Thursday, April 12, 2012

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The story has finally come to its conclusion! When I began it, I thought it would be over within a few weeks. I had no idea it would stretch into two school years!


It was quite a task to get these all done on time. Sometimes it was a really close call, as this page and this page show, but in the end she never had a packed lunch without one.


There’s one other reason I started the Lunch Note Project I haven’t really emphasized as much, but feel worth mentioning. It is true that I began it because I didn’t want to write the same note every day. But the bigger reason to write notes at all was that my daughter asked me to, because she was so lonely at lunch. She didn’t have anyone to talk to. So I began the story, and suddenly people at the lunch table wanted to see how it was going. Eventually, she had plenty of people to talk to. During these last pages of the story – not all that long ago – she came home and said she forgot to read the note, because she was talking to people too much. She apologized, but I was, of course, very happy. I’m glad I started the notes, but I also think they ended at the right time.


Nevertheless, it was a great deal of fun, and I’m sorry it’s over. But while this story has come to an end, I doubt that it’ll be the end of the Lunch Note Project. I’ve got two younger kids as well, and they’re going to need lunches too!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Monday, April 9, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Monday, April 2, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Friday, March 30, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

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This one wasn't planned when I was working on the ending. It's another one where the character ran away with the story. Herbert was just the sort of fish to hire puppies to sing his praises, so I had to put it in.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Friday, March 23, 2012

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This is one day when I almost didn't get a lunch note into my daughter's lunch. Or rather, I didn't, so I had to fax it to the school. So what she saw actually looked like this:

But I gave her the one in color when she got home.

On a side note, I've mentioned before that Pax is possibly my favorite character of the whole story, so I had a lot of fun with this one.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Monday, March 19, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Friday, March 16, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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One of my favorite pages. I wouldn't mind having rhino knights patrolling around the house, just because that would be super cool.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Monday, March 5, 2012

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My daughter told me this is one of her favorite pages!

Friday, March 2, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Monday, February 27, 2012

Friday, February 17, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Monday, February 13, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Friday, February 3, 2012

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Wanted to do another fully rendered page (as opposed to quick pics on notebook paper) before the story came to a close, and this seemed like a good place to do it. My daughter was genuinely sad when the kids got left behind! Although when they were being consoled by hippogryphs, she could guess what the kids might do. So it was all the more reason to make it big when they did.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Monday, January 30, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Friday, January 27, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Monday, January 9, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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For those new to the Lunch Note Project, the story starts here. Welcome!

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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School's back in from winter break. Hope everyone had a great holiday!

For those new to the story, it begins here.