Welcome to Harper Cards! Meet Harper!
Harper was rescued after years of starvation and neglect, and is a survivor of cancer as well as a vicious pit bull attack. He joined our family nearly eight years ago, which now includes 4 rescue dogs and 2 rescue cats. As a stray, Harper was known as “Smiley” because of his amazingly happy, positive, smiling, self. He is a testament to the incredible strength of doggie love and spirit. We haven’t got a photo of him smiling because he wiggles so much when he does! We will, however, keep trying….
Here at Harper Cards we make handmade illustrated greeting cards and note cards from photographs. Our mission is to bring the wonder of gifting with real cards alive again! We want your loved ones to remember you for a long time-every time they glance at your gift. Harper Cards also sells beautiful handmade Fair Trade gifts from all over the world. Fair trade improves people’s lives by promoting safe, healthy work environments and fair pay to artisans who struggle to survive while continuing their art and craft traditions. All our products are shipped from the U.S.
All greetings cards are $7 each or 3 of a kind for $18
FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING-ALWAYS!
Best Selling Cards and Gifts:
Baby in Space Card
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "Baby in Space" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
Blue Heron Card (Blank)
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Want to express your own caring thoughts to loved ones? Send a heart-felt wish for health and happiness? Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "Blue Heron" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
Elephant Zooties Baby Booties
Outrageously cute, this pair of felt baby booties are handmade in Kyrgyzstan by a women's cooperative. For infants ages 0-12 months, the actual size will vary depending on the design.
Meet the Artisans
 Silk Road Bazaar is a wholesale representative of marginalized artist groups located in Kyrgyzstan and throughout Central Asia. They connect with artists who are far from the capitals, who have limited market access, or who do not possess modern marketable skills but have carried on traditional craft culture.
Following the proverb, ‘the best way to know a man is to walk a thousand miles in his shoes,’ Silk Road believes that to know who we are working with and to understand their lives, we ourselves need to live like and with them. They live amongst their artist groups for an extended period of time, and during that time they help them become self-sustainable by developing their designs, management techniques, quality control and computer skills.
All designs and collaborations are original works of Central Asian artists and Silk Road Bazaar. |
Jack O’ Lantern Halloween Card
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "Jack O Lantern" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
Jar with Hyacinths Card (Blank)
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Want to express your own caring thoughts to loved ones? Send a heart-felt wish for health and happiness? Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "Jar with Lilacs" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
Moose Window Christmas Card
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "Moose Window" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
New Baby Girl Card
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "New Baby Girl" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
Pink Roses Card (Blank)
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Want to express your own caring thoughts to loved ones? Send a heart-felt wish for health and happiness? Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "Pink Roses" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
Shark Zooties Baby Booties
Outrageously cute, this pair of felt baby booties are handmade in Kyrgyzstan by a women's cooperative. For infants ages 0-12 months, the actual size will vary depending on the design.
Meet the Artisans
| Silk Road Bazaar is a wholesale representative of marginalized artist groups located in Kyrgyzstan and throughout Central Asia. They connect with artists who are far from the capitals, who have limited market access, or who do not possess modern marketable skills but have carried on traditional craft culture.
Following the proverb, ‘the best way to know a man is to walk a thousand miles in his shoes,’ Silk Road believes that to know who we are working with and to understand their lives, we ourselves need to live like and with them. They live amongst their artist groups for an extended period of time, and during that time they help them become self-sustainable by developing their designs, management techniques, quality control and computer skills.
All designs and collaborations are original works of Central Asian artists and Silk Road Bazaar. |
Small Sea Turtle Card (Blank)
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Want to express your own caring thoughts to loved ones? Send a heart-felt wish for health and happiness? Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "Small Sea Turtle" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
Tea Time Watercolor Card (Blank)
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Want to express your own caring thoughts to loved ones? Send a heart-felt wish for health and happiness? Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "Tea Time Watercolor" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
Two Birds Valentine’s Day Card
All of our handmade card illustrations are created from photographs, printed, and hand-assembled by Harper Cards!
Tired of sending last minute, never-to-be-seen-again-email cards? This beautiful 4x6 greeting card will be appreciated for weeks. Your loved ones will remember you every time they glance at their card for as long as it is treasured! Our "Two Birds" illustration is created from a photograph and printed on high quality 4x6 Canon glossy photo paper.
The photograph is hand-mounted on super quality 4x6 creme colored card stock and enclosed with matching envelope in a tough, clear, plastic sleeve for protection-until you are ready for the post office. Your cards are shipped the next business day in a rigid cardboard photo mailer to ensure their safety.
Buy 1 Card for $7.00 or 3 Cards for $18.00
Filigree Rain Earrings
Add a touch of elegance to any ensemble with handmade jewelry from China. These filigree earrings that hang 1 inch from sterling silver hooks feature a raindrop shape that will lend delicate beauty to any look.
Meet the Artisans
There are exploited women in every city in the world.
In 2006 a small group of friends began to reach out to the ones who live in our city. We began going into the the streets to visit the girls in the shops. Training in Jewelry making for wholesale markets has created a sustainable income in wholesale jewelry production.
Over time, some of the girls have come to trust us enough to leave their old life and come into our shelter. Our shelter is not meant to be a permanent residence. Our desire is to see the girls transformed through a loving community. The women in our shelter receive regular counseling where they begin to heal from their past hurts.We provide for them work as alternative means of support, medical checks and consultation, as well as vocational classes in wholesale jewelry production to prepare them for the future. |
Silk Road Bazaar is a wholesale representative of marginalized artist groups located in Kyrgyzstan and throughout Central Asia. They connect with artists who are far from the capitals, who have limited market access, or who do not possess modern marketable skills but have carried on traditional craft culture.
Following the proverb, ‘the best way to know a man is to walk a thousand miles in his shoes,’ Silk Road believes that to know who we are working with and to understand their lives, we ourselves need to live like and with them. They live amongst their artist groups for an extended period of time, and during that time they help them become self-sustainable by developing their designs, management techniques, quality control and computer skills.
All designs and collaborations are original works of Central Asian artists and Silk Road Bazaar.
Lucia's Imports LLC partners with Guatemalan families, artisan groups, and cooperatives to maintain a wholesale market for their quality accessories and handicrafts. Lucia's Imports is a members of the Fair Trade Federation and hopes to share the beauty of the Guatemala's art and culture, while making a difference in the lives of Mayan artisans, one purchase at a time.
Working side by side with artisans, we design products rich in tradition and sustainable fashion. Our purses, coin bags and accessories are made from recycled Mayan textiles and our hand-beaded jewelry is made by artisan groups on Lake Atitlan---utilizing traditional weaving skills in modern design.
Walking into the Kathmandu production center’s reception you are immediately greeted by a cheerful ‘Namaste’ (‘I Salute the God Within You’) with hands pressed together in a prayerful expression. Proceeding into any of the production halls you’ll be greeted by a complete chorus of the same as dozens of ladies press felt into a variety of shapes, while others stitch, needle and applique to finish hundreds of different styles of decorative items for export.
Sheep’s wool is an amazingly adaptable fiber. It can be dyed any color and when hand felted using warm mildly soapy water it can be molded into any shape, or then cut and sewn together as per your imagination. Because the felting and most of the stitching process is all done by hand with natural materials that can be sustainably harvested, hand felted products have a relatively soft impact on the environment. Commercial exports of felted products from Nepal have grown exponentially since around 2000, benefitting thousands of mostly women workers, production managers and family businesses who help support their families and educate their children with their earnings.