How It’s Made
What would curiosities be if they weren’t handmade? All of our items are carefully made and treated with lots of love. We want you to have the very best quality and hold ourselves to a certain standard. Our products are developed from lots of research, developing and testing.
To see our process in action, watch this quick timelapse below of Jen assembling a birthday card, packaging it up, and adding a handwritten note.
First off, what is “it”?
Personalized,
Photo Gift Boxes
Our photo gift boxes are interactive, paper keepsakes that house your favorite memories and funniest moments. A magnetic-closure box open to reveal a delightful trip down memory lane.
Volvelles
Volvelles are those old school wheel charts that advertisers used to use in the 30’s. It consists of a top and bottom layer that spin. The top layer has window cutouts, so as you spin the layers, new pieces of information are revealed. It’s an interactive way to reveal different text or images — and also, they are awesome.
Hidden Message Cards
Our cards are interactive and have a bit of paper magic. We call them our “hidden message” card, because a secret message is hiding when you slide a tab down and the center area spins! They are very unique and different than a traditional card.
Sticker Sheets
When me and my sister were kids, our “treat” for being well-behaved at the grocery store was to get a sticker sheet. I couldn’t wait to get home and put them all into my sticker book. Naturally, as an adult, I’m obsessed with making sticker sheets because I never grew up. :)
Scratch-off Cards
Coming Soon!
These cards and tickets can be personalized to reveal a message of your choice.
Paper Medals
Coming Soon!
Paper medals are faux gold medals that you can use for marathons, kid’s activities, or to reward yourself for adulting. And, they can be customized!
But how do you make it?
I used to make gifts the art-school-way, which was paper, a ruler, an exacto blade, and pulling an all-nighter. That was cool in my 20’s, but I’m pushing 40 and I can’t stay up all night anymore.
Enter…the Cricut machine! This wonderful piece of machinery is essentially a plotter — an exacto blade attached to a computer, so you can cut out (almost) any shape in a matter of minutes. Typically, I will design a product and perfect it using my Cricut. This process also allows me to make personalized, one-off products.
For products that do not require personalization, I create a diecast and have them produced at my local print shop. Our hidden message cards, volvelles and some stickers are created using this method. The machines and technology used to produce these products are commercial-grade, but I still assemble them by hand in my favorite office sweater.
I’m already planning my next technology upgrade…a laser printer for more accurate and detailed diecutting. You can cut anything!
