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Favourite Christmas cards 2012 edition!

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This weekend it’s December! Even if you aren’t ready to think about gifts (which let’s be honest, you should be unless you’re one of those last minute do it all on Christmas eve shoppers) it’s time to think about cards! I have a STELLAR selection of cards this year. Am I allowed to say that? It’s thanks to all the amazing designers I get to bring into the shop so I think I am :) Six out of the thirteen featured are Canadian companies too! YAY!

Papillon Press is from Sudbury On.  I love this gorgeous letterpress birch card Printed on eco-friendly bamboo paper.  It’s blank on the inside and is available both boxed as a set of 6, or in singles.

Banquet Workshop is a newer company in the shop for me.  From Vancouver, they make the gorgeous prints I have up on my walls.  Love the rudolph polar bear card.  Offset printed on recycled paper in Canada. Measures 5.5 x 4.25 inches. Available as singles.

Night Owl Paper Goods has adorable critter Christmas cards.  Owls (of course), sloths, monkeys and this little guy! Available as singles, lots of there other styles with this great wood grain background are available boxed.

Flakes Paperie from Cambridge, ON has great,unique hand screen printed cards.  Who loves bikes?! Available in singles only.

Oddball Press from Cleveland, Ohio offers a selection of less conservative, humourous cards for the grinches in your life. Available in singles only.

RedCap cards all have amazing illustrations. Like this one, high fives! Available in singles only.

Kate & Birdie cards are made in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hand-drawn and printed on thick 100lb recycled paper using vegetable-based inks.  Cards measure 4.25 x 5.5 inches and are blank inside. Available in a box of 8.

Egg Press cards are made in Portland, Oregon. Blank inside available as singles only. (Also lots of other awesome animals in their series!)

I’ve brought Wendy Tancock in over the holidays! I’ve already sold out of a bunch of her Toronto focused Christmas cards.  They are all wonderful, this one with the Mason Jar is especially nice. Available as singles only. Made in Toronto!

I have a lot of fans of Rifle Paper Co. coming into the shop. You have to see this card in person to see how gorgeous it is. Printed full colour with gold foil. Available as a single card or boxed set of 8.

I know a lot of people that this card would be appropriate for. For the shameless present lover (if you can’t read the smaller print click to see it enlarged)! Available as singles by Sycamore Street Press in Utah!

Regional Assembly of Text has a whole new slew of their awesome button cards for the holiday season.  This is my new favourite.  Available in singles only.

Drum Roll please. I’ve already had to re-order this card because of it’s obvious (non-censored) slothy, awesomeness! Laura George , you’re amazing! Made in Chicago.

There you have it! Just a small taste of cards Scout has to offer this year.  They go quick so if you see one you like, come get it before it’s gone!

Gift Guide to come!!

xo

Valentine’s gift ideas for HER!

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One week to go until Valentine’s Day!!  Here are some fun gift ideas for the lady loves!

Hobo makes the perfect wallet.  In a bunch of styles and colours, all fashionable AND functional.. and I’ve heard a lot of not so subtle hints being directed towards the significant others in the shop lately :)

A feather vase,  just a little guy, only 5″ tall, ready for giving once you’ve picked up some pretty flowers to fill it! Made in Brooklyn, NY.

Sterling silver necklace by Toronto’s Zippan Designs!

Screen printed chickadee brooches by Toronto’s Genevieve Jodouin.

Peppermint foot creme, to be given with a foot massage of course :)

Branch Handmade is new in the shop! Screen printed scarves with feathers, horses, bikes, owls and more!

Maybe you’re not ready to give a BIG statement gift yet.. Merit Badges by Lee Meszaros are the perfect little thing.

Sterling silver oxidized rose studs by Vancouver’s Mimi & Marge.

And hey… don’t forget the card, it’s just as important as the gift :)

Feel free to forward the link to this page to your Valentine to help them out :)

These are a few of my favourite Christmas cards!

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So I promised not to bombard you too early with ALL that is Christmas.. but I’ve been getting some amazing cards in and I know some of you like to get those mailed out earlier in the month.  Choosing only a few was no easy task, but here are my favourite Christmas cards!

Faux wood background, cute snowy little christmas owls.  What’s not to love!

From Kid Icarus! A super cute/cheeky Christmas card! Check off whether you’ve been naughty or nice..or bitchy..or mean..

Beautiful letterpress card from Dutch Door Press. Available in singles or boxed!

Rifle Card Co. makes beautiful hand painted cards.  Also available as singles or in boxed sets.

From the always amazing Regional Assembly of Text, a card that comes with a pin stating the obvious.. we could all use a little more booze over the holidays.

These cards from Little Otsu are..in a category all their own. Camping and skiing santas, for those that prefer a non traditional card for the holidays.

Last but not least, a card from Eggpress co.  They do letterpress, they do printed, they do unique, beautiful and sometimes funny!

Just a preview of all the amazing, unique, funny and pretty Christmas cards overflowing the racks at Scout!

Letterpress Cards!

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I actually wasn’t planning on carrying a lot of cards when I first decided I wanted to open up a gift shop.  As soon as I started looking into card companies though, the can of worms had been opened!  There are sooo many great card companies out there and I’m a sucker for a beautiful letterpress card.

Just got an order from Egg Press in today.  They’re based in Portland, Oregon (which as I’ve mentioned, I’m also a sucker for).

Beautiful, adorable and sometimes funny letterpress cards!

 

I also found this great (thanks to Kid Icarus!!) Canadian card company, Papillon Press based in Sudbury, Ontario.  They do some great Illustrated series’ also in letterpress :) The Whippersnapper, Rapscallion, Skullduggery and Lollygagger set is brilliant,  love it!

I’ve got so many more cards on the way, I’m going to have to put another card rack up next week!