Howl at the Thank You?

So you may have noticed by now that our wedding has developed a mind of its own and has acquired an "Arizona" wilderness-inspired theme... you may also know that back in November I decided I really like the idea of Block Printing our Thank You notes...

Well today I decided to start sketching out ideas based on FSIL's Thank Yous...

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And although the birds are cute they don't really work well for an Arizona themed wedding unless of course the bird was a roadrunner... Meep Meep. So I got to thinking of Arizona animals, Javelinas- too obscure, roadrunners- too silly, but when I got to the Coyotes it sounded just right!

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Then I sketched the same image onto the Speedy Carve block...

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And then I carved out the outline of the coyotes..

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And took a little off the top...

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So here's the final outcome with the stamping...

There are some things I'd like to fix but I really love the artistic feel of the stamp and the subtle imperfections and that you can hand write whatever message you want from Thank You to Congrats. Are you considering making a Thank You card you can reuse down the road? Do you have animals on your wedding stationary?

 ...and did anyone else want the Coyote to beat the Roadrunner?