Gingiber is the work of artist Stacie Bloomfield. Her goal is to encourage and inspire you to live your most full, creative life. Once upon a time, Stacie couldn't find artwork for her daughter's nursery and decided to take matters into her own hands. She kept being drawn (get it?) to the irresistible essence of animals: their furry faces, their perky ears, their plethora of colors and textures. As time went on, Stacie discovered her biggest passion was to make art that encourages women to rise, transform, and shine a light on their creativity and inner strength.
Business duos are the cutest (though we might be biased...) How did the two of you come to join forces?
It felt like a very natural progression after working at a letterpress company together for a number of years. We have very twin energies when it comes to interfacing with the public and moving one million things forward at once to get a job done. We also have found open communication to be central to our relationship so it's paved the way for us to move thought all the decision making that we've had to do in the last 3 year. Somedays it feels like we make 85 decisions together, everything from budget, to future markets, to dialing in an ink color, to studio space issues. It's so much! We are trying to mind meld for efficiency.
Wildberry Studio started in 2017 after a year of making cards and selling at markets as a combined creative outlet between husband and wife team Hillary Ting and Christopher Burkart. They had always wanted to work together and, after a particularly rough week of work, decided to design Chris’s sister's birthday card as a fun project to make something that promotes connection. They continued creating cards, printing them at home on a snazzy Canon, and eventually came up with a line they felt proud to sell. From there they added other stationery and lifestyle products to their collection and the rest is history!
How did you get started with your illustration career?
I worked shitty (non-creative) jobs for all of my adult life. One day I decided I was going to draw something new everyday as a means of bringing a consistent, creative practice into my life. I started sharing my illustrations on instagram, people saw that I was drawing and then wanted me to draw things for them, for money.
All La Familia Green products begin in Mollie Green’s Chicago studio as an original drawing, print, or collage. Her assistant Rachel packs them up and sends them out!
Mollie enjoys the immediacy and intimacy of cards. You buy a card, write a note and send it out into the world. You never know how many people will experience - hold, use, enjoy - your work.
Running and rescue pets are Mollie’s passions. She donates 10% a month back to local charities. She is also proud to be vegan - so keep in mind that all of those corndogs and nachos in her work are plant based! ;)
We are tickled to introduce you to Faye Guanipa, an illustrator, surface pattern designer, graphic artist, and proprietor of Olive & Company!
A native New-Englander and Massachusetts College of Art & Design graduate, Faye worked in the corporate world as assistant fashion designer for several years before deciding to take the leap to freelance illustration in 2016. Her growing line of paper goods and textiles aims to inspire and delight, and we couldn’t be more delighted to have Faye contributing beauty and whimsy to our every day!
Inspired by the joy of a handwritten card, Graphic Anthology designs cheerful greeting cards and gifts to help you connect with those you love most. Proudly designed by Genesis Duncan in Portland and printed in the Pacific Northwest, her line is unabashedly fun, with bold color, quirky illustrations, and kind sentiments in English and Spanish.
We are excited to introduce you to this month’s featured artist: Risa Culbertson of Papa Llama! She has a wonderfully playful sense of humor and a seemingly endless amount of creative energy, which she funnels into an inspiring array of crafty projects including puppetry and food-shaped ceramics.
She is the Pee-Wee Herman of the Millennial generation, and we’re here for it.
In 2006, Niki Baker decided to experiment with visually expressing the experience of listening to music. Three small paintings inspired by song lyrics became the foundation for Foreignspell.
Now a full line of stationery, clothing and accessories, Niki creates every block-printed design by hand while juggling a plethora of other interests including creative growth coaching, animals, whistling, and literal juggling.
Yuko Miki is the artist and designer behind Honeyberry Studios. Yuko grew up in a rural town in Japan, where she played in her family's rice paddies and vegetable gardens. She moved to Seattle, Washington in 1996 to attend college. Though she had planned to move back to Japan after graduation, one thing led to another and she found community in Seattle, now her second home. She worked for a non-profit domestic violence organization for 14+ years before transitioning to become a full-time artist in 2015.
Talia Gavish describes her illustration style as “adorably moody”… ie: cute to look at but packed with attitude, just like a real pony! She is committed to reducing her environmental hoofprint, and prints her paper goods locally on Forest Stewardship Council certified, recycled paper.
Jori Pop is an illustrator and designer based in Port Moody, British Columbia. From a background in pattern design and children’s books, Jori’s unique whimsical aesthetic granted her immediate success when she began to sell her art prints and greeting cards at craft fairs and markets around Vancouver. The joy she felt in sharing her illustrations through thoughtfully designed paper products inspired her to launch LINDEN PAPER CO in 2019.
This month we featured the sassy greeting cards of Noelle Hume (DRAWING A BLANK CARDS), who hails from our own hometown of Chicago! We came across her hilarious White Claw Christmas card and it was love at first sight. We chatted with her about finding your passions, making bold career changes, and how even small moments of encouragement from the people around us can help us take leaps of faith that change our lives in big ways.
After living in New York City, Vermont, and Japan, this art director/graphic designer–turned–illustrator finds inspiration in both the natural surroundings of her current home in upstate New York and the urban setting of her design studio. Elizabeth attributes her bold sense of color to her travels throughout Asia and South America, taking cues from the people, the craft, and the hard work within each new community she visited.
We featured Amy Heitman’s adorable county fair themed greeting cards in our August 2019 collection, so of course we had to ask a few questions about her own experience with the fair.
In this month’s Artist Spotlight, Jen of YEPPIE PAPER fills us in on the origins of their unique brand name, the beauty of balancing motherhood with business ownership, and finding inspiration in everyday things like children’s book illustrations.
Launched by Katie Leamon in 2010, her London-based stationery company has quickly grown with the help of Katie’s sister Rachel, mum Jane, partner Ruairi, and her adorable first child Baloo.
In this month’s Artist Spotlight, Katie chats with us about her creative process, time management as a new mom, and the inspiration for her playful new greeting card line ‘CUB’ (featured in our June Snailbox).
We don’t often have the chance to meet our artist partners in person because they live all over the country, or in different countries. But this month we stumbled upon our featured artist in the most unexpected way...
Read on to hear the funny story of how we met the adorable husband and wife team, Betsy and Luis, of BLOOMWOLF STUDIO, and how Betsy overcame her family's expectation of becoming a doctor to pursue her dream of being an artist!
DIVINE SAVAGES is a London design house creating luxury British-made wallpapers and fabrics, as well as limited edition art prints and greeting cards. Their bold, daring designs reflect a passion for unique prints with a flourish of both the divine and the savage.
Let us introduce you to the magical world of Jamie Watkins and Tom Kennedy.
We love to see people pursuing their passion at any age. This husband-and-wife team's small business story is majorly inspiring!
Read on to see what Brett and Kim of PAPER BANDIT PRESS have to say about the challenges of letterpress in this digital age, and the benefits of working with family.
AMY HEITMAN is an artist, illustrator, wife, and mom of three, living and working in the countryside just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In this month’s Artist Spotlight, Amy fills us in on how she balances motherhood and artist-hood, works through challenges, and finds inspiration in the simple things.
In 1968, a nine year old boy sent away for an offer on a cereal box, and received an envelope containing luggage labels from around the world. Forty six years later, he still has that envelope and its contents. He never could have predicted that his interest in ephemera would one day mushroom into a business with clients around the globe.
Life can sometimes feel like you are wading through a swamp of negativity, so it is important to surround yourself with positive mantras.
Kristen Drozdowski of WORTHWHILE PAPER is here to help. Read on to learn more about how she’s turned her passion for spreading happiness into a brilliant independent business.
Ava Puckett is the illustrator behind AVIATE PRESS, a stationery and lifestyle brand out of Nashville, TN, with a humanitarian mission to make you LOL.
Below she talks with us about breaking into the indie-design industry, the inspiration behind her pun-filled illustrations, and how she copes with stress and anxiety to stay productive and happy.
BADGER & BURKE is the weird, colourful lovechild of Vancouver-based illustrators Holton Brock and Jamie Armstrong.
We had a feeling the guys behind this fun, retro-inspired brand probably don't take themselves too seriously. Read on to learn more about Holton and Jamie, the birth of Badger & Burke, and how Mel C's gold tooth is involved.
People have long looked to nature to find calm, peace, and harmony in their lives. Erin McManness of PAPER RAVEN CO. lives by that mantra, and has learned to bring the spirit of nature indoors with her botanical illustrations.
Below Erin fills us in on how she stays motivated and productive, kicks the "hustle" mindset, and maintains a healthy work/life balance:
Brady Vest, founder of Kansas City-based HAMMERPRESS, has his pulse on a letterpress renaissance. While the centuries-old technology may be considered junk to many in this digital age, letterpress prints, posters, and greeting cards are making a big comeback, and Brady is leading the way.
The story of Snailbox begins when hitched twosome Amanda and Zach decided to tackle a problem they’d been wrestling for years: How to stay prepared for important, card-worthy occasions.
Gingiber is the work of artist Stacie Bloomfield. Her goal is to encourage and inspire you to live your most full, creative life. Once upon a time, Stacie couldn't find artwork for her daughter's nursery and decided to take matters into her own hands. She kept being drawn (get it?) to the irresistible essence of animals: their furry faces, their perky ears, their plethora of colors and textures. As time went on, Stacie discovered her biggest passion was to make art that encourages women to rise, transform, and shine a light on their creativity and inner strength.