Independent greeting card designer Alice Atwell launches new Rare & Obsolete range of cards based on hilarious defunct words In her previous life as an English teacher, Alice Atwell founder and designer, Katherine Lawson, taught a module exploring the history of the English Language. The core of this was a weighty tome which set out
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An exhibitor within the Springboard section for new and fledgling publishers at Progressive Greetings Live, I Drew This showcased a number of eye-catching ranges including Little tweets and Umami. Ilona Drew is the surface pattern designer and illustrator behind I Drew This.Born in the 70’s, Ilona’s inspiration comes from the art, books, furnishing and
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Charterhouse owned retail giant Card Factory today gave the green light to its stock exchange flotation as it revealed EBITDA of £80.4 million for the past year. Greetings card retail chain Card Factory, which operates over 700 stores around the UK, announced this morning that it will be floated on the stock exchange and will
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These beautiful artistic greetings cards are the work of artist Andy Broderick and produced by Natural Partners, a lovely publisher we spotted at Spring Fair International 2014. Originally from Kilkenny in the Republic of Ireland, Andy Broderick studied fine art at Teeside University and now lives and works in Saltburn on the North Yorkshire
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New publisher Horse and Hound Art Studio has just launched its first range of greetings cards featuring commissioned portraits artist Sarah Borg has painted of people’s pets. Each Horse and Hound card includes a double-sided slip of advertising inviting the buyer to also have a portrait of their pet painted and can be framed as
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The American Greeting Card Association anticipates some 145 million printed cards will be purchased this year for Valentine’s Day in the U.S. The US Greeting Card Association (GCA) anticipates approximately 145 million greeting cards will be purchased by Americans for Valentine’s Day 2014, with sales remaining relatively stable over last year. This figure is
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