Hello beautiful people! Allow me to introduce you to Kelly Cardinal / Ace Nouveau our featured community member for September 2025.

Kelly has been an artist all her life. She has a background in adoptions and banking, but has finally found ways to make an income while living a fulfilling, creative life. She has a full time graphic design position at a medical association. In addition, she has regular graphic design clients for my freelance business Kelly Cardinal Designs. For the past several years she has an alter-ego business, Ace Nouveau, through which she makes and sells alternative jewelry and will soon offer romantic and naughty illustrated coloring books, T-shirts, magnets, and more.

Kelly is an INFJ-an Advisor and seeks to support and lift others up. She is often the leader’s right hand man. She views herself as a serious person, but often makes people laugh because of her frankness. She loves connecting with others and connecting them to others. Kelly isn’t one for small talk about the weather; she wants to hear your story and what you’re passionate about.

In her spare time, she relishes reading, bellydance, drawing, cheese, chocolate, and cats.

My hot take:

I own a few of Kelly’s Ace Nouveau pieces and her dedication to the craft of jewelry making is obvious. The wire wrapped coyote teeth I own are meticulously wrapped and a favorite of mine.

Also I have had the privilege of getting a sneak peek of one of Kelly’s naughty graphics and let’s just say the room got hot all of a sudden. Can I get some ice water!?

Fun fact:

I met Kelly through Daewen of The Stygian Collective in 2020 and we’ve been friends ever since! She is an integral part of my community here on my Patreon. She also started the Patreon collections organization you see here in the community and I am so grateful!

Want to join my Patreon and be featured? I’d love to have you!