Much time, thought, planning, investment, hope, and preparation – plus significant quantities of Velcro and the odd swear word – went into the modestly proportioned stand at our first ever trade fair recently. Progressive Greetings Live at London’s Business Design Centre was a real buzz and a great learning experience. We made delightful contacts and now we are busy following up some exciting opportunities. And designing more new cards, of course. Enquiries are welcomed from card retailers looking for something a little different from the mainstream trends.
Category: News from 2Fs Design
Birth, Life, Special Occasions…
…everyday situations, Royal births, whatever – it calls for a card! Click on the image to link to our Etsy shop.
National Stationery Week
Apparently, this has been designated National Stationery Week. Some of us delight secretly in notebooks, pencils, and – deepest joy – fine liner pens 52 weeks of the year. This week we celebrate officially the joys of paper and writing on it.
Here in the UK letter-writing may have fallen into a steep decline, but we still send greeting cards. Who doesn’t love receiving a hand-written message from someone special? And why wait for a significant occasion? Sometimes it means more to get in touch “just because”.

Click on the image above to link to our Etsy shop.
Progressive Greetings Live
We are genuinely excited – and rather nervous! – to be launching 2Fs officially at Progressive Greetings Live 2019, on June 4 & 5 2019. Held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, PG Live is the world’s only trade fair dedicated to greeting cards. 2Fs will be displaying brand new designs and cheery smiles ready to greet all comers on Stand 730 in the Springboard section for new publishers. Retailers may book their free tickets to the show by clicking on the logo below.
Cutting the Ribbon
Having spent most of our time to date working with pens and pencils, getting to grips with websites and online shops and the WORLD WIDE WEB (gosh, that sounds big!) has been a bit of a shock to the system. We’re getting there though, and as the website is beginning to take shape so too is the listings page of our Etsy Shop. Most of our designs are available there now, so if you’re looking to buy individual cards rather than trade quantities, Etsy’s the place to go. We will be adding more designs regularly, so watch this space!