Maggie said: "We met at Hallmark Cards where we were both designing greeting cards.

Soon after, Rick got a job art directing at Norcross Cards in Pennsylvania. Next we moved farther East, when Rick was hired by Jim Henson. At the Muppets, he art directed a multitude of Sesame Street products - books and theme park rides, clothing and computer games - ranging almost literally from soup (Campbell's') to nuts (Kellogg's')!

Now we have happily come full circle, teaming up to design gift wrap and greeting cards."

Rick said: "I met Maggie in Kansas City. We both worked as artists at Hallmark Cards. Within a year, we moved to Westchester PA, where Maggie started her freelance career.

Over the years Maggie has illustrated over one hundred childrens books and greeting cards for several major publishers.

After moving to Connecticut, Maggie started volunteering at a local animal shelter where among other duties, she photographed the cats and kittens up for adoption. Most recently she contributed eighteen cat photographs to the "Ultimate Cat Lovers Book".

For the last three years, Maggie and I have worked for Paper Source as freelance designers. Some of their best sellers are featured in our Published Portfolio."

You also can visit our personal websites - MaggieSwanson.com and RickWetzel.com