Notes And Queries

09/05/2026

https://vanessaharnik.substack.com/p/the-art-of-the-carry-on?r=4itzz&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Or: how I ended up eating my own words about “layers” before a 16-day trip

09/03/2026

https://vanessaharnik.substack.com/p/the-witch-the-house-and-whatever?r=4itzz

A confession that this is not a greeting card industry post, but stay with me - I think it’s about balance anyway

09/02/2026

https://vanessaharnik.substack.com/p/blank-on-the-inside?r=4itzz&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Why the easiest part of a card to see is the hardest part to write

09/01/2026

https://vanessaharnik.substack.com/p/people-buy-from-people?r=4itzz&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

On sales, energy, exhaustion, and the quiet kid who learned to be loud

08/31/2026

https://vanessaharnik.substack.com/p/the-web-we-didnt-know-we-were-weaving?r=4itzz&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

On Charlotte’s Web, Small-timore, and figuring out who’s actually reading this thing

08/30/2026

https://vanessaharnik.substack.com/p/from-sketch-to-shelf-a-play-in-twelve?r=4itzz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

What it actually takes to get a greeting card from an artist’s desk to your favorite shop’s shelf - dramatized, because you know, why not.

08/29/2026

https://vanessaharnik.substack.com/p/the-luck-we-make?r=4itzz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Maybe luck isn’t always something that happens to us. Maybe sometimes, we make it.

08/29/2026

these fab new cereal birthday cards from Ricicle - David Nichols-Rice are new from Notes & Queries! so dang cute! Which cereal was your favorite as a kid???

08/29/2026

https://vanessaharnik.substack.com/p/oh-thats-a-good-idea?r=4itzz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

What happens when you stop trying to know everything and start paying attention.

08/28/2026

https://vanessaharnik.substack.com/p/nerding-out-on-paper?r=4itzz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Sometimes you have to stop and actually look at the thing in your hands.