a letter in scraps
some things I have been doing lately
hi friends <3
I want to write to you in scraps, because it feels most accurate to where my brain is at.
first things first:
analog is the #1 trend for 2025 and I don’t want to post on Instagram. I want to make you things!!!! IRL!!!! and send them to you in the mail!!!!!
so, you can now sign up for a substack subscription for $5 a month (if you live in the US) and I will send you a monthly collage kit every month (yes even if you only subscribe for one month). every collage kit comes with a prompt card and a surprise vinyl sticker <3 (you can opt out of physical mail if you hate mail, which I learned recently that some people do?) I will be launching this as a monthly mail club as a part of rewind for $10 a month so if you are a paid substack subscriber, you get it half off ;)
every month you will get something new! it’s called reminders (duh!)
things I have made lately
it’s november again and worse, an anniversary of substance: 5 years since losing my younger sister cass. you can try to convince me otherwise, but I am pretty sure the world ended then? I never looked at the world the same way ever again.
-I made this for my best friend meghan’s BEAUTIFUL new house. I ripped it out so I need to find a new background for it. I was thinking vintage life mag (obvs)
-I started a nonprofit in memory of my sister called lovecass to fund free mental health workshops, events, and education in our community. five years later! now I am the CEO of two companies, which is epic. send prayers for tax season.
-you look like you’re looking for something, my debut book, is still 95% completed and I still have yet to Lock In and Just Finish It (I’ve changed the year on the first page for 3 years now) but I’m speaking it into existence now: it will exist in the world before summer of 2026.
-I wrote this cover story for Hudson Valley One about Lost Leaders! I got to interview Byron, who plays with the Lumineers, and I felt like a Real Music Journalist. The first sentence was supposed to be the subheading but I’m trying a new thing called Letting Little Things Go. you can read the whole thing here. I also wrote an article about music and mental health, which you can read here.
-I started a card drive for a woman I met named katherine who founded a nonprofit called psych ward greeting cards. she created this program after being in the hospital and felt like some hope, positivity, and support from kind strangers could go a long way. now she is partnered with 10 hospitals—one the hospital cass was at—sending messages of hope without waiting for the medical field to incorporate it into their programs. I think there is a lot of power and beauty in that. anyways, she didn’t have enough cards. I MAKE cards!
Here is me painting greeting cards at my local print shop department of things
-this sticker for psych ward greeting cards! I gave them some stickers to use for cards and she ended up buying 1,000 of them to give out with the cards when she hands them out. I am most excited about this because they say lovecass on it.
-here is a free pdf of the zine I made with syd, mia, and lily for heart of midtown. We just met with the local high school and will be printing as many as we are allowed for the kids to have.
in the meantime, I am doing what I can. I am trying to rest more and say no more. The season of yes led to many, many, many beautiful things but it is time to hibernate.
things I am looking forward to!
-I’m guest editing the december edition of Good Neighbor with my dear friend Bridget Badore, which I am very excited about.
-I’m doing 2 more boats and crafts workshops, aka painting watercolors on my favorite little boat Kingston Boat Co. on Nov. 23 and Dec. 14!
-I also will be having my annual fancy black tie holiday party because I love a dress up holiday party.
that’s all<3
karlie
