Poppies by Mary Fedden

Just the card you need to brighten up a rainy August day! Based on a wonderful painting by Mary Fedden OBE.

Mother and Baby

I have really fallen for this beautiful card based on a woodcut by Anita Klein. There is so much warmth, love and pride in the eyes of the mother and the baby looks so content to be in his mother's arms. I had a look at Anita Klein's website today http://www.anitaklein.com/ and really loved her lively, humorous portrayals of women, men, angels and babies.

Gourmet Greetings

I have just added this fantastic greeting card to the site. It was designed by London based Anzu who create glamorous retro cards featuring delicate watercolour illustrations printed on high-quality cardstock. I am planning to add a larger selection soon.

Stationery for Kids

When I was growing up, my parents always encouraged us to keep a holiday diary. My brothers, sister and I would choose our notebooks in the local stationers and customise them with all kinds of more or less excentric adornments. I recall one ambitious holiday notebook cover being decorated with large sea shells. Another was decorated with postcards of fluffy new-born lambs, bought while on a visit to the lake district. Mum has kept all our holiday scrap books and they make for entertaining reading! With this in mind, I have added a Kids' stationery range to the site. We've selected holiday playpacks, colourful notebooks and a specially designed travel journal.

Lovely Eco-friendly Cards

These lovely cheerful 100% recycled paper cards designed by Lisa Jones are now displayed on the walls of our office- they are so cool they've almost made us forget about the awful weather conditions! Our favourite is the rather nervous looking lion- isn't he cute! You can see more cards from this range on our website.

Time Out Magazine

We were given a wonderful write-up in Time Out Magazine recently. We were really excited to hear that they loved our website. They illustrated the piece with a picture of a super stylish greeting card by UK-based Blush Publishing who print all their cards by hand on an antique Victorian printing press. It's so wonderful to see that age-old printing techniques can be put to great use to create beautiful contemporary designs.

Hello Lucky and the joy of Snail Mail

I have slightly neglected this blog in recent weeks due to being rather busy with my website http://www.papergrain.co.uk/. We have been adding fabulous new lines of stationery including these gorgeous Snail Mail Thank you Cards designed by Hello Lucky in San Francisco. I first discovered their beautifully crafted cards while on a road trip down the East Coast. The high quality of the cardstock used and the funky, stylish designs are a fabulous combination. I am thrilled to be selling these cards on the site and boy have they been popular!