Festive Friday 2021

This week the outbox is filling up as it's Festive Friday tomorrow. A special day for the greeting card industry to send our Christmas mail, creating a festive whirl of post arriving in the first week of December and getting us all in the mood for sending Christmas cards.

Following on from last year's lovely little winter hare from the Christmas Tiger Lily collection designed for Portfolio Cards, this year I'm sending your favourite card from the new Florentine collection created for Portfolio Cards - more to follow in December on this gorgeous new collection. This little Santa will soon begin his journey flying around the world spreading some Christmas cheer. 

FESTIVE FRIDAY 2021 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: the lovely town scene from the golden foiled and debossed florentine collection designed for portfolio cards and my christmassy desk. for more information on festive friday visit the greeting card association's website.

#festivefriday #sendacarddeliverasmile #justacard #festive #gca #christmas #december #fridayfeeling #friday #sendacard #post #christmascard #christmas2021 #christmas2021 #festivefeeling #portfoliocards #emilyhauck #emilyhauckcreative #emilyhauckcards #florentine

Amelia AW21

Excitingly on the journal this week I'm sharing some of the new Autumn additions to the lovely Amelia collection created in collaboration with Cinnamon Aitch. 

The 23 new designs feature icons of cherry blossoms, birthday balloons, sunflowers, rainbows, birthday cake and picnics. Amelia picks up on a familiar scenic illustration style from the best selling men's collection Cobalt (exciting updates coming soon on Cobalt too!). Like Cobalt it embraces our love of the outdoors and also those making memories moments together at home. With a late afternoon, relaxing natural theme and touches of glamour in the sparkling hand finishing gems Amelia has a light modern colour palette of dappled sun warmth and cool shades contrasted with rich prints and natural textures. The ditsy floral patterns are created with elements from the beautiful Cinnamon Aitch pattern papers. 

Each card is packed with a coordinating envelope. Launched in the Summer, the new designs are now available in the shops this Autumn and direct from Cinnamon Aitch.

AMELIA AW21 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a few of the best sellers from the latest release of amelia additions I designed for cinnamon aitch, available now direct from cinnamon aitch. 

some of the lovely independents where I have spotted the amelia available online: 

Cadeaux & Co
Paper Turtle
Elba Gallery
Two Ducks
More Pretty Things
The Wonky Tree

#amelia #aw21 #cinnamonaitch #emilyhauck #emilyhauckcreative #emilyhauckcards #greetings #pattern #sendacarddeliverasmile #sendacard #shopindependent #JustACard #CardToKeep #SendMoreMail #ShopSmall #GreetingCards #GreetingCardDesign #supportsmallbusiness 

 

Grayson's Art Club

This week I'm taking a lovely moment out from the mid autumn work buzz (more on the latest design coming very soon) to mention my recent visit to Grayson Perry's Art Club Exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery showing work from the fabulous channel four lockdown tv series.

More usually a gallery visit is a quieter space and especially so in recent times so it was wonderful to see the bustle of many people taking joy in the work they remembered and connected with... I saw the bin!! Definitely worth the time (tickets still available here till Oct 31st!), it's a fantastic document of the moment we've all shared through lockdown and so inspiring to see what we can do together.

GRAYSON'S ART CLUB | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: joe lycetts painting of chris whitty - absolutely love the long list of materials from oil paint to lettuce leaf to a kitten's first memory... snap of manchester art gallery, leanne jackson's 'i don't really know now, what i thought i knew then' about the leap into the unknown, the main gallery area, grayson's art club's fab logo,  'the view from my window, starring my beautiful cat leon' by bethany kelly - love the collage of materials here, the famous bin 'nuts about life' by clare ward, 'nhs v covid: fighting on two fronts' by the singh twins, liza tarbuck's pick 'thursday, 8pm' by jacqueline taylor featuring those lock down rainbow windows.

 #graysonperry #graysonsartclub #manchesterartgallery #exhibition #art #lockdown #manchester

RHS Bridgewater

I love a good garden visit (the beautiful Bodnant here) so I was very excited to see the new RHS Bridgewater last week. It's been the talk of the town and almost impossible to get tickets over the summer months. With an Autumn visit it linked in well with what I'd picked up on in the recent Chelsea Flower Show hosted unusually in Autumn this year (an interesting take on that in TOAST magazine!).

Along with the newly planted gardens there is the Plant Centre, Bridgewater Cafe which cooks using produce grown in the Kitchen Garden and a lovely new retail space with a dedicated stationery area. Fab to see some of my favourites in there including the latest garden themed design from Paper Whale, stationery from Caroline Gardner and Christmas from Penny Kennedy. 

I hugely enjoyed visiting the gardens after the buzz of the fully flowered season and seeing a reflective, relaxed space filled with autumnal lush berries and sculptural seed heads - there was certainly plenty of inspiration for the coming Christmas season. I hope to be visiting again soon and see how the garden grows over time.

RHS BRIDGEWATER | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: a view in the weston walled garden, the garden cottage area,  snap of the fab stationery shop, a view out from the shop onto moon bridge water,  welcome sign, bee and butterfly garden, the paradise garden .

 #rhs #rhsbridgewater #garden #bridgewater #autumn #chelseaflowershow #stationery #paperwhale #pennykennedy

 

Thinking of You Week 2021

Hello, in a similar story to this time last year it's my first week back to the Karika Nova journal in what feels like an age! Since the big reopening of retail before summer I've been working away on lots of new designs that will be hitting the shops this autumn, more on those soon.

This week it's Thinking of You Week 20th to the 26th of September, a wonderful initiative by the Greeting Card Association that encourages us to send handwritten notes to friends and family members to show we're thinking of them. Over the years I've found it a useful nudge to be in touch with loved ones abroad, especially so this year as it's not been so easy to visit around the travel restrictions. This autumn I'm sending a new card hot off the press from the AW21 Amelia collection designed for Cinnamon Aitch.

THINKING OF YOU WEEK | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

 above: a bundle of letters heading out the door this week featuring the thinking of you card from the latest AW21 Amelia collection designed for cinnamon aitch.

 

#thinkingofyouweek #sendacarddeliverasmile #JustACard #CardToKeep #SendMoreMail #ShopSmall #GreetingCards #GreetingCardDesign #supportsmallbusiness #gca #amelia #cinnamonaitch #emilyhauck #emilyhauckcreative #newlaunches #greetings #stationeryshop #ss21 #greetingcards #design #illustration #paperlove #contemporarydesign #pattern #sendacard #shopindependent

Spring Break 2021

It's that time of year when I'm taking a little seasonal break from the Karika Nova blog. Last year's pause was a little sooner in March owing to the school closures and what an unusual year it's been since! Perhaps symbolically in this years spring break photo I captured one of the unique exotic Parakeets now native to Manchester sitting in my favourite cherry blossom tree.
I will be continuing work on exciting new releases and projects for launch later in the year. In the meantime catch me on Instagram + twitter for updates. Wishing you all a lovely Easter. Keep well xxx

SPRING BREAK  | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: one of the manchester parakeets i photographed sitting in my favourite cherry tree in our local park

#cherryblossom #sakura #spring #easter #happyeaster #springbreak #parakeet #cherrytree #manchester #manchesterparakeets

Amelia

Here comes the sun (a little later on the blog than planned due to a busy few weeks with seasonal deadlines after the schools reopen - so 2021!), hot off the press for SS21 is the new collection Amelia created in collaboration with Cinnamon Aitch. With a late afternoon, relaxing natural theme and touches of glamour in the sparkling hand finishing gems Amelia has a light modern colour palette of dappled sun warmth and cool shades contrasted with rich prints and natural textures. The ditsy floral patterns are created with elements from the beautiful Cinnamon Aitch pattern papers. 

Amelia picks up on a familiar illustration style from the best selling men's collection Cobalt and like Cobalt it embraces our love of the great outdoors and also those lovely times together at home. The new designs feature icons of parasols, birthday balloons, glamping, rainbows, birthday cake and picnics. Each card is packed with a coordinating envelope. Amelia is now available in the shops and direct from Cinnamon Aitch. 

As seen in Greetings Today Magazine, Gift Focus Magazine (Jan/Feb), Progressive Greetings Magazine (Jan)

AMELIA | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a selection of the amelia SS21 cards I designed for cinnamon aitch, available now direct from cinnamon aitch. 

whilst the shops are closed I have spotted the amelia available online from these lovely independents:
Paper Turtle
Elba Gallery
Two Ducks
More Pretty Things
The Wonky Tree

#amelia #cinnamonaitch #emilyhauck #emilyhauckcreative #newlaunches #greetings #stationeryshop #ss21 #greetingcards #design #illustration #paperlove #contemporarydesign #pattern #sendacarddeliverasmile #sendacard #shopindependent