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<p>What goes into a Louie Award-winning Card of the Year? In the case of <a href="https://wolfandwren.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wolf &; Wren Press</a>, every design grows from the 30-year friendship of co-founders Liz Wolf and Lauren Stapleton. That precious connection, born in middle school, is the kind where one finishes the other&#8217;s sentences &#8230; and the other picks right up on the story! It’s at the core of every design Wolf &; Wren prints — including their winning pet sympathy card that instantaneously honors both the love and grief of these companionships.</p>



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<p>While their cards connect and uplift those separated by emotional and physical distances, Liz and Lauren also actually live far apart. Liz designs and illustrates the range while also working an art teacher in Rockford, Illinois, while Lauren does the printing and everything else that goes into running the Wolf &; Wren stationery shop in Longmont, Colorado — ;some 946 miles away.</p><div class="inline-post clearfix"><div class="see-also byline">See also</div><div id="block-wrap-34917" class="block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-34917 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="34917" 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-10013473 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-favorites tag-noted-2 tag-boxed-notes tag-cards tag-design tag-faire tag-greeting-card-association tag-greeting-cards tag-lauren-te-velde tag-paper-farm-press tag-perpetual-calendar tag-sarah-schwartz tag-stationery tag-stationery-blog tag-stationery-design tag-stationery-designer tag-stickers tag-tea-towel" style="--animation-order:0"><div class="preview-mini-wrap clearfix"><div class="mask"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/the-finest-fruit-of-all/" class="mask-img"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?w=1920&;ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=850%2C850&;ssl=1 850w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1 100w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=770%2C770&;ssl=1 770w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=120%2C120&;ssl=1 120w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1536&;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=275%2C275&;ssl=1 275w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=372%2C372&;ssl=1 372w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=567%2C567&;ssl=1 567w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=882%2C882&;ssl=1 882w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=752%2C752&;ssl=1 752w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=1382%2C1382&;ssl=1 1382w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=24%2C24&;ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=48%2C48&;ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=96%2C96&;ssl=1 96w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-6-3.jpeg?resize=50%2C50&;ssl=1 50w" 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/favorites/" style="color:#b79b0d" class="cat">Favorites</a></div></div><div class="title-wrap"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/the-finest-fruit-of-all/">The Finest Fruit of All</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="2023-06-20T13:58:34+00:00">June 20, 2023</time></span><span class="byline-part likes-count"><a href="#" class="tipi-like-count " data-pid="10013473"><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>



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<p>Every house of stationery takes a distinctive approach to running itself these days, but that of Wolf &; Wren is like no other — and that co-founder connection keeps the brand fresh and authentic. While our chat covers the origins of Wolf &; Wren, Liz and Lauren also share where they see Wolf &; Wren — ;and the stationery community — ;evolving.</p>



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Lauren & Liz of Wolf & Wren
