Funny Papers
Is every day Kanye Day for you? Samantha of Violet Clair sure feels that way — and she’s done what any...
If you like your greeting cards with a big dose of sarcasm, then you’ll love SymPATHETIC Greetings. Brian Cohen actually started...
One of many great finds this past National Stationery Show was this Brooklyn-based house of cards, named for one of my favorite elements of punctuation: Ümlaut Brooklyn.With the tagline “Aiding and Abetting Real Communication,” this retro-inspire line describes itself as sometimes irreverent, sometimes naughty, always nice. “We make cards that make people linger...
Ilootpaperie was started by a set of Pasadena sisters, Alice & Doris, with a mission to steal hearts with their cheeky, colorful...
In the spirit of National Handwriting Day — which is tomorrow! — I can’t not share the beautifully penned verbiage and...
Here’s the perfect birthday card to give your favorite practical joker — or to send if you are that joker. Cards from Joker Greeting look just like any other musical greeting card, with one important difference. Once the button to press to play the song is pressed, the song plays and...
Cheerio! Big Jon just released two fun collections. Fantastic Man makes a simple, modern and very bold statement in the...
Nothing puts a spring in my step more than a fresh new card company popping into my in-box. That happened earlier...
I have always loved cards from The Found, but I can’t get enough of their vibrant and very clever collaboration with fellow Chicago illustrator Laura Szumowski. Pop culture references run through these selections, and thankfully nothing, from legwarmers to big hair, is sacred. I especially like their Orange is the New Black...
For those of us that have friendships where pithy barbs are really compliments in disguise, have I got a greeting...
My anglophile tendencies have been in high gear this week as the U.S. has hosted Prince William and Kate Middleton,...
It is hard not to be enchanted by Little Low Studio, an Austin studio with wares lovingly illustrated & calligraphed by Caitlin McClain. The range includes irresistible cards ($4.50) as well as prints ($12-$32) — and my personal favorite, canvases ($24-$54). I featured the “From the Garden” canvas a few...