Big Birthdays

Having celebrated a big birthday in the family this week, I thought I'd share my age birthday card finds. It can be tricky shopping for big number cards as not all publishers create these. From experience it can also be tricky designing them too. Your perfect font might have less than perfect numbers (typeface designers take note) or sometimes the house style doesn't fit well with the bigger scale that is often needed. There are however some lovely designs out there, here are some of my faves including the one I bought.

BIG BIRTHDAYS - EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

clockwise from the top left: louise tiler 70th birthday flower bowl card from lilly and thorn, 50th birthday card '50 Today' foil concertina card by coulson macleod, 50th birthday card with 50 candle design from purpose and worth, eighteen greeting card from postco lagom, hotchpotch 30th card from john lewis, blk35 from stop the clock, 50 mini card from lagom, spotty 40th birthday card from paperchase, you're twenty one whoop from raspberry blossom, petit 60 card from katie leamon, winged hat 18th birthday girl from lilly and thorn,

#bigbirthday #birthdayagecards #paperlove 

Manchester Print Fair

I hugely enjoyed my visit to the Manchester Print Fair on Saturday afternoon. Great to see such talent on our doorstep in the amazing setting of Manchester Cathedral. The workshops curated by GFSmith featuring the fab extract paper gave us an opportunity to take part with letterpress, screen printing and portraits. With some great work on show I found some new favourites - the lovely Ding Ding design, quirky artwork by Sophie Heywood, inspirational quotes from Basil and Ford, illustration from Stephanie Cole, and pattern from Clare Birtwistle. Looking forward to the next show.

MANCHESTER PRINT FAIR - EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

clockwise from top left: print presses on the go, ding ding design's lovely stand, one of the papermaking events from gfsmith featuring the fab extract paper project, the beautiful manchester cathedral setting, posters inspired by the cathedral, basil and ford's stand, the print fair posters i picked up - will be framing these, sophie heywood's artwork.

#manchesterprintfair #manchestercathedral, #printlove #paperlove #stationerylove 

Space Age Birthday

Just before the Easter hols we celebrated my eldest's third birthday with a space themed party. He loved it and I also enjoyed shopping for it, thought I'd share these designer rocket finds.

SPACE AGE BIRTHDAY - EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

clockwise from the top left: the fabulous meri meri space cake toppers we bought - a big hit, a lovely outer space james ellis shakies card we received, fab instagram pic of the meri meri space collection, happy birthday rainbow rocket card from the strawberry card company, cosmic rocket birthday card from paperchase, instagram pic of the fantastic meri meri to the moon garland we bought, the lovely james ellis rocket up and down card i picked up, a pic of our fab trip out last week to see tim peakes space craft at the mosi.

#space #rocket #spacebirthday #childrensbirthday #partyfun #paperlove