This letterpress eco-friendly greeting card began as an illustration – then became a hand carved linocut – then a linoprint and finally went through our letterpress platen a number of times, phew!
Florrie is our much loved, beautifully restored treadle based letterpress platen and was built in 1872.
This card is wonderfully tactile as the image is de-bossed into the soft, luxurious tree-free card.
The details…
300gsm / 110lb tree-free card
The card is 100% cotton, made from
recovered cotton fibres
Left blank on the inside for your own lovely message
The envelope has been custom made using
100% post consumer waste
Card size when folded – 10.9cms by 14cms
All my products are designed, printed and packaged
by The Pear in Paper, Donegal, Ireland
We have a very strict plastic free ethos in our studio (and at home!)
The unforgettable tale of love, abandonment, hunger and redemption, from a rising star of Irish fiction
‘Eminently readable . . .
My book of the year so far’Â RYAN TUBRIDY
*****
At just sixteen, Nancy leaves the small island of Cape Clear for the mainland, the only member of her family to survive the effects of the Great Famine. Finding work in a grand house on the edge of Cork City, she is irrepressibly drawn to the charismatic gardener Michael Egan, sparking a love affair and a devastating chain of events that continues to unfold over three generations. Spanning more than a century, Life Sentences is the unforgettable journey of a family hungry for redemption, and determined against all odds to be free.
This sweeping story of one family’s fight for survival goes on making the heart lurch long after the final page, and confirms Billy O’Callaghan as one of the finest living Irish writers.
”Not meow. I’m reading.”
Let this adorable pussycat remind young readers to make time to pounce on a good book!
Beaded bookmark is printed on sturdy, smooth-finish cardstock.
Irresistible design is embellished with gloss highlights.
Attached: A matching red tassel.
On the back: A handy printed ruler in inches and centimeters.
Bookmark is encased in a protective clear plastic sleeve.
Bookmark measures 2-1/2” wide x 7-1/8” high.
Beautiful note cards are a pleasure to use
Versatile design is suitable for a variety of occasions
Keep a box on hand for a wide range of special occasions (planned or unplanned).
From ”Thinking of you” to ”We’re celebrating!” to “You are appreciated,” these radiant cards are pretty and practical!
Exceptional value
Premium boxed set features crisp, clean note cards of substantial stock, with stationery envelopes constructed of quality paper.
The perfect complement to your correspondence
Brighten someone’s day with your handwritten note and this distinctive note card.
Beautiful note cards are a pleasure to use
Versatile design is suitable for a variety of occasions
Keep a box on hand for a wide range of special occasions (planned or unplanned).
From ”Thinking of you” to ”We’re celebrating!” to “You are appreciated,” these radiant cards are pretty and practical!
Exceptional value
Premium boxed set features crisp, clean note cards of substantial stock, with stationery envelopes constructed of quality paper.
The perfect complement to your correspondence
Brighten someone’s day with your handwritten note and this distinctive note card.
Charmer, fabulist and tailor to Panama’s rich and powerful, Harry Pendel loves to tell stories. But when the British spy Andrew Osnard – a man of large appetites, for women, information and above all money – walks into his shop, Harry’s fantastical inventions take on a life of their own. Soon he finds himself out of his depth in an international game he can never hope to win.
Le Carre’s savage satire on the espionage trade is set in a corrupt universe without heroes or honour, where the innocent are collateral damage and treachery plays out as tragic farce.
‘A tour de force in which almost every convention of the classic spy novel is violated‘ The New York Times Book Review
By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, the king’s new wife. But Anne has failed to give the king an heir, and Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour.
Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days. An astounding literary accomplishment, Bring Up the Bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists.
Part of an exciting series of sturdy, square-box 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles from Flame Tree, featuring powerful and popular works of art. This new jigsaw will satisfy your need for a challenge, with a popular masterpiece of post impressionism, Almond Blossom by Van Gogh. This 1000 piece jigsaw is intended for adults and children over 13 years.
Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Finished Jigsaw size 735 x 510mm/29 x 20 ins. Now includes an A4 poster for reference.
Demonstrating influence from Impressionism and Japanese prints, Almond Blossom was painted in response to the birth of Vincent van Gogh’s nephew. Motivated by the occasion and moved by his brother Theo naming the child after him, Van Gogh painted Almond Blossom as a gift in celebration of the event. He had previously been greatly inspired by flowering trees, and appreciated their power as symbols of rebirth.
Van Gogh shared a close relationship with his brother Theo, writing letters to him throughout his life, with more than 600 letters still surviving. Today, Van Gogh is one of the most loved and respected artists all over the world.
Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father. After Mr Earnshaw’s death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine’s brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries.
The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.
Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order.
All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious, sardonic and attractive Mr Rochester. However, there is great kindness and warmth in this epic love story, which is set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire moors. Ultimately the grand passion of Jane and Rochester is called upon to survive cruel revelation, loss and reunion, only to be confronted with tragedy.
Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. The story is told in the first person by young Jim Hawkins, whose mother keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old seadog, a resident at the inn, hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors whom he fears but, despite all precautions, the old man is served with the black spot which means death.
Among the dead man’s belongings Jim discovers a map showing the location of the buried treasure of the notorious pirate Captain Flint. It is not long before he, along with Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney, sets sail to find the treasure. However, amongst the hired hands is the one-legged Long John Silver who has designs on the treasure for himself.
The continuing fascination with this tale of high drama, buried treasure and treachery bears out what Stevenson wrote about the book to his friend W. E. Henley: ‘if this don’t fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day.’ The book not only continues to ‘fetch the kids’ but the grown-ups too – in fact all those with the spirit of adventure in their hearts.
When Father goes away with two strangers one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are shattered. They and their mother have to move from their comfortable London home to go and live in a simple country cottage, where Mother writes books to make ends meet. However, they soon come to love the railway that runs near their cottage, and they make a habit of waving to the Old Gentleman who rides on it.
They befriend the porter, Perks, and through him learn railway lore and much else. They have many adventures, and when they save a train from disaster, they are helped by the Old Gentleman to solve the mystery of their father’s disappearance, and the family is happily reunited.
Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it.
But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend to it, a change comes over her and her life. She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her. Between them, the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around them.
The Secret Garden is one of the best-loved stories of all time.
