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Sending Cards and Letters

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Sending Cards and Letters

14 January 2021 by Lou
keepsakes - cards and letters

Sending cards and letters seems to be making a bit of a comeback. There’s something really thrilling about getting a card or personal letter through snail mail. Much as we all love email and social media, they’re just not as special… Everywhere you look there is advice on how to do a ‘digital detox’ or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Special Occasion Fun Facts Tagged: Greeting Cards, letters, snail mail

5 a Day Greeting Card Collection

7 January 2021 by Lou

I’m happy to announce that my new 5 a Day greeting card collection is now available. 2020 wasn’t the best year and 2021 isn’t off to a great start either, so I figured we all need a bit of cheering up and that’s what this collection is all about. It’s full of silly puns and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Behind the Scenes, News Tagged: anniversary, birthday, Etsy, Greeting Cards, illustrations, mothers day, valentines day

My Greeting Card Business – looking back on 2020

28 December 2020 by Lou
Greeting Card Business_Review

I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas despite the restrictions. This is my last post of 2020 so I thought chat to you about what this past year meant for my greeting card business and for me personally. This post is a bit more personal and serious than usual, but you’ll get to know me … [Read more…]

Posted in: Behind the Scenes Tagged: greeting card business, Greeting Cards, new year

Homemade Gift Voucher Ideas

21 December 2020 by Lou
homemade gift voucher

Creating a homemade gift voucher or DIY coupon booklet can be a great gift solution. They’re original, can be low cost and you don’t need to wait for delivery. Need some inspiration? Read on, I’ve got  you covered… Reasons to give a DIY gift voucher Giving a homemade gift voucher or coupons solves a lot … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative stuff, Gift Giving Tips Tagged: anniversary, birthday, christmas, fathers day, gift ideas, gifts, mothers day, valentines day

Handcrafted Christmas Gift Ideas

14 December 2020 by Lou
Handcrafted Christmas Gift Ideas

These handcrafted Christmas gift ideas will get you mega brownie points this year (and of course show your favourite people how terrific you think they are!) As well as supporting small businesses, buying handcrafted or artisan gifts shows you’ve put a bit of thought into what you get someone, and they’re unlikely to get the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Gift Giving Tips Tagged: christmas, Etsy, gift ideas, gifts

Printable Christmas Gift Tags

30 November 2020 by Lou
printable christmas gift tags

Fancy some printable Christmas gift tags? This week I wanted to give you something to say thank you for visiting my blog and all the other support you’ve shown me. The gift tags designs are based on some of the illustrations I’ve done for my Christmas card collection so you can also buy a card … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative stuff, News Tagged: christmas, creativity, gift tags, gift wrapping, gifts, illustrations, printables

Support Small Businesses

23 November 2020 by Lou
Support Small Businesses

There are so many great reasons to support small businesses. Even more so during these challenging times of the coronavirus and lockdowns! During the first lockdown earlier this year, I was so impressed with the ingenuity of local small businesses. So many of them came up with unique ways to keep going despite having to … [Read more…]

Posted in: News Tagged: gifts, shopping, small business

A Gift Wrapping Station

16 November 2020 by Lou
Gift Wrapping Station

Why on earth would you need a gift wrapping station? Well partly so you can feel smug and organised, but mostly because it makes life so much easier when you need to wrap a whole load of presents! It’s really frustrating when the stuff you need is all over the place and as soon as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative stuff Tagged: anniversary, birthday, christmas, creativity, fathers day, gift wrapping, mothers day, valentines day

Shopping for Personalised Gifts on Etsy

9 November 2020 by Lou

Although we’re in lockdown during prime holiday shopping time this year, online marketplaces like Etsy make shopping for thoughtful personalised gifts easy. And 2020 is a year that we really do want to show our favourite people how terrific we think they are, so ordinary gifts are not going to cut it! While there are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Gift Giving Tips Tagged: anniversary, birthday, christmas, custom, custom portraits, Etsy, fathers day, gift ideas, gifts, mothers day, valentines day

Custom Illustration Prints as Gifts

2 November 2020 by Lou
Custom illustration prints - Eiffel Tower

As well as selling greeting cards and doing custom cartoon portrait cards, did you know I also do custom illustration prints that make great personalised gifts? You may already have seen some of the cartoon portrait prints I do, but enjoy doing other custom illustration too. I was approached recently by someone who had seen … [Read more…]

Posted in: Behind the Scenes, Creative stuff Tagged: anniversary, birthday, cartoon portraits, christmas, creativity, custom, custom portraits, drawing, fathers day, gift ideas, gift wrapping, illustrations, mothers day, Prints, valentines day
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