<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Blame Maryann]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unfiltered cards]]></description><link>https://www.blamemaryann.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:57:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.blamemaryann.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why Every Family Has a 'MaryAnn' and Why We Blame Her]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Origin Story They Never Tell Artwork by Andrew Kappes. @2025. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Before MaryAnn became the family’s designated chaos coordinator, she was just a kid — an only child with a house key on a shoelace and a habit of pretending she wasn’t lonely. A latch‑key kid before anyone called it that. She learned early how to microwave dinner, entertain herself, and make silence feel less like abandonment and more like independence. MaryAnn grew up with two...]]></description><link>https://www.blamemaryann.com/post/finding-comfort-in-greeting-cards-after-loss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a81edd468f1938b2e2f6667</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:05:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cc8af_da07dd608e914319b84e29142141ff51~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_946,h_663,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>donna0306</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Drawing That Waited 89 Years to Speak- Meet Lil MaryAnn™!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some stories don’t rush. Some stories don’t shout. Some stories wait quietly, patiently. Until the right hands, the right heart, and the right moment arrive. This is the story of a drawing that waited 89 years to speak. A Girl on Brown Parchment (1937) In 1937, a 16‑year‑old girl named Antoinette Ricci sat with a sheet of brown parchment paper and drew a portrait she titled “Drawings of Heads from Illustration.” She didn’t know she was creating the foundation of a future brand. She didn’t...]]></description><link>https://www.blamemaryann.com/post/meet-lil-maryann-the-tiny-troublemaker-you-re-about-to-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab331d6d546ccce7d811100</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 02:19:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cc8af_61daf4fa8c7943d5b2f2fa28a541cf4c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_573,h_716,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>donna0306</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Echoes of Innocence: The Words That Grow into Our Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Childhood is the one place where everything feels simple— until I grew up and realized it wasn’t simple at all. The innocence I carried wasn’t just in my small hands or wide eyes; it lived in the words spoken around me. Words I didn’t choose. Words I didn’t understand. Words that quietly rooted themselves in the soil of who I was becoming. And in my experience? Those words didn’t stay in childhood. They followed me.  They grew up with me. They shaped the stories I told myself long after I'd...]]></description><link>https://www.blamemaryann.com/post/the-innocence-we-carry-how-childhood-words-become-the-stories-we-live-as-adults</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a919cde4f7694ed1ed79679</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:13:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cc8af_f0c2879de0994f6fb3e076c207123e3e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_934,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>donna0306</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Cards Still Matter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because text‑lingo is quick. Card‑language is human. Image Taken By me @2026 In a world where everything shows up as a notification, a card is one of the few things that still feels human. Our phones buzz constantly. Emails. Reminders. Breaking news. Group chats. Someone reacting to a message you forgot you sent three months ago. Most of it gets glanced at, swiped away, and immediately forgotten. A card is different. A card requires effort. You picked it. You signed it. You put a stamp on it...]]></description><link>https://www.blamemaryann.com/post/how-personal-experiences-inspire-our-card-designs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a81edd55c29ad0b3f82fa33</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:05:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cc8af_63dc239a2b7a43a5a571461278a4c58e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_777,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>donna0306</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>