<p>My philosophy on business cards is simple: One can simply never, ever have enough. This goes double if you juggle a few personas — you need to have a card at the ready for each. As a printed extension of the self, you want to leave a chic impression long after you&#8217;ve split.</p>
<p>So when <a href="http://carda.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carda &; Co.</a> approached me recently to try out their letterpress services, I was game — especially after looking around their site. Their aim is to provide high quality, luxurious paper goods at affordable prices. Super-thick textured paper, clever design, edge painting, fun fonts, even blind letterpress — all are not the exception but the rule here.</p>
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<p>I wanted mine to encompass everything I do — that is both magazines as well as this blog. It&#8217;s enough info that the vertical format worked best. As for font choice, I really wanted to use Eloquent Pro. I adore its modern feel, with a sleek little unexpected edge.</p>
<p>We updated many of the fonts in <a href="https://stationerytrends.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stationery Trends</a> for our spring issue (hitting mailboxes very soon, by the way!), and this was one that we&#8217;d reviewed that was ultimately not selected. The Carda team generated several mock-ups — during which time I realized that though I loved Eloquent&#8217;s swash-a-rific options, they were a little much in this format.</p><div class="inline-post clearfix"><div class="see-also byline">See also</div><div id="block-wrap-30072" class="block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-30072 block-wrap-classic columns__m--1 elements-design-3 block-ani block-skin-0 tipi-box block-wrap-thumbnail ppl-m-1 clearfix" data-id="30072" data-base="0"><div class="tipi-row-inner-style clearfix"><div class="tipi-row-inner-box contents sticky--wrap"><div class="block block-23 clearfix"><article class="tipi-xs-12 clearfix with-fi ani-base tipi-xs-typo split-1 split-design-1 loop-0 preview-thumbnail preview-23 elements-design-3 post-16857 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-mail-box tag-journals tag-leather-journals tag-rebecca-moss tag-refillable-notebooks tag-sarah-schwartz tag-the-paper-chronicles tag-the-wanderings-notebook" style="--animation-order:0"><div class="preview-mini-wrap clearfix"><div class="mask"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/wanderings-everlasting-notebooks/" class="mask-img"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?w=800&;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=150%2C150&;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=770%2C770&;ssl=1 770w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=200%2C200&;ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=350%2C350&;ssl=1 350w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=460%2C460&;ssl=1 460w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=500%2C500&;ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=293%2C293&;ssl=1 293w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=75%2C75&;ssl=1 75w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=390%2C390&;ssl=1 390w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=585%2C585&;ssl=1 585w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=24%2C24&;ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=48%2C48&;ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wandering_7.jpg?resize=96%2C96&;ssl=1 96w" sizes="(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a></div><div class="meta"><div class="byline byline-2 byline-cats-design-4"><div class="byline-part cats"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/category/the-mail-box/" style="color:#b79b0d" class="cat">The Mail Box</a></div></div><div class="title-wrap"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/wanderings-everlasting-notebooks/">Wanderings&#8217; Everlasting Notebooks</a></h3></div><div class="byline byline-3"><span class="byline-part date"><i class="tipi-i-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date published dateCreated flipboard-date" datetime="2017-04-13T13:10:32+00:00">April 13, 2017</time></span><span class="byline-part likes-count"><a href="#" class="tipi-like-count " data-pid="16857"><span class="likes-heart"><i class="tipi-i-heart-o" aria-hidden="true"></i><i class="tipi-i-heart" aria-hidden="true"></i></span><span class="tipi-value">0</span></a></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></tipimidc>
<p>At any rate, I am so thrilled with the final result and can&#8217;t wait to start handing them out. They are very high quality, super-thick with a really satisfying bite to the letterpress.</p>
<p>Thank you so much Siyun and the Carda &; Co. team for bringing them to life! I would definitely recommend their services — and their prices seem most reasonable. With <a href="http://www.nationalstationeryshow.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Stationery Show</a> around the corner, there&#8217;s not a better time to indulge.<img class="aligncenter wp-image-9653" src="http://thepaperchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_5428.jpg" alt="IMG_5428" width="618" height="618" /></p>