I haven't used it for others either...feels like you said a very personal deck.lark, I think you hit the nail on the head with your impressions. I used the Mary-El exclusively for a while, and it remains to be a private deck. I find that I don't want to use it to read for others—there's something about it that invites me to imbue it with a very personal and intimate energy. It's darker than the Greenwood for me, but I get what you mean about it being "channeled." I should probably do more ancestor work with it soon.
Oh, there was a time when I wanted to trim it, but Schiffer cardstock makes me cringe, so I left it alone. I think it was the right decision.
I haven't used it for others either...feels like you said a very personal deck.
Definitely darker than the Greenwood.
I have gone back and forth about trimming it too.
I wasn't sure how the Schiffer card stock would trim..so mine is still untrimmed.
They look wonderful, she must of had to measure so carefully to get that perfect thin border around the picture.
I was going to take off all the black border, but leave the title.
I might still do it...I feel like the border restricts the picture...like it is just chomping at the bit to get released from it.
