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Hi Buy Canadian Lemmy,

I spent a long time making these botanical micro-art trading cards for myself. They are for each province and territory of Canada. Kind of a hobby that got out of hand. I made everything by hand, locally and offline, so every individual card has some variations to them.

I’m really curious if others would ever want something like this as Canadian made micro-art collectables, happy to figure out if it’s just me who likes them or?

I added a url for a waitlist (recommended to make one by a friend for this), just to see if anyone anywhere might be interested in my crafts. Not sure if it worked, as I've been on lemmy for a while but these are my first posts.

Thanks

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[–] mics@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Just an update!

Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments. It helped encourage me to work hard on some steps in my approach for these Canadian micro-art trading cards as a form of collectibles. I wanted to share some progress with Lemmy, as the community has helped shape where things are going. New homepage link for this endeavour in bio. Happy to hear any new feedback!

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think they are really cool, and could see them selling well in a gift shop setting.

[–] mics@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Awesome, glad you think so! :)

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They look super cool and I could see individuals or decks selling at gift stores, michaels, mindgames, eg bradley etc... depends on how you do them. Deck, collectables, postcards , souvenires of places where the art is a match for a local botanical rarity.

I also think there is a market for art that looks more like a realistic sketch. Something more realistic and less iconic. Still art, not a photo. But like a black and white artistic sketch with some artistic water colour splashed around.

Very cool.

[–] mics@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Thanks! I'll consider that for sure. The comments are all definitely valuable for a next version!

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Im thinking something like this, for foragers. Maybe a regular deck of cards on one side, and botanical reference/ foraging on the back side? As an outdoor enthusiast that would be something I'd be interested in

[–] mics@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I really appreciate the feedback. I'll look into it all as I never foraged, but that's a great idea!

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Since your focus is on Canadian flowers, could you partner with wildflower companies?, maybe like northern wildflowers?

These are really cute, although like another poster said, my own inclination is for something hand-drawn and less icon-looking. I think you could do well with these though; thanks for sharing!

[–] mics@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Ooh that's a neat idea. I'm glad you like these! Hopefully I can re-post one day in the future when I have refined things some more.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

These are beautiful. I love that you captured the unique essence in the stylized art

[–] mics@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] mics@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Here's a little waitlist if interested Botanical Cards Tally Form List I'm still working on some aspects and gauging interest!