congrats { + the art of a modern baby card!}

:: handmade modern baby cards ::

 penguin greeting card | penguin palooza

bun in the oven card | vandalia street press

orange bassinet congrats card | man vs george

letterpress notecard |  the paper nut

sucre line congrats card | dodeline design

elegant letterpress card |  green grass press

pregnancy congratulations card | smack of jellyfish

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seems as though it's *happy baby season* around here.
lots of new little friends being welcomed into our worlds.

i always love sending a beautiful card to our friends and loved ones celebrating their pregnancies or births! how about you?

baby cards are so fun ... i'm lucky to have an amazing collection of them that my parents saved from when i was born. good heavens those cards are sweet. seventies design rocks.

do you send baby or pregnancy congrats cards?

{ speaking of congrats - yay to our newest rikrak studio winner.... random.org's lucky #206:  kailey harris of etsify.com ! you've won the september *i love my sponsors* $25 gift certificate giveaway! oh my heavens ... you'll just LOVE kailey's beautiful etsify site if you're not already oohing & aahing over it. gorgeous. designerly. impeccable & inspiring ---> head right on over! }

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handmaking with kids: love cards

for me, there is nothing as fun as making something with kiddies! the curious, creative, limitless possibilities of a child's mind is so inspiring! here's a fun new series for the rikrak studio, with lots of fun, easy, inexpensive handmaking projects for you to make with your children, your younger family members, your students or some fun kiddies you know & love (or easily adapted for adults to make as their own fun projects!) i've invited various fun folks to share a handmaking with kiddies idea with us: it might be a craft or art; a handmade excursion or handmade recipe. today is the next in the seires handmaking with kids: valentines (part 2) : handmade cards .... from me to you. enjoy!

here's a round up of fun & lovely love cards to make with the kids, or on your own, for the love season! these great DIY are either little hand friendly, or little bit bigger hand friendly, or perfect for nice big adult hands to make to give hands of all ages! enjoy and spread the love!

above: this lovely tutorial on how to make origami paper heart bookmarks (just print your message on the back!) from bloomize

above: lovely love notes tutorial from the lovely purlbee

above & below: sweet foldable heart cards (above) or heart & lollipop flowers tutorials via martha stewart

above: fun-filled recycled comic valentine tutorial from craftingagreenworld

pretty pretty cutout cards tutorial from the lovely long thread

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and as a fun added bonus, try making all of the valentines cards from recycled or reused papers & materials! don't have an eco.friendly scrap paper in the colour you'd like? just colour it before making the project! happy spreading love, lovelies! what are you makin' for valentines?

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