Friday, April 20, 2012

Notecards


I recently made a little set of notecards for a special girlfriend's birthday. She's a loyal blog visitor, and a writer of lovely notes, so I knew she'd appreciate them. I decided to focus on drawings of edibles, as she's also a wonderful cook.

It was such fun selecting the blank cards and box at my local Paper Source—I could spend hours in that shop! I printed the drawings on my inkjet printer on Canon Matte Photo Paper. (It's a great heavyweight paper, and is reasonably priced, too.) Then, I trimmed them and spray-mounted them onto 5 x 7 notecards (color: "paper bag") and they fit beautifully in a little mailer box (color: "chartreuse"). To make them look more "store-bought", I made a contents label for the back of the box in Adobe Illustrator.


Finally, I cut a vellum band to go around the box, and added a little sticker  that I made by printing one of my drawings onto Avery Clear Sticker Paper that I had lying around. (Being a former graphic designer, I love playing with the packaging details.)


While I'm not quite ready to venture into Etsy territory, I definitely had a great time putting this little package together!

16 comments:

  1. Sarah - you've GOT to get these on etsy! Simply Gorgeous!

    xo

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  2. Lovely! Your drawings are always beautiful, and I really like the way you packaged them.

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  3. A lovely idea and a great present for your friend. Your drawings are beautifully done.
    My fritillary have almost gone, I am wishing I had found time to capture more , still there is next year.
    It was nice to hear from you. Millyx

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  4. Wow, super idea and the cards look beautiful! I really think you could easily sell them individually or as a set, as you could with many of your drawings. Your only problem would be keeping up with all the requests/orders!

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  5. Thank you for providing some great info and beautiful drawings!

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  6. Wow. These are lovely. I love seeing all of them together like this. Of course, that little label and box really made it merrier! So sweet.

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  7. These cards, and their special box, are fabulous!! I'm sure that the special person destined to receive these will be thrilled. I just love how you have combined your wonderful artwork with the notecards and special box. I'd say you're super ready for Etsy if you want to go there.

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  8. Why not Etsy, Sarah..this is magnificent! Truly!! I love these..and I'm sure your girlfriend loved them too. Wow!! : )

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  9. Have you emailed big greeting card companies and book publishers? If not you really should....I love what your doing :)

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  10. Your friend is lucky!!! Who would not love your art? I love them, ever since I laid eyes on them. I enjoyed reading about Google images. That was fun. Thanks.

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  11. I think you'd do well with these on Etsy - the packaging is gorgeous too.

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  12. PLEASE let me know when these are on Etsy! I will be the first in line!!! They are gorgeous! LOVE them!!

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  13. These are so beautiful, Sarah! I love the packaging too.

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