I daresay some of you already know I am a devotee of karriebarron.com which was founded in 1994. One of my Milly Adams books had just come out, and there we were, a group of us having a celebratory lunch at The Wellington on the Strand, and one of my Frost team handed me a gift.
It was a Karrie Barron personalised card. It has moved with me, under its dome, and once it is in place, all is well with the world.
So with spring upon us and drifting towards early summer it is the time for a wedding or two. So how about a Karrie Barron wedding card, which is really a memento, one to keep, as a gift for the bride and groom.
But how did this wonderfully artistic and innovative family concern begin?
Tilly tells us that her mother, Karrie’s, concept was to make 3-Dimensional cards depicting miniature worlds. She began designing and making from a back bedroom in their family home in Fulham, and would sell them through her Apple Market stall (Covent Garden) once a week. Of course, as it was a family concern, Tilly helped Karri and over the years she devoloped, not only the skill and imagination, but the patience to take the business forward when Karrie retired. Patience, indeed yes, Frost can imagine the need as these little worlds are tiny, fiddly, personalised and just quite perfect.
If you add to the mix the internet, along with the stall at Covent Garden and also tra – la, a shop and studio in lovely Glastonbury, Somerset, which is where Karrie Barron Cards now has its operating base, the cards are thankfully easy to obtain.
Somehow, when a ‘little world’ is received, there is no semblance of the usual mass production one has come to expect. Cards can be personalised, and because they are made by hand, each is just a little different, (no two the same) and the care or the artist shines from them. As I said, the first thing I did was to buy a dome, because mine is a work of art.
Just think, one day the bridal pair will be celebrating their Ruby Wedding. So how about a Karrie Barron card for just this occasion.
All cards are made to order, so best to allow at least 2 weeks from when the order is placed until dispath. I use them often, for that special occasion. It is always well received. Just go to the Karrie Barron website for their full range, and there are gifts too. Lucky Glastonbury to have the shop and studio on the doorstep!
More information at: https://www.karriebarron.com