Carrie Cheatham | Snail Mail
@cheathamsnailmail.bsky.social
Artist in Virginia creating hand painted greeting cards and wares that give back to local organizations helping to welcome our refugee neighbors.
Would you believe me if I told you I almost failed the only Art class I took in college? 😂🫠
March 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Would you believe me if I told you I almost failed the only Art class I took in college? 😂🫠
Up close and personal with some Nike low dunks I was asked to paint last week! TBH this request terrified me - I’ve never painted leather and certainly never painted on shoes.
My hands shook a little bit at first but we kept going! Happy with the final result 🥰
My hands shook a little bit at first but we kept going! Happy with the final result 🥰
March 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Up close and personal with some Nike low dunks I was asked to paint last week! TBH this request terrified me - I’ve never painted leather and certainly never painted on shoes.
My hands shook a little bit at first but we kept going! Happy with the final result 🥰
My hands shook a little bit at first but we kept going! Happy with the final result 🥰
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Did you hear about the Italian chef? He pasta away.
Get it? I'll be here all week.
Don't forget to tip your waitress.
Get it? I'll be here all week.
Don't forget to tip your waitress.
February 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Did you hear about the Italian chef? He pasta away.
Get it? I'll be here all week.
Don't forget to tip your waitress.
Get it? I'll be here all week.
Don't forget to tip your waitress.
We need more good news in our daily lives…
So here is mine for today: I sent over a rough sketch/outline for a house commission and they came back with 0 edits and gave me a green light to start painting.
😲🥰
So here is mine for today: I sent over a rough sketch/outline for a house commission and they came back with 0 edits and gave me a green light to start painting.
😲🥰
February 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We need more good news in our daily lives…
So here is mine for today: I sent over a rough sketch/outline for a house commission and they came back with 0 edits and gave me a green light to start painting.
😲🥰
So here is mine for today: I sent over a rough sketch/outline for a house commission and they came back with 0 edits and gave me a green light to start painting.
😲🥰
Dreaming of days spent painting outside ☀️
February 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Dreaming of days spent painting outside ☀️
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February 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
National parks are important.
Land isn’t being made - land deserves to be preserved.
Our park rangers and our park staff ensure the beauty remains.
Here in VA, I’ll be supporting Shenandoah Nat’l Park - a place we have loved so dearly for decades.
Practice: Leave no trace
Land isn’t being made - land deserves to be preserved.
Our park rangers and our park staff ensure the beauty remains.
Here in VA, I’ll be supporting Shenandoah Nat’l Park - a place we have loved so dearly for decades.
Practice: Leave no trace
February 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
National parks are important.
Land isn’t being made - land deserves to be preserved.
Our park rangers and our park staff ensure the beauty remains.
Here in VA, I’ll be supporting Shenandoah Nat’l Park - a place we have loved so dearly for decades.
Practice: Leave no trace
Land isn’t being made - land deserves to be preserved.
Our park rangers and our park staff ensure the beauty remains.
Here in VA, I’ll be supporting Shenandoah Nat’l Park - a place we have loved so dearly for decades.
Practice: Leave no trace
Hit the golf course and enjoy local artwork on the score card while doing it! Working with local businesses and non profits makes this job so dang fun.
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hit the golf course and enjoy local artwork on the score card while doing it! Working with local businesses and non profits makes this job so dang fun.
How it started: frustrated with the administration making “the other” out of our refugee neighbors, I began to make welcome home cards for a local non profit.
7 years, an LLC, and over 75,000 cards painted by hand later… we are still using cards as a way to show welcome to our newest neighbors 🩷
7 years, an LLC, and over 75,000 cards painted by hand later… we are still using cards as a way to show welcome to our newest neighbors 🩷
February 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How it started: frustrated with the administration making “the other” out of our refugee neighbors, I began to make welcome home cards for a local non profit.
7 years, an LLC, and over 75,000 cards painted by hand later… we are still using cards as a way to show welcome to our newest neighbors 🩷
7 years, an LLC, and over 75,000 cards painted by hand later… we are still using cards as a way to show welcome to our newest neighbors 🩷
In love with this new packaging sticker/label idea
February 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In love with this new packaging sticker/label idea
Playing with surface pattern today for new packaging!
Pretty cool to see my pencil and paper drawings turned into something pretty magical 🙌🏼
Pretty cool to see my pencil and paper drawings turned into something pretty magical 🙌🏼
February 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Playing with surface pattern today for new packaging!
Pretty cool to see my pencil and paper drawings turned into something pretty magical 🙌🏼
Pretty cool to see my pencil and paper drawings turned into something pretty magical 🙌🏼
Cards that welcome.
Cards that show love.
And cards that create ripples of joy.
I stand with loving our refugee neighbors here in VA, and use my artwork as a way of creating meaningful connections 🩵
Cards that show love.
And cards that create ripples of joy.
I stand with loving our refugee neighbors here in VA, and use my artwork as a way of creating meaningful connections 🩵
February 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Cards that welcome.
Cards that show love.
And cards that create ripples of joy.
I stand with loving our refugee neighbors here in VA, and use my artwork as a way of creating meaningful connections 🩵
Cards that show love.
And cards that create ripples of joy.
I stand with loving our refugee neighbors here in VA, and use my artwork as a way of creating meaningful connections 🩵
Love Day + Virginia Snow Storm = A lovely curveball
February 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Love Day + Virginia Snow Storm = A lovely curveball
Melvin and Emily.
Painting people is something I’ve had to learn to “enjoy the process” over the years. Finding my style and my rhythm is something I look forward to shaping year after year.
Painting people is something I’ve had to learn to “enjoy the process” over the years. Finding my style and my rhythm is something I look forward to shaping year after year.
February 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Melvin and Emily.
Painting people is something I’ve had to learn to “enjoy the process” over the years. Finding my style and my rhythm is something I look forward to shaping year after year.
Painting people is something I’ve had to learn to “enjoy the process” over the years. Finding my style and my rhythm is something I look forward to shaping year after year.
The most complicated card to paint but so worth it when the shimmer paint hits the sunlight ☀️
February 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The most complicated card to paint but so worth it when the shimmer paint hits the sunlight ☀️
Soooo ready to start seeing green pop through the wintry ground. Feels like seeing that will muster up a little bit of hope for this year 😅
February 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Soooo ready to start seeing green pop through the wintry ground. Feels like seeing that will muster up a little bit of hope for this year 😅
Really proud of creating these palette pieces last year and continuing to make them this year! No two ever come out the same 🥹
February 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Really proud of creating these palette pieces last year and continuing to make them this year! No two ever come out the same 🥹
32 years later 🎉
Three things that have remained true in my lifetime:
• My love of the outdoors
• My passion for people
• My desire to create
#birthday
Three things that have remained true in my lifetime:
• My love of the outdoors
• My passion for people
• My desire to create
#birthday
January 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
32 years later 🎉
Three things that have remained true in my lifetime:
• My love of the outdoors
• My passion for people
• My desire to create
#birthday
Three things that have remained true in my lifetime:
• My love of the outdoors
• My passion for people
• My desire to create
#birthday
When the Starbucks cake pop matches your raccoon birthday card 🎉
January 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When the Starbucks cake pop matches your raccoon birthday card 🎉
Every single card makes an impact. Refugee women in VA are learning machine sewing skills, practicing English and building community during the Heela Sewing Course this winter 💙
January 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Every single card makes an impact. Refugee women in VA are learning machine sewing skills, practicing English and building community during the Heela Sewing Course this winter 💙
Getting the perfect angle on a new card to show off the texture 😍
January 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Getting the perfect angle on a new card to show off the texture 😍