in your own words, LLC

Vintage images in greeting cards celebrating the LGBT community, made and printed with wind power on 100% recycled paper, hand-assembled in Maine, giving dignity and income to rural, HIV+ men and women.

Out of old trunks, dusty attics, and closets of shame, these images proudly reflect a century of relationships, experiences and sentiments that mirror our own today.

For too long though, our community has been identified by our sexuality. At in your own words, we celebrate, but are more than, our sexuality.

Yes, we know how to quip and camp, but too often lost in our celebrations are the important relationships and timeless values that reflect the depth of our humanity.

We are committed to recognizing that depth. We want for our company what we want for ourselves--substance, significance, and quality.

For us, there is stature and graciousness in gentle humor that does not seek to belittle or denigrate, and we work toward the day when our community will not need to.

We are passionate about caring for our planet, and fervent in our concern for those affected by HIV.

We sincerely believe there is genuine desire for something more in our celebrations...something of respect for ourselves and each other.

We dedicate our work to this respect for a past too long hidden, a present worthy of dignity and joyousness, and a future in which our children never live in fear of loving anyone.

We hope you will join us and write your dedication to these values on our cards...
...in your own words!