... about me

Think of Purple Greetings Cards (*pur-ple) as a virtual bricks and mortar specialist greetings cards shop, set on a back street (perhaps cobbled) which is a little hard to find with a wooden door and a bell that tinkles when you open it. With old floorboards and white walls (although one would have to be purple!) clear acrylic shelves laden with beautiful, unique cards and at the back a little wooden table with an old fashioned till sat on it. Each purchase would be individually hand wrapped with tissue paper and loveingly hand finished with stickers and other little extras that we feel were right at the time. A little area would be set aside as a studio, full of letterpresses and the odd Gocco and, brimming with inks, paper, card and envelopes in glourious colours... well, that's us, Purple Greetings Cards (*pur-ple)

From a remote and rather beautiful part of Devon (we have wonderful views of Dartmoor!) we continuously work very hard to find fresh designs by innovative artists from around the world such as dots and spots, Elspeth Thomson, iBride, James Ellis, Kathryn Ferrier, Lagom, Gagatree, Lab Partners, Rob Ryan, Roger La Borde, Tailor Made Design, The Hummingbird Card Company & Umpen Editions.

We just adore greetings cards, arts, crafts and homewares that are unusual and catch our eye and we always make sure that what we find for our customers is of a high quality.

Wherever possible we try to source goodies for you that are as "green" as possible and pack your orders as "eco friendly" as we possibly can using packaging that can be recycled by using a combination of paper, cardboard & imagination. We always try to hand write addresses and stick stamps on too.

Customer satisfaction is very important to us and we naturally offer a friendly, personal service and free p&p on all greetings card orders *always.

We have tried to make sure that our website is easy to use and that it makes purchasing greetings cards and other goodies online nice and simple for you so that you can enjoy the fun bit... shopping!

"I have always thought how special it is to receive a card in the post or that is given by hand that is loveingly hand written and the excitement it brings upon opening, never quite knowing what will be found inside. A special card is something to treasure." Louise

We also have a blog which you can visit called *pur-ple at www.purpleiddesleigh.blogspot.com