Handmade birchbark card by Frances of Creative Muskoka Cards.

*due to the handmade nature of the card, variations may occur  

Between March and December 2020, Frances Mae Balodis mailed over 1,000 handwritten cards from Utterson to help people feel less isolated during the pandemic. She still sends about 30 cards a week, often to individuals in retirement or assisted care homes and veterans. She doesn’t necessarily know the people she writes to – she simply hopes her cards lift their spirits as much as sending them lifts hers. Her whimsical birchbark cards are bound to bring a smile for sender and receiver — and a reminder that Muskoka is always home in our hearts.

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