Handmade Thank Yous

A little late night post this time as its been another lovely but full week, Christmas 2020 is happily keeping me busy. I have though found time to do some fun card crafting with little miss G. We've really enjoyed making these fab heart themed birthday thank yous for us to send out. They are a little wonky and irregular but it does add to the handmade charm!
I am excitingly awaiting the samples of the latest projects going on here at Emily Hauck Creative, more news on those next week.

HANDMADE THANK YOUS | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: photos from our card crafting morning complete with hearts, gems, stickers & of course giraffes!

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Giraffe

It's little miss G's 3rd birthday soon so I've been shopping for her new favourite thing, Giraffes! She was spot on with last years request for Rainbows - later highlighted in the John Lewis style report. Giraffes as an icon have long been popular in cards for little ones but recently it's been lovely to see more on the high street owing to the animalia pattern & natural world trends (as seen in the Tiger Lily range & Leopard, Fish trend boards). Giraffe's also reminded me of the lovely positive Gen-Z yellow colour trend. I've certainly found some great design out there - I'm still on the hunt for wrappings! Favourite finds & ones I bought below.

GIRAFFE | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: waste not paper hello giraffes in liberty, giraffe and balloon thank you by james ellis, party animal giraffe by caroline gardner, bengt & lotta giraffes lagom, giraffe birthday by red cap cards, think this lovely special daughter giraffe is louise tiler from karenza paperie, a second entry for caroline gardner with cut out giraffe card, love this elongated rifle paper tall giraffe card from papermash, giraffe love card from illustratedbyaisha.

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Penny Kennedy Christmas AW19

It's always exciting when new samples arrive and the brand new luxury Christmas gift packaging collection I designed for Penny Kennedy was well worth the near year long wait. Following on from the pastels wedding collection, the beautiful Christmas story has classic jewel hues contrasted with gorgeous foiled gold on quality paper. Motifs include cheerful robins, golden hearts and antique baubles. The detailed illustrations and patterns are inspired by traditional Christmas foliage.

The collection includes gift bags, a bottle bag, a nest of boxes, two tissue designs and two roll wraps. Launched earlier this year for 2019’s Christmas season and is available to stock from Penny Kennedy. Can't wait to see it out in the shops!

PENNY KENNEDY CHRISTMAS AW19 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: medium bag with boxes and roll wrap, tissue in two designs, collection of the bags together showing the wreath and baubles artwork, close up of the large bag, nest of boxes, my fave pic of two robins together on the 'with love at christmas' wrap.

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Manchester Museum

A little natural world inspo on the blog and instagram this week from our recent trip to the Manchester Museum. As the current design trend centred around animal motifs (seen in the Tiger Lily collection) and the focus on environmental issues grows it's a good time to be taking in some inspirational animal themed spaces. Manchester Museum is the perfect place with fantastic historical collections plus dedicated environmental exhibition space and real live animals - our favourites were the brightly coloured tree frogs! Great to see a mention for GFSmith's eco Extract paper and we absolutely loved the gorgeously illustrated animal themed children's books, greetings & stationery in the fab shop. Well worth a visit.

MANCHESTER MUSEUM | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: a snap of some of the fantastic shells wonderfully curated, a pic of the bodies section - absolutely love the font style of the neon signage, peace filled with origami cranes, beautiful butterflies, section of the fab card selection, british wildlife birds, a pic of the very beautiful main hall.

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