A friend of mine came over today to pick up 100 boxes of unopened stuff - the last of my "new" stash (the '06 to '12 boxes).  I found out it was his birthday, so I thought this was perfect.  He had spent a long time building the 2012 Gypsy Queen set, and a while back, he sent me a pic of him in uniform while on the phone.  The pic was apparently taken by a flip phone camera, so I was a bit worried about quality. After we talked about the 8,000 pound cardboard gorilla in my garage, I

OKAY, so maybe I'm not starting my own card company ... but I am looking and making some patch cards for the public. I've been accepting art commissions for a while now, so this is the first time I've made something cool to sell as-is like this before. As I watch baseball games these days, I can't help but see nothing but players wearing awesome patch cards all over themselves. As the camera zooms in, I think OOOHHH ... what an awesome letter set Samardzija would make ... not necessarily Ryu, though. Or ... OOOOH what an awesome commemorative patch

UPDATE: I have now fully created 2 of them. One is a tweak from the original design, and the other is completely new. First, I had to make the frames to house the stitched pieces and ... voila! (chuckle) I say that as if it took a few minutes...nah ... all last night and all morning to come up with the following: Between the Stitches Gold Holofoil Black Stitch w/soon to be gold signature and, finally .... Signed & Stitched Silver Holofoil Green & Gold Stitch w/soon to be Silver signature I may just get the other 2 white faced

One card I have always loved the look of are Sweet Spot Signature cards. I think the idea was brilliant. Put a baseball cover embedded in a card, and have the player sign. Greatness! But the question looms: Do they really use actual baseballs? Upper Deck had various output issues. As you look at them through the years, you see different outcomes. Here is one that they did use a real baseball:   Kinda scrunched up. That isn't mind thing (though, if I had that card, I'm sure I'd be happy!) They also apparently tried a different type of material,