If you're unsure what to write in a sympathy card, this guide offers simple, thoughtful message ideas to help you express your condolences and let someone know you're thinking of them.

From early lobster traps to gasoline engines and modern working boats, discover how generations of practical ingenuity shaped Maine’s distinctive lobster boat and inspired our own paper interpretation.

What if a mailbox could become a doorway to another world? Discover the idea behind MainelyMail Letters, original stories told through letters sent by mail.

A look inside the evolution of the Pine and North Star card, from one of my earliest paper designs to an original Eastern White Pine inspired by Maine's first state flag.

If you're unsure what to write in a Lobster Boat card, this guide offers message ideas for Father's Day, birthdays, friendship, encouragement, gratitude, Maine memories, and everyday moments.

Meet Kirby, the wicked cool cucumber behind the Mainely Cards A Big Dill greeting card. Follow his journey from early prototypes to final design and discover how a simple pickle became an original paper character.

Creating a donation option for every card in the Mainely Cards catalog required more than good intentions. It required a new way of thinking about design, production, and growth.

If you're unsure what to write in a wild blueberry card, this guide offers message ideas inspired by friendship, gratitude, encouragement, Maine memories, and the simple joys of staying connected.

From glaciers to greeting cards, discover how the Maine wild blueberry became one of the state's most recognizable symbols and inspired our handcrafted paper art.

Every prototype begins as a design experiment. Learn the studio principle that guides how we evaluate ideas, make decisions, and give handcrafted cards a meaningful purpose beyond the shop.

If you've ever stared at a blank thank you card wondering what to say, you've come to the right place to learn how to write a great thank you note.

Building Mainely Cards raised a simple question: where did we fit in the greeting card industry? I expected to find the answer in today's marketplace. Instead, I found it more than a century in the past.

A one-day design challenge became an unexpected journey through color, paper, and possibility. Step inside the studio to follow the creation of the Purple Tulips card from first prototype to final design.

If you're unsure what to write in a Pine Tree and North Star card, this guide offers message ideas for everything from encouragement and new beginnings to outdoor adventures and staying connected.

From colonial mast trees and Revolutionary resistance to Maine’s original 1901 state flag and modern revival, this post explores how the Eastern White Pine Tree and North Star evolved from a practical resource into one of Maine’s most recognizable symbols.

If you’re unsure what to write in a lobster card, this guide offers message ideas for everything from playful hellos to party invitations and more.

Before it became Maine’s most recognizable symbol, the lobster was fertilizer, bait, prison food, surrealist art, couture, and even a sitcom soulmate. Here’s how one crustacean pulled off one of the strangest reinventions in Maine history.

I set out to build the Mainely Cards website the “right” way—complete and polished. Then I accidentally published it early and learned to build in the open.

If you’re unsure what to write in a lighthouse card, this guide offers meaningful message ideas for guidance, resilience, leadership, and support.

A look inside the design process behind our Paper Party Balloons greeting card, from early designs to a final version that uses scale, movement, and material to bring the design to life.