Handmade Greeting Cards

It’s Mum’s birthday next week, and here you are standing in a newsagents looking for a suitable card to mark the occasion.  They all look the same, different colours and messages, but still the same.  What’s not to say that someone else may get Mum the same card you do.

Nothing on the shelves really leaps out, they all appear to be so generic.  Does buying a commercially produced card give a feeling of insincerity?  And it is always difficult to find a card that fits the personality of the recipient.  So, it is back to selecting a really generic card.

A card is supposed to invoke some emotions in the recipient.  The receiver should be able to relate to the meaning of the card and the majority of times, this is impossible with a commercial card.  It might have a pretty picture on the front of the card but does how does that image relate to the receiver?

Sending a card is about feelings.  The feelings you have towards the person you are sending the card to and the feeling the recipient will experience when they receive the card.  That’s why it is important to send just the right card.

Commercial Card

Handmade Greeting Cards

Handmade Card

Handmade Greeting Cards

Handmade Cards – the difference

Before a handmade card is finished, it goes through a few processes.  Each element on the card has been carefully thought out.  A sketch is usually done first to see how all the elements will fit together.

A colour scheme is chosen – one colour, two colours or more and how will they fit together.

A card that has many different elements can take a lot of hours to put together.  Look at the card above, on the right.  All the flowers on that card are handmade, they started out as a piece of white cardstock.  They have been carefully coloured, assembled and arranged on the card front.  The background has been chosen to compliment the flowers and to really show the flowers off.

A lot of thought has gone into how the card presents.  Will it be appealing?  What message is the card sending, apart from Happy Birthday?  Will the recipient enjoy receiving this card?

At Handpress Cards, 95% of our cards are one off cards.  Once they have sold they will not be produced again in the same design.  You can be assured that you are definitely sending a  unique card.

A handmade greeting card says a lot to the recipient because it is evident that love has gone into the making of the card.  A handmade card sends a message that you, the sender, cared enough to select a unique card for them.

And, rather than sending a card with a run of the mill sentiment inside, at Handpress Cards you can add your own personal message to go inside the card that will show the recipient how much you were thinking about them.  We print the message out and make it look like it was always part of the card.

If you can’t find the perfect handmade card, contact us, and let’s see what we can come up with for you.  A handmade card offers more options that a commercially produced card.

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