Family fun is the theme of this card. It is both a Christmas and New Year’s greeting, using the numerals of the new year and the fold of the card to great advantage. The back of the card celebrates the 20th wedding anniversary in the coming year, with a photo of the bride and groom in their Barney the Dinosaur wedding attire.
This holiday card announces the imminent arrivals of Saint Nick and a new addition to the family.
Estimated Time of Arrival for Saint Nick: December 25
Estimated Time of Arrival for the Conehead: January 30
What better way to announce a whimsical, non-traditional wedding? Galvanizing guests to come in costume, this announcement contains a magnet of the bride and groom in their skivvies. Included on the galvanized steel invitation are magnets of wedding clothes and costumes for dressing the bride and groom. Over twenty years later, the magnets remain on many a fridge, mementos of a hilarious and unusual wedding.
Designed for the 2009 Swine Flu season, the snow globe soap dispenser is a whimsical reminder of the best way to stay healthy.
The economic downturn following the Dot-Com Bubble was the inspiration for this holiday card. Snow is the cheap entertainment that Seattleites rarely see in the city. But these snowflakes are created with things easy to spot in Seattle: umbrellas, draw bridges, sailboats, and the Space Needle.
Oh the traffic outside is frightful
And the economy is spiteful
We can’t afford to go out now, so…
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
The all-knowing St. Nick theme of this holiday card has a modern twist. With the popularity of artificial intelligence home speakers, Santa is no longer the only one who knows your business. Many thanks to Amazon for releasing a wood-finish version of Alexa, making for the perfect log.
(S)he sees you when you’re sleeping
(S)he knows when you’re awake
(S)he knows when you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
Greyhound dogs look remarkably like deer. And red fire hydrants look remarkably like Santa. The inspiration for this holiday card comes from long walks with Otis the greyhound. Just imagine what Santa deals with, wrangling reindeer.
Adapting to a new pet in the house often takes ample humor and flexibility. We swear our curious new kitty is a Kliban cat reincarnate. Thus this holiday card is a nod to B. Kliban’s distinctive cartoon style.
Do you remember playing the Paper Fortune Teller game with friends during the bus ride to school or while in the recess line? In the traditional fortune teller, visible sections are labeled with colors or numbers that serve as options for a player to choose from, and on the inside are eight flaps, each concealing a message. The person operating the fortune teller manipulates it based on the choices made by the player. Then finally, one of the hidden messages is revealed.
This quirky holiday version of a fortune teller game is based on the Twelve days of Christmas. Interior flaps are knock knock joke greetings related to the various winter celebrations.
Seattle’s recent prosperity has simultaneously created a construction boom and a shortage of housing. It’s up for debate whether the new construction will increase affordability. High density is now the goal of City Hall, though many neighborhoods are wary of seemingly unhindered development impacting quality of life.
The city’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) is the theme of this holiday card. The design style reflects the early 60’s, when the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair (also known as Century 21) provided a glimpse of the future. The stylized skyline of cranes over a cityscape form a christmas tree with presents underneath. One lone house represents the century-old bungalows that are increasingly being lost to high density.
In 2014, the Mayor of Seattle charged the HALA to create a plan that can generate a net increase of 50,000 units of housing – 20,000 units of affordable housing and 30,000 new units of market rate housing – over the next decade.
Among the 65 recommendations, HALA calls for increased opportunities for multifamily housing, especially in areas near transit, services and amenities, bolstering the urban village growth strategy by:
Teenage nutcrackers: a perfect symbol of life with adolescents. This holiday card is oversized at 10.5 inches in length to allow the presence nutcrackers deserve on the mantle.
This holiday card was born out of the economic downturn of 2008. As the stock market plummeted and houses foreclosed, the doom and gloom was palpable. But not for children entranced by the magic of the season.
A gingerbread house is a tantalizing symbol of holiday magic. This particular house is also a reflection of the times. Built without sweets, it instead consists of Spam (the classic budget meat-in-a-can) and cheap, processed carbohydrates like crackers and ramen. A foreclosure sign is posted in the yard. The interior message:
May the holiday spirit be with you through the fat and the the lean in 2009.
Seattle is known for its mild climate of year-round drizzle. Even though it is the northernmost metropolis in the contiguous United States, snowfall within Seattle’s city limits is rare. This fact makes for a pun-worthy holiday card full of snowflakes made of reindeer.
Seattle’s Winter Wonderland: nothing here but rain, dear.
Seattle winters consist of rain, rain, and more rain. Teddy the greyhound, dressed in rain gear, is the reindeer for Santa’s sleigh in this quintessential Seattle Christmas card.
This holiday card uses Santa’s big, round belly to announce a baby in the coming year.
Cats curled up in Santa hats, dogs donning antlers. Pet holiday cards are ubiquitous. Dogs in particular lend a natural silliness to a greeting. This holiday card features Otis the greyhound sporting a shimmering nose just like Rudolph.
Paying homage to holiday newsletters from loved ones, this card is a visual comedy of a busy family’s year. The monthly highlights are factual, and yet…
The Presidential Election of 2004 left many in liberal Seattle pessimistic about the future. This New Years card turns 2005 into spectacles, a graphic symbol of the idiom “rose-colored glasses” for those searching for a way to regain optimism.
Using simple, bold graphics, this greeting card is an Easter Bunny interpretation of the saying, “Multiply like rabbits.”
Inspired by fall color on the cusp of the holiday season, this card uses deciduous leaves to create a christmas tree.
Why not save on postage? An imminent move inspired the theme for this festive card, combining holiday greetings with a new address announcement. The Christmas tree graphic topped with a star mirrors a pyramid of boxes topped with the resident cat.
‘Tis the season to be groovin’
fa la la la la, la la la la
Thought I’d let you know I’m movin’
fa la la la la, la la la la