but none the wiser!
It’s my birthday this month, and while I don’t feel like celebrating this, I do ‘happy dance’ with every order, so decided to offer free shipping for a limited time.
If you need to restock your birthday card box, have a browse of my store and you will benefit from free shipping (UK only, shipping cost of £3.50 refunded).
Cari xx
so if you don’t know, my name is Cari and I’m a married mum of two now adult daughters. We live with our two cats and dog in beautiful North Yorkshire, UK. I started my greetings card business with Phoenix Trading many moons ago, transferring to Flamingo Paperie when Phoenix closed. Since the closure of Flamingo I have been stocking a wider range of greetings cards and stationery which I sell in person at local markets and events, and online to customers in the United Kingdom. I’m very proud of my business and love choosing which birthday cards to stock for my customers.
My personal favourites are the humour range, I always chose humorous cards to give for birthdays when I was growing up so this is very much in my blood! However I do also stock floral and scenery style cards as well as artist designed cards. You can find our stall at a few monthly markets in North Yorkshire and I’m always looking for more events to attend.
Future plans include increasing our notebook range and stocking other stationery products alongside our birthday and anniversary cards etc. Over Christmas many of our packs of cards are sold in support of charities which is something I would like to expand on in other ways too.
So, that’s a little introduction from me, if you visit any of the markets please say hi, otherwise I look forward to happy dancing when I hear your online order ping!
It’s hard jumping straight from Christmas and New Year celebrations to birthdays and other celebrations, but those of us with January birthdays still deserve a lovely card to celebrate.
These two cards are perfect for the men in your life with January celebrations. If they prefer gardening or sports we have cards for them too.
Ladies who love fitness will get a giggle from this birthday card commenting on the joy of putting on Lycra.
If you’re anything like me, losing your glasses when they’re actually on your head is something of a regular occurrence, making this card perfect!
If your friend is the one with a January birthday this pastel special friend card would be just what you need.
Whoever it is celebrating another birthday in January, we have such a wide choice of cards that I’m sure we have something to make the occasion extra special.
Cari xx
I got my first market booking form yesterday. It’s exciting to think of a whole new year stretching out in front of us, filled with possibilities and opportunities. Of course for me it’s tinged with sadness with the anniversary of losing my dad, but from a work perspective I’m thrilled to now be a regular at Hovingham Market starting from March.
This means from March we will have three markets every month, which gives you even more opportunities to stock up on birthday and new baby cards. I’m hoping to give the range a refresh soon, so if there’s a particular occasion or design you’ve been looking for please let me know.
How do you celebrate the New Year? We have a quiet celebration, just the four of us and some drinks and party food. I love watching the fireworks on tv but we don’t stay up till the early hours partying anymore!
I’m busy planning out 2025 and this year (as I do every year) I want to be more consistent with marketing. I always start off enthusiastic and then lose interest, so we will see how that goes. January and February are quieter months so if you have birthdays or other occasions that need a card please have a look, we are sending out most days over the festive break and then every working day from January.
Cari
I hope you are having a lovely day so far. We’ve had quite a few bumps in the run up to today, especially discovering yesterday afternoon that the frozen turkey was not ‘cook from frozen’ as I thought – cue husband driving to the local supermarket praying for turkey we could have instead (plus foil, as you always forget that and need lots for Christmas dinner!)
I’m feeling emotional as I miss my dad so much, and this first Christmas without him is a tough day. We have my father in law coming for dinner which is lovely but adding to the pressure as I don’t feel like I can be as relaxed. I always have a wobble with all the stuff that needs doing and this Christmas I started the day with a headache, so that’s perfect!
Please share how you spend Christmas Day as I often feel like I’m talking to myself writing these posts. However you pass the time, I hope it is peaceful, full of love and problem free (yes he did get turkey by the way, so we’re all good).
Cari xx
It’s so easy at this time of year to get caught up in Christmas preparation, but what about those other occasions that need celebrating with a card? There are still plenty of birthdays to remember, plus engagements and weddings (and maybe even a new baby or two?)
If you need a top up of special occasion cards we are posting every working day, so if you’d rather not battle the crowds just to get a birthday card or three then browse our online emporium and have them delivered to your door.
This new baby card is also available with a pink background. Aren’t the animal characters cute?
We also have a good range of humour cards suitable for birthdays and other occasions. One of my favourites is this ‘unexpected item’ design.
I just love these greetings cards for animal lovers with a range of cats and dogs, plus cards with chickens, goats and even a highland cow featured.
We’ve also had a restock of these lovely ladies, so why not start prepping for Christmas 2025?
Thank you to everyone who has supported my small family run business this year, it’s been lovely to see our new ranges being received so well and to revive the business after a difficult transition from Flamingo closing to becoming fully independent. I have hope now that 2025 will see continued growth and that we will be going from strength to strength. To think I almost closed for good!
Have a restful Christmas and a healthy New Year.
Cari xx
