '90 Donruss and green '91 Donruss, and then I add some shiny to help them pop on the tree. Each card has a customized semi-rigid hanger. Figured I'd throw on a Santa cap to really drive the point ho-ho-home. The santa hats are on the case, not the card, for an added 3D effect (or they can be removed if you think it's too cheesy). The backs are marked 1/1, as I don't intend to make the same thing twice.

Pardon the plug, but I've now got these up for sale at the yuletide price of $12.25 plus cheap eBay standard letter shipping (which often takes around 10 days, another reason I'm not waiting till Thanksgiving). Here's the eBay link to 'em. I still have lots of cards set aside to make additional ornaments, perhaps a whole second batch if there's interest. Normally these might be the type of thing I use as a "holiday surprise" for my hobby pals, but seeing as I'm still unemployed and trying to make a midlife pivot to creative/artist endeavors as a day job, these were specifically made for advancing the ol' side-hustle. But that said, I'm happy to make more of these for trades or whatever, so yeah, if you want me to make a similar one of these of your favorite player, either in exchange for $12.25 (USA PWE) or the rough equivalent in cards that fall under the wide umbrella of my wantlist, just let me know and we'll work something out.

Scroll through the alphabetized gallery below to check out this first batch of tree ornament cardart.

I like to round the corners when it fits with the design. These green '87 Hygrade cards work well.

No cap. This Rickey has been sold already.

Got cute with a bonus snowman in this one.

Yeah, a whopping four Rickeys, the king of Baseball Christmas.

Sneaking in a football card.

A guy was asking me about Dave Justice cardart, so I made a couple.

I made a typo in the listing that this Mattingly is '91 Post (and eBay won't let me edit it), but of course it's '94 Post with the Christmas colors.

The "crystal window" cards look pretty cool with a light behind them shining through.

The only active player in this group. Ohtani "mini" made from 1/3 of a League Leaders card. The frame is upcycled from an old greeting card I received.

Kirby is the only one here who gets a funky frame.

Fun fact: these ornaments were all made by someone who was literally born on Christmas Eve, so they naturally have more "Christmas Spirit" seeped into them than you'll find elsewhere! :)

This Nolan is leftover from last year when I first thought to make card-ornaments but it was too late to really run with the idea by then.

There you have it, my latest cardart offering. (I've got another new cardart avenue I'm even more excited about these days, but that's for another post.) Thanks for reading and I wish you all Happy Holidays this year!