Thursday, 31 January 2013

Valentine's Day Cards that don't completely suck

Looking for a Valentine's card that doesn't have love hearts and teddy bears and cuteness and twee vomiting out of it? Yeah, me too. Here are my favourites.


Wait, hang on. I'm doing this Valentine's day thing all wrong, aren't I? But I really really do love this David Shrigley card. It's ironic, OK? It's £2.90 from Polite cards.


Awww, this one made my tummy flip a little bit. That's so romantic, in a very British way. That's totally how I want my romance. This ambivalent card is £2.50 from Miso Funky. I'm never ambivalent about that website. Love it.


Usually I run away from all personalised cards, as thought they're riddled with some sort of Funky Pigeon plague. But this one? This can stay. It's £2.05 from Paperbird.


Dancing foxes make for very lovely Valentine's cards. V&A, you're so sweet. But your lack of apostrophe is going to bug the hell outta me.


Another fox! But this foxy card chap is so dapper, it's impossible to ignore him. He's £3.75 from Papermash. I like his monocle.


DON'T BUY THIS ONE. IT'S CHILLING.


But a zombie apocalypse? Nah, that's not scary. That's sweet. Zombie love will cost you £2.


Binary love is so damn sexy.
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21 comments:

  1. Sara31 January 2013 at 16:47

    Dude, why is the sunshine card chilling? I like that one.

    My favourite is the dancing foxes though. I could draw on my own apostrophe.

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    1. Sian Meades31 January 2013 at 16:49

      Dude, don't you think it's a little bit OH MY GOD I KNOW WE'VE ONLY BEEN ON ONE DATE BUT I LOVE YOU DON'T LEAVE ME EVER I'M GOING TO CALL YOU FIFTEEN TIMES IN A ROW NOW.

      Just me?

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    2. Sara31 January 2013 at 16:51

      DUDE IT'S JUST THE LYRICS TO A SONG IT'S FINE.

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    3. Unknown31 January 2013 at 16:51

      The whole song it quotes from is really dark to me. See?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Bg68BaJ3Q

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    4. Sian Meades31 January 2013 at 16:52

      It is! I like the song, but without jingly music, it's got nothin' but heebiejeebies.

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    5. Unknown31 January 2013 at 16:57

      If it were a person it would be a creepy murderer. Who then wore the clothes/skin of thier sunshine to keep them alive after killing them because they escaped thier warped clutches. Or turned them down for a real date unaware that the polite chit chat in the corridor for the last two years had been misnterpreted as a relationship.

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    6. Sara31 January 2013 at 16:57

      I've got the music playing in my head when I read that one. But you're right - strangely chilling out of context. I'll put my sunshine wherever I like, thank you.

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  2. Anonymous31 January 2013 at 16:56

    Where do we buy the zombie card?

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    1. Unknown31 January 2013 at 16:58

      It looks like its sold out - is it sold out? :(

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    2. Sara31 January 2013 at 16:58

      There's a link underneath the photo, Anonymous!

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    3. Sian Meades31 January 2013 at 16:58

      It's from a shop called Gorgeousness on Folksy - just click the link! They've sold out of this one, perhaps due to a fast-fingered reader, but there are others and Folksy listings get updated pretty quickly!

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  3. Claire31 January 2013 at 17:14

    Thanks for including my card in your round up - I'm tickled you love not only it, but our shop. Merci!

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  4. Anonymous31 January 2013 at 17:43

    I wish there were more "I love you like a ... loves ..."-cards.

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  5. Lua31 January 2013 at 18:54

    Aw the zombie one has sold out. Bummer! This one is cute though.. a little rob ryan-esque http://folksy.com/items/3767874-valentines-card-hand-cut

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    1. Sian Meades1 February 2013 at 13:12

      Don't worry, Lua - there will be more this weekend. Hooray, zombie love.

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  6. Anonymous31 January 2013 at 22:07

    Hey!! I'm so happy i'm actually laughing!! to be featured on 'Domestic Sluttery' ?! I'm the oddball who makes the zombie cards as Gorgeousness and i shall be adding more this weekend! Thanks for your support guys. And they're hand stamped so you can love someone like whatever you want to love them, just let me know! Mandy.

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    1. Sian Meades31 January 2013 at 22:54

      Thank you for your oddball card! I love it. Our Facebook fans have fallen down a spiral of zombie puns...

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  7. Anonymous31 January 2013 at 23:27

    Siany, i salute you! and i shall check out the zombie puns as it would be rude not to! Mandy

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  8. Paulette Leto1 February 2013 at 05:42

    Okay, a lot of those are actually pretty cool. I like the dancing foxes best, though the dapper fox is also pretty cool. Binary is just a little TOO geeky for me, though it's cool for those who are into that sort of thing. And zombies... I don't know, I think I'm zombied out. That one's just not for me, though I do know some people who would totally love that card.

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    1. Sian Meades1 February 2013 at 13:11

      Oh they're still totally subjective. Just a little cooler than Forever Friends.

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  9. Sian Meades1 February 2013 at 09:58

    Using the anonymous comment option because you're too spineless to put your name next to your opinions? Stop it!

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