50 Years of Incredible You

A customer wrote to me back in January 2023 to say that that her husband's 50th birthday was coming up. She knew that I wasn't working at full pace and wanted to know if I knew of anyone else who makes cards like I do. Of course, I don't! My cards are unique. I quickly realised that nice cards were important to this customer, so I decided to make one for her husband's special birthday.

My customer told me that her husband is into hiking and asked me if I could include hiking sticks, hiking boots and mountain views on the card. He also loves going on safari into the African wilderness and spotting wild animals. Leopard, springbok, cheetah, rhinoceros and elephant were the animals mentioned. Finally, she told me that her husband enjoys good Italian coffee.

I decided to show my customer's husband with a hot cup of coffee in one hand and a coffee pot in the other hand. Behind him are the mountain views that he loves so much. To his right is a springbok, a type of antelope found mainly in south and southwest Africa. The name "springbok" comes from the Afrikaans words spring ("jump") and bok ("antelope" or "goat"). It is the national animal of South Africa and has been adopted as a nickname or mascot by several South African sports teams, most famously by the national rugby union team.

On his left I added some walking books and hiking sticks, and an elephant, another of the animals from my customer's list. A big red number 50 marks his age.

"Thank you so much. It's great!" my customer wrote to me.

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