Etsy Finds of the Day: Send It

Do you send out holiday cards? I must confess that we've fallen out of the habit. If we really have our act together, we may throw together a silly e-card to send out on December 24. (Above and below are a couple of my favorites from years past.)

Hopefully, you're much more organized than I am. In that case, Etsy has a bevvy of beautiful, handmade holiday cards to choose from:

Clockwise: Ornamental Holiday Cards, $12 for four from Earmark; Peace and Joy Letter Press Postcards, $12 for five from Parrott Design Studio; Christmas Blossoms Greeting Cards, $11 for four from Tsk Tsk; Letterpress Holiday Snowflakes Card, $4 from amyb13

Clockwise: Two Turtle Doves Folded Card, $5 from Foxy & Winston; Jolly Snowman Card, $6 (or $18 for four) from Paired Hearts; Peace on Earth Deer Card, $11 for eight from Ink Drop Design; Peace Dove Card Set, $13 for eight from Sparrow + Belle

Clockwise: Golden Pine Tree Screenprinted Holiday Cards, $16 for six from Modern Printed Matter; Pine Needles Letterpress Card, $3.50 from Pie Bird Press; Holiday Birds Letterpress Card, $4 from Lucky Bee Press; Partridge in a Pear Tree Wooden Postcard, $5 from Paper Schmaper

Clockwise: Feliz Navidad Letterpress Greeting Card, $4.25 from Oddball Press; Christmas Joy Folding Cards, $13 for eight from Scotia Made; Happy Holidays Gocco Art Card, $22 for ten from Two Guitars; Tag You're It Card, $3.60 from Heidi Burton

Clockwise: Peace on Earth Letterpress Cards, $14.50 for six from Anemone Letterpress; Silver Snowflakes Notecard Set, $10 for ten from Katie Blair Designs; Happy Holiday Letterpress Stationery Set, $16 for six from Shimmer Studio; Zombie Loves Santa Christmas Card, $14 for ten from Tina Seamonster

Clockwise: Hand Sewn Hanukkah Card, $10 from King Popcorn; Hand Painted Hanukkah Notecards, $25 for six from Graceful Studio; Chappy Chanukah Blind Impression Letterpress Cards $12 for six from Old Tom Foolery; Mini Happy Hanukkah Card, $14 for twenty from Yee Haw

Etsy Find of the Day: Clock Wall Hangings

What a clever and fun idea: Etsy seller decoylab (aka Kansas City, Missouri designer and illustrator Maiko Kuzunishi) has created clocks from paper that's been gocco-printed with pretty designs and backed for sturdiness. Above: Aqua Bouquet Clock

Orange Bouquet Clock

Lime Cuckoo Clock

Pink Cuckoo Clock

Each limited-edition paper clock measures about 6 by 9 inches, and is just $28 right here.

Etsy Finds of the Day: Father's Day Edition

Looking for a little something for Dear Old Dad -- or your babydaddy -- this Father's Day (Sunday, June 15)? As always, there are lots of sweet and clever handmade cards on offer at Etsy. Above: Hand-Embroidered Guitar Card, $4.75 from pillowhead

Proudly Refusing to Ask Directions Card, $3.50 from Unit i Press

King of the Couch Card, $7 from Paired Hearts

Set of Two Father's Day Cards, $7 from She's So Creative

Dad's Words of Wisdom #77 Card, $3.50 from jeanfrancisbean

Dad Rocks Card, $2.75 from Doullina

This Much Card, $3 from Clementine Press

Father's Day Cards, $2 for any two from Vera June

Was Pops merely a sperm donor? Don't hold back: This Searing Father's Day Card will let him know exactly how you feel. $2 from ScotiaMade.

Star Wars Love Card, $3.50 from jeanfrancisbean

Sugar Daddy Card, $3.50 from Bit & Bee

Dad Knows Where to Go Card and Golly Gee Card (I had to include this one just for the Ron Burgundy dollhouse portrait in the background. Genius!), $3.25 each from Earmark Invitations

And if you must get Dad another tie this year, make it one of these wicked-cool ones from Detroit's Cyberoptix TieLab. Clockwise from top left: Smart Squid, $30; Skeletie, $75; Victorian Gears, $30; Exhaust Pipes, $30; Engine Rosette, $30; and Coney Island Parachute Jump, $30

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