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all these lovely works are by kate yorke for her new business called emily pickle. kate designs cards, tea towels and prints for her label which is named after her daughter. recently her tea towel above was named in a top 10 selection by the guardian newspaper and her design below has been shortlisted in a brabantia design competition. see more online at emily pickle.

i have been into marks & spencer this weekend looking at greetings cards and found some lovely new arrivals... Read the rest of this post

besides surtex the month of may also sees london hosting progressive greetings live, the international card show which has been brought forward this year to take place before surtex. i was sent a flyer for 'PG live' by shirley copperwhite a dublin based designer who will be showing her work for the first time on stand 146.

fawnsberg is an illustrated stationery range created by sisters rachel and patricia mumau. the collection of cards, papers, and stamps was born out of love for handwritten letters and besides fawnsberg the sisters also work with their mother kim at the primele creative studio. if their beautiful cards have captured your heart you can find them for sale at fawnsberg or on etsy.

petra wolff has a fun selection of new A6 cards for  sale in her shop for 2013 featuring cute cats, pretty birds and tribal geometrics. petra is a finnish designer who is based in dresden germany who works on freelance designs for textiles, graphics, and illustration projects. more details and designs can be found online here.

pleased to meet is another label i found through hus & hem, who are currently stocking their beautiful cards. based in berlin, germany pleased to meet is the work of daniela konn and marcel hornung who met whilst working in new york. check them out online for a cute collection of notebooks, wrapping paper and cards.

these are some brand new works from designer caroline pratt who launched them as a range of cards and screenprints yesterday at the british craft trade fair in harrogate. the show will run until tuesday 9th if you are in the area. you can also see more from caroline at her lovely website here.

solitaire have some sweet new designs for spring summer 2013, including this fun foxes and toadstools eco wrapping paper (above and below). they've also introduced a range of age birthday cards for young children, and a new addition to their greetings range of a stylish woodpecker birthday card. available here.

designer tamsin seed of studio seed recently exhibited at top drawer where she launched quite a few new greetings card ranges. one of which is the sweet 'carnival kids' range which is a fun range aimed at cildren and young at heart. tamsin also launched a range called 'spring blush' aimed at a sophisticated, feminine market and features watercolour-style florals and lots of hand rendered

illustrator marcus walters recently launched a signature range of greeting cards through UK card company urban graphic. each card features his distinctive hand cut typography, pattern design and printed style. you can see the full collection online at new future graphic. its not from the urban graphic collection but i also loved this poster created by marcus for the

british tv presenter kirstie allsopp has teamed up with publisher cardmix to create a range of tweleve card designs. kirstie is renowned for her programmes on property, interiors, and crafts. the designs were created by scanning lots of kirstie's own collection of home textiles and dresses. the designs were then hand cut using scissors and pinking shears for a vintage crafty look. here are some

im hoping to bring you coverage of some of the 2013 valentines cards available for sale over the next few weeks leading up to feb 14th. the first range i have to post were all snapped in selfridge's in london's oxford street. brands stocked at selfridges include hello lucky, rifle, think of me, belly button, and 1973.

a few more valentine's day cards now - this time from clinton's cards. having been taken over by american greetings last year clinton is now the place to see cards from us brand papyrus. also catching my eye in store were lovely decorative type cards from the 'pork pie press'.

gabrielle treanor of the green gables exhibited at top drawer a couple of weeks ago and was absolutely thrilled with the response to herstationery. as well as her current ranges of cards, notebooks and gift wrap gabrielle also launched three new collections of cards and two new gift wrap designs. she has ventured into hand lettering and there are 12 new greeting cards featuring her hand

polkka jam's new range of cards called 'cats & dogs' have just been released. based in turku, on the west coast of finland polkka jam's designers kristiina and sami say "one of the key elements to our work is our illustration technique that allows us to work together side by side. our knowledge in materials, colour palette and fine art adds to the style that we have developed over the years

lil3birdy is a brand that was established from designer clare shields obsession with paper and illustration. all designs start life as ink drawings and are developed into a range products such as coasters, gift tags, gift wrap, greeting cards, notebooks and postcards. everything is ethically sourced and manufactured in england and all paper products are chlorine free and sourced from

rachel cave has a very stylish valentine's card available from publisher black olive which can be found in stores this year. rachel has also designed some new pacakging for marks and spencers new sugar free sweet flavours.

faye gollaglee is a freelance greeting card designer based in in gateshead, tyne & wear from her studio in her spare room. faye is currently looking for commissions or opportunities to licence her designs. she would also be interested in workng 'in house' if there were any vacancies in the north east. to see more from faye or to get in touch with her go online here.

pootle is a small card publisher based in the scottish borders who supply their fresh designs created using cotton fabrics and collages to shops up and down the UK, as well as in australia, hong kong and france. pootle, who are named after owner shelley klein's ginger cat, have recently brought out a new collection of 30 greeting card designs called 'vintage wonderland'. online you can view

a few weeks ago ecojot launched their new season designs at the new york gift fair. ecojot is of course the company of well known canadian designer carolyn gavin. it produces eco friendly stationery, paper goods, and gifts. i am lucky enough today to be able to showcase images of many of carolyn's fabulous new designs. the first selection features greetings and notecards. you can find ecojot in

next up from ecojot comes a selection of blank notecards, thank you cards, and cards for men, children, and babies. the spring 2013 designs were launched at the end of january at the new york international gift fair by caroyln gavin, the principal designer at ecojot.

red cap cards is a los angeles based greetings cards company run by carrie gifford. red cap work with a selection of different designers and illustrators including meg hunt, christian robinson, anna emilia laitinen, and lizzie stewart. see more online here at red cap.

i recently came across the fantastic work of heather flynn through art house licensing where she is currently their featured designer. heather's work covers a huge diversity a styles and subjects from cute kids cards, contemporary christmas designs through to sophisticated mid-century modern inspired designs and illustrations. orignally from scotland heather graduated in textile design and went