Pictrix Design is the enterprise of Anne Connell (sole prop., factotum, utility outfielder & dogsbody), an erstwhile painter and collagist who, owing to forces beyond her control and the vicissitudes of existence, has turned her creative energies to designing stuff.

❡ She has exceptionally high standards for her work; when she describes it as having been “designed with an absurd attention to detail,” she means it. She designs the sort of cards she'd be delighted to receive: cards that will appeal to the discerning sensibilities of those who appreciate wit, skill, and the idiosyncratic.

❡ Anne lives in Portland, Oregon, having fetched up there toward the end of the previous century. She shares her space with a Pekingese mix named Pippa and a pair of feral budgies.