Ink and Eraser owes its existence to Craig's 40th birthday. Hope, knowing what an Iowa State fan Craig is from witnessing the many hours he spent glued to TV, radio and computer agonizing over every missed three-pointer and tackle for loss, arranged to have the coaches at ISU sign a card wishing me a happy birthday. The only snag was that she had a dickens of a time finding an Iowa State-themed card for them to sign. "Someone ought to create some and sell them," she said. "Ngggh," Craig replied. And, lo and behold, here they are several months later selling Iowa State greeting cards. A year later they added Hawkeye cards to the lineup. And who are Craig and Hope?

Hope takes care of all the boring stuff like marketing and arranging printing and ordering boxes and labels and acquiring licensing rights. She's a graduate of Drake University and has worked as a copy editor at the Omaha World-Herald and the Lexington Herald-Leader. In addition to her hard work on our greeting cards, she also finds time for freelance editing jobs. Oh, and she's a stay-at-home mom, too. Slacker.

Craig draws the pictures and puts the stuff on the website ... when he's not busy obsessing about Iowa State athletics, that is. Go Cyclones! He's an Iowa State grad and works as a graphic artist at the Des Moines Register.