19 cards nice enough to frame

Framing a card can be a brilliant, affordable way to adorn your walls. Below, Rémy Mishon has compiled a selection of cards worth keeping.

After the decorations have been put away and the cake consumed, there always seems to be one or two greeting cards that avoid the bin. A concertina birthday card that looks lovely on the mantlepiece, a personal note that ends up slipped inside a mirror frame, or a postcard pinned to the fridge, some cards are just too pretty or sentimental to throw away–but what else to do with them?

Lovely art can be created out of very little, and a bit of out-of-the-box thinking can go a long way. A kitsch collage card in a deep frame can create a fun focal point in the downstairs loo. A beautiful lino print card, in a painted frame with a wide border, can nestle in with your existing artworks–and a series of six similar subject cards is a gallery wall waiting to happen.

Perhaps there's an artist you adore, but their pieces are out of your budget? Chances are you'll be able to find an A5 card stocked somewhere. Think of it as a stepping stone on your way to the ‘real’ thing. Grassroots campaign, Just A Card, state that by purchasing ‘just a card’, you can support makers, artists, independent shops and small businesses stay afloat.

Next time you are at a niche museum, open house or weeny gallery, have a think: is there a card destined for great decorative things?

Cards nice enough to frame

Staffordshire Flatback Greetings Cards
Dancers by Sarah Young
Lucky Pair
Very Private? Postcards
Simplex Bicycles Greetings Card
Yards by Michael Kirkman
John Derian Green Tree Postcard
Witchcraft Pattern Book Card
Hand Printed Cat Age Birthday Cards

Greek Vase Greeting Card
Very Naughty Dog
4 Georgian Miscellany Greetings Cards
Junket Sailing Greetings Card
Orders of The Ancients
Lemon Greeting Card
Bear Mask Greeting Card
Leaf And Lace Design, Running Whippet Handprinted Linocut Card
CLR Illustration, Swan Linocut Postcard