As an aficionado of letterpress printing, one of the things I would love to treat myself to this year is a membership to The Card Society.  It was started in 2006 by Maria Alexandra Vettese (who’s collaborative work with Stephanie Congdon Barnes, via blog & book, I greatly admire) and is available in one, three, six, and twelve month memberships.  With purchase, you receive two letterpress-printed cards per month of your membership.  With so much being sent via email these days, it’s so lovely to get a hand written note or card in the mail.  Although, after looking at some of the past work The Card Society has created, I’m not sure I’d be able to use the cards to pass on to other people!  Perhaps instead I’d also treat the fellow designers and lovers of paper & stationery in my life as well.

{images shown belong to The Card Society}