Flower Power

Spring has sprung and with that has the plethora of peony- and posie-inspired designs on greeting cards, stationery and invitations. Many companies are introducing lines with blooms as the central themes hoping to inspire sales to grow and perhaps this April shower of flowers will result in hearty bottom lines.

 

The ES Collection from Encore Studios (800/526-0497) is a contemporary album with traditional flair, featuring high quality paper stock in different colors with embossed and stamped borders, modern and botanical motifs created with letterpress printing and then personalized with raised lettering printing ($200-$450/100). For more information, visit www.encorestudios.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

S.E. Hagarman (717/633-5336 ) offers the Black Poppies boxed cards in embellished ($28/8) or nonembellished ($14/8) from the Swanky Collection. For more information, visit www.sehagarmandesigns.com.

 

 

 

 

The new series of Grow A Note seed embedded plantable greeting cards ($3.95 or $14.94/4) from Greenfield Paper (858/565-2585) are printed on 100% recycled handmade paper. For more information, visit www.greenfieldpaper.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kate Reed Designs (817/966-4640) offers this bold floral motif on its fine letterpress invitations and stationery on natural white bamboo ($400/100). For more information, visit www.katereeddesigns.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh So Beautiful (602/725-8723) reproduces images of original artwork as cards ($2.20 or $22/12) and paired with silver and gold metallic envelopes. The cards are available as either 7" x 5" or 3.375" x 9.25. For more information, visit www.beautifulpaper.typepad.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whimsy Floral invitation set ($1100/100) is part of the Wedding Collection II from Studio R (843/762-5793). For more information, visit www.studio-r-design.com.