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Snoopy salutes the 50th anniversary of NASA, one of Hallmark’s 2008 Keepsake Ornaments. Must get my hands on this little guy.

Today is Black Friday and the frantic pistol-start of the Christmas shopping season. HubbleSite released their holiday cards earlier this week — this is the third year they’ve offered them — and you can download beautifully-designed files, ready for the print shop… or your printer! Each year I swear I’m going to have some of these printed up, and when the time comes I can never afford it. Shown above and below are this year’s new designs; 21 others to choose from!

Hubble Holiday Cards are back (see last year’s post), with three new designs at the top. Image above is my favorite of the three.

Image © Martha Stewart Living, no infringement intended.

Okay, so I’m a Martha Stewart disciple. So what? I think these outdoor shooting stars are nothing short of brilliant. (I can picture where I’d put them in our yard, too. Hmm.)

I couldn’t let Valentine’s Day go by without showing off what my lovely husband found for me yesterday: Space Mates valentines by Punch Studio of Culver City, CA. (Sadly they only sell to retail businesses.) So cute, so retro, I’d love to know more about the artwork itself, whether it’s a reproduction or just something styled on the illustrations of old… extremely cute, at any rate! Happy Valentine’s Day!