About

OUR MESSAGE
Everyday, in every way, we should celebrate “every day” life! We are the "every day life enthusiast" and our Proverb Greeting Cards reflect that. Today's modern understanding of the world often renders the 'old fashioned' - outdated or even mundane. But for the everyday life enthusiast, contentedness, yes, even pleasure and happiness are found in the simple.

There is a PROVERBIAL saying: if you want good advice, consult an old man. And while it is hard to argue with such wisdom - why do we have to wait to get old to be wise? Just Millin’ Around Proverb Greeting Cards are the perfect way to remind people of these wise sayings, some of which you will see for the first time in your life.
No matter what culture, proverbs are often the way elders pass on knowledge to the younger generations. Many of us grew up with parents or grandparents who used proverbial sayings - sometimes two to a sentence! Yet it seems that using proverbs in our modern world has become a lost art…

…But never have so few words said so much. A combination of wit and wisdom make proverbs and riddles not only fun, but intellectually stimulating. With this new card series, the proverb will again take its rightful place in dialogue. It will again grace the local coffee houses, be whispered as sweet nothings in lovers’ ears, and be heard as praises shouted from rooftops.

OUR PROVERBS CARDS
Each language and culture uses unique words and phrases to characterize their way of life, their values and traditions. These expressions of everyday life whether about love, worry, truth, etc. are universal in nature but at the same uniquely worded, making them a treasure for any linguist.

To ensure that the richness of a particular language was not lost, each proverb and saying has been translated in its most literal form. But with that said, some sayings clearly do not translate well, the idea simply is 'lost in translation'. It is for that reason, if there is already a similar expression, an English equivalent if you will, it was also included. For example:

Lithuanian proverb
Ant kurio vežimo sėdi, tam ir giesme dainuok

literal translation
Sing to the one whose cart you are riding on

English equivalent
Love the one your with

THE ARTIST
Juste Grumšlytė (pronounced: Yoos-teh Grum-shlee-teh) born in Lithuania, now living in Los Angeles was the oldest of three children. For most of her childhood, she played basketball, with the possibility of someday making it a career.  It wasn’t until High School where she began to explore drawing and theatre.  After graduating she was invited to the United States to attend a theatre camp.  It was during this summer, John Dopkin and Gale Bradford placed some of Juste’s drawings in their small framing shop Northern Exposures in Plymouth New Hampshire. Many passers’ by came into the framing shop to see Juste’s artwork. By the time she left New Hampshire not quite 2 months later, most of her 100+ prints had been bought. It was then, that Juste realized her true calling, and the rest is history.

Juste takes her theatre work just as seriously as being an artist and in Lithuanian she has done voice over’s children’s films such as “The Stripped Zebra, as well as commercials for Colgate©, Coca Cola™, L’Oreal © and others.

THE CREATORS
Dalita Lovett is a wife and mother of 4 children. She lives in Vista, California and most recently worked as a Marketing Director for Nostalgia Ventures, Inc. where she headed up their Direct To Consumer Marketing division producing and selling Old Time Radio shows.

Raised by her grandparents, Dalita feels blessed to be able to share some of the wisdom she grew up with. She adds “it’s nice to create something that brings a little joy to the world.

She’s taken her 10 years of marketing experience for others and is focusing on propelling their new company, Just Millin’ Around to a household name.  

From a very young age, Dalita knew she wanted to be in the greeting card business.  In 2007 she met Juste whose drawings depicted ‘everyday life’ situations.  The two began pairing up cultural proverbs, riddles and folk sayings with Juste’s drawings and soon found they fit “like a hand in a glove”.