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

  • Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca
    2·
    5 hours ago

    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.caOPEnglish
      1·
      4 hours 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.

  • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 hours ago

    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.caOPEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

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

  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
    4·
    10 hours ago

    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.caOPEnglish
      3·
      10 hours ago

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