Festive Black Greeting Cards
Snow is falling, it’s dark by 4pm and I’m drinking a hot chocolate a day. The festive season has truly arrived. Gift giving and card writing is on a lot of our to-do lists this month, but it shouldn’t feel like a chore. I’m assuming that most of us are not like my Jamaican Grandmother whose Christmas cards are ready in January and might need a little help. So, to put some excitement back into card shopping, below you can find a selection of Black greeting card companies that create innovative designs. Discover artistic creations that you can frame or repurpose for your 2022 vision boards, alongside puns that capture the quintessential Black British humour.
Mosaic artist Dionne Ible creates colourful greeting cards, wrapping paper and calendars. Quemamu Mosaics mission is to “make the world more joyful by creating art infused with love and abundance”. What makes mosaics so unique is the materials used, Dionne loves to work with recycled wood, frames and found objects giving the creations more character and texture. Qemamu Mosaic cards was also featured in Sainsburys Black History Month intitivate with GCA that selected a range of designs to be featured in store!
Colourshop is African inspired prints meets core christmas colours. They are well known for their faceless silhouettes layered with colourful fabric headwraps. For Christmas cards we’d recommend the baubles card pack made using yellow, pink and jade fabrics, overlaid with metallic gold. They also have a variety of stocking fillers from jewellery to stationery, so do your christmas and card shopping in one.
London-based artist and designer Pearl Ivy, creates fun and relatable pop culture inspired greeting cards. The Pop Art movement has left a clear impact on her work, as seen by the references and bold colours used. Visit the online store for modern and abstract artwork featuring iconic famous faces. If you want something bigger than a card to frame, then large print versions of Pearl Ivy’s work are available from £15.
Award winning Black greeting card and stationery brand Kitsch Noir focuses on the love, joy and humour found within the Black British experience. Head to their website for organisational tools for the new year and classic card style puns featuring a much needed Black British twist. The humour, accompanied with gorgeous soft pastel illustrations make for the perfect greeting card this season.
Hood Greetings have a huge range of greeting cards and they’re all hilarious, you might be scrolling and laughing for a while. If you’re looking for memes and your favourite colloquialisms then Hood Greetings have got you, a personal favourite of mine is “Rah…. It's Christmas again.” They also have a programme called Hood Love which “is all about empowering the very communities that we celebrate through our cards and gifts.” Here they will donate 5% of every card sold to causes of your choice.
The days of boring designs, dead jokes and colouring in the characters to make them brown are gone. These Black owned companies add artistry and humour back into greeting cards, maybe they’ll even inspire you to DIY some of your own this year. Enjoy the festive season!