Glamour Technician Card

by Arethinn
February 2005

For your and your wallet's amusement: be a card-carrying glamour technician!

Click the reduced-size sample above to get a 1808x529 pixel PNG (642 KB). The full-size image prints about 6 inches wide x 1.75 inches high at 300 pixels per inch. It looks good printed on a parchment-style paper. The royal signature areas are left blank for you to make your own fancy signatures (I suggest a glitter gel pen). There is a light grey line around the card to show you where to cut. Then, fold or cut in half widthwise (depending on the thickness of the paper) to fit inside a business card-sized laminating pouch. Be sure to sprinkle a little glitter on each side of the card before feeding the pouch through the machine!

The text reads: The bearer of this card is a certified Glamour Technician, authorized by the Royal Underhill Council of Glamour Distributors to dispense glamour, spread magic, encourage wonder, rekindle belief in Faery, and to perform all the incidental duties pertaining thereto. Witness our royal hand and seal: Maeve, Banríon na Sidhe; Finvarra, Rí na Sidhe.

"Banríon na Sidhe" and "Rí na Sidhe" are mangled Irish for "Queen (King) of the Faery". Maeve is an Anglicised spelling of Mabh or Medb (who may or may not be related to "Mab"). Finvarra is an Anglicized spelling of Fionnbharr or Fionbhar (or other variants). The artwork of a seven-pointed star with Celtic knotwork and a rainbow background is by Arhúaine. For the "royal seal" I actually used a Portuguese Euro coin, I think! (color altered, of course... though green coins would be cool!)