help! i’m looking for cheap, hip valentine’s cards
I usually send Valentine’s Day cards in lieu of Christmas cards - I can never get my act together in time. I’d like to find something cute and hip (and cheap! No more than $1/card…) this year instead of relying on the Hallmark standards. Any ideas? Thanks! :), Laura
Hi Laura! Thanks for your email. We went to some of our favorite, amazingly hip stationery sites first. We were able to find lots of fun ideas, but none of them were as low priced as you hoped. You see, small companies make the most orginal cards, but because they are so tiny, their production costs (and thus prices) are high. Some that will have you tempted: These You Melt Me cards from Luxe Paperie, marked down from $2.95 each to $1.49 each. This You’re my carrot card from Broadway Paper, $3.50, would be perfect for that special valentine. These heart-shaped notes are more in your price range, $15 for 20, but they don’t come with envelopes. This You and Me card from Good on Paper is perhaps our favorite, $16 for 6. Its mod chairs remind us grade school when exchanging valentines was a big event.
Although we weren’t able to uncover any hip, cute AND cheap cards for you, we do have another idea. Why not make your own! Pick up a rubber stamp, like these from Paper Source, for about $5. Buy yourself some lovely paper, or maybe some onsale Xmas card envelopes, and d.i.y. it!
Does anyone else know an inexpensive valentine card source for Laura? Please let us know!
January 18th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Rar Rar Press has great ones but their website isn’t running!
January 18th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
OOoo! Look what I found… http://shop.broadwaypaper.com/browse.cfm/4,643.htm
These will be perfect with some stamps AND will be just right to hold my annual mix-CD. Hurrah! You guys have done it again. :), Laura
January 18th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Redbook has some really cute ones in their February issue. See page 70.
January 18th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
You can try these too! They are not “cards”…. but I have sent them with envelopes. The way to man’s heart is BEER, ya know.
http://www.buyolympia.com/q/Item=sesame_lovebox
January 18th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
ME Home Comanion has a whole bevy of modern cards featured in the February-March issue (”Noteworthy”). They most likely wouldn’t be in the $1 range, though…
Etsy has some great designers who don’t sell their goods for designer prices!
January 18th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
These aren’t technically Valentine’s cards, but I think some of them could work rather well. And at 12 for $20, well, at least they’re less than $2.
http://www.annetaintor.com/greeting_cards.html
I think design #37131 could be a particularly good choice, if one has a sense of humor about such things…..and Miss Laura strikes me as one who might.
January 19th, 2007 at 9:55 am
I sell two card sets on my little shop (one of which was in the previously mentioned ME Home Companion roundup). They’re $12/6 but the shipping is included–not quite a buck a piece, but close.
http://darlingshoppe.com/shoppe/notes/sweetnotes.php
http://darlingshoppe.com/shoppe/notes/passingnotes.php
January 19th, 2007 at 10:01 am
I just bought that ‘love muffin’ stamp!
January 20th, 2007 at 6:22 am
these might be smaller than what you were looking for, but they come out to 50 cents each. i love archie mcphees
http://www.mcphee.com/items/10854.html
January 24th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
thanks for posting my You and Me cards. You’re so sweet. And I’ve got to start making some of your recipes! I also have one called You + Me Bench. http://www.goodonpaperdesign.com/Shop/Notecard_Bench.html
January 24th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
I’ve got a little etsy shop at http://thebeautifulproject.etsy.com and there are 3 cards that are Valentine-ish…
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5268441
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5176119
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5173519