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fritolazee t1_ix3fdlq wrote

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Aw sorry about that! I thought I remembered them having cheaper ones in their store at the Bourse but maybe I'm wrong.

Also, $5 is definitely not cheap, but you are getting a tiny piece of original art, and those artists also have to make a living too. The venn diagram of cute local artist cards and cheap cards may be two separate circles, unless you find something made by students.... Maybe get one or two cute original ones and then send the cheaper more generic ones to people on your card list who are less important? Or if you have friends who are into art, you could do a Philly christmas card craft night and make a bunch? Sorry if the unsolicited advice is totally off base and good luck!

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Little_Noodles OP t1_ix3kt1m wrote

Oh no worries.

And yeah, I totally get that. If we had never been able to find them in volume at a price point we liked, that’d be what I’d assume too.

But we used to be able to find exactly that without much effort. They were a little smaller and on less expensive paper than the $5 ones, but they’re ephemeral objects destined for the trash, so that was not a problem. And there’s plenty of ones out there by local artists at some of the stores suggested up and down thread at the right price point that are lovely, but aren’t really what I’m looking for (like this would at least be a local store and artists local to somewhere, but we’re not really a “Holly Jolly” kind of house - see the link below).

I still can find matches if I search hard enough (like last year’s, which would be perfect if we didn’t send them last year), so I was hoping that someone else might have a lead to cut the search short.

We’ll figure it out or find some. We’re resourceful and, if all else fails, “our Christmas cards are boring this year” is not an actual problem.

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