Funny Papers
It’s always heartwarming to be reminded that consumers are as mesmerized by letterpress as those of us lucky enough to...
In the spirit of National Handwriting Day — which is tomorrow! — I can’t not share the beautifully penned verbiage and...
If L.A.’s Iron Curtain Press is not on your radar, they should be. Their clever and very cool range of cards & prints is printed by hand by Rosanna and Joel Kvernmo on their 125-year-old letterpress. Check out their Etsy shop for these and many other irresistible finds. And, if you are lucky...
I have always loved cards from The Found, but I can’t get enough of their vibrant and very clever collaboration...
It is hard not to be enchanted by Little Low Studio, an Austin studio with wares lovingly illustrated & calligraphed...
If you like your greeting cards with a big dose of sarcasm, then you’ll love SymPATHETIC Greetings. Brian Cohen actually started it while looking for a get well card for a hospitalized friend. “All the options were basically an endless barrage of doves, rose pedals, sunsets — it was all a...
Ilootpaperie was started by a set of Pasadena sisters, Alice & Doris, with a mission to steal hearts with their cheeky, colorful...
In her nearly 30 years in business, Anne Taintor has been much imitated, but never truly duplicated. She had the very...
For those of us that have friendships where pithy barbs are really compliments in disguise, have I got a greeting card line for you. UglyNotes describes itself as “a ragtag group of designers and pessimists creating a collection of greeting cards that express what you’re really thinking.” What I like most is the...
Being simultaneously sweet and clever, with an occasional snarky edge, is a hard line to negotiate — but Queenie’s Cards...
The subtlety and simplicity of the Hat Wig Glove line from Oblation Paper & Press is part of what makes it so funny...
These days, finding a fun card line gives me the same thrill I once got as a 20-something Manhattanite discovering a funky boutique. The lovely and very clever selections from Warren Tales are full of unexpected wordplay and arresting imagery, for me the mark of an enduring brand. Designer and writer Lindsey Warriner fled Boston...