Christmas Bell: Handmade Quilled Christmas Greeting Card
"Most Christmas cards are recycled by January. Send one that is not."
Every coil placed by hand
Ships flat in a rigid box
Replaced if damaged
The one card a year that gets kept in a box and read again. Christmas Bell is a handmade quilled Christmas greeting card, with "Merry Christmas!" printed in black script above a gold bell set against a fan of green pine sprays, finished with a red bow and a gold star.
How this card is made
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Ships from Sri Lanka in three options, available at checkout:
- Sri Lanka Post (standard): 3 to 4 weeks. Free Shipping.
- EMS Speed Post: 10 to 14 working days. Limited tracking.
- DHL Express: 5 to 7 working days. Fully tracked from dispatch to delivery.
Every card ships flat in a rigid-backed kraft gift box, fully protected for international transit. Every card is inspected before it leaves our studio. If yours arrives damaged, we replace it without question.
To keep: away from direct sunlight and moisture to preserve the paper art over time.
To display: fits standard 5x5 inch frames. This card is designed to live on a wall, not in a drawer.
To store: keep flat. Do not fold or roll.
Christmas Bell: Handmade Quilled Christmas Greeting Card
Specs
The card in detail.
Story
The design and the moment.
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The design
The bell is one long strip looped back and forth from the crown down, each loop slightly shorter than the last, so the flare of the bell comes from the loop lengths rather than any cut edge. A row of tight scrolls closes the rim. The pine behind it is a different technique entirely: flat strips folded once and splayed into a fan, no coiling at all.
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The moment
Christmas cards are the one category people still keep. They go on the mantel, then into a box, then out again years later. That is worth something, and it is the argument for sending one that took ninety minutes to make rather than one bought in a pack of twenty.
The studioand the hands
Inside the Jaffna studio.
Primary specialist on this card
Every Vonderly card is built by 2 to 3 specialists working in sequence. The artisan below led the work on this one.
I do the coils and most of the leaves on our cards. The coils have to be the same size all the way through. If one is wrong, you can see it on the finished card. The leaves I shape on a comb, that is how they get their curve. This part of the work I am fastest at, because I have done it the longest.
Sharmila S.
Coil and foliage specialist
Coil by coil
Paper strips · The hands · Finished card
Good to know
Questions, answered.
Is the Christmas Bell card suitable for sending overseas?
What is paper quilling?
Paper quilling is the art of rolling, shaping and arranging narrow strips of paper to create raised designs. On Vonderly cards, each visible quilled element is shaped and placed by hand rather than printed.
How long does it take to make a Vonderly card?
A Vonderly card typically takes around 90 minutes of handwork. Different parts may pass through specialist hands for shaping, detailing and assembly before the finished card is checked and packed.
What comes with each card?
Each card measures 5 × 5 inches, is blank inside for your own message, and comes with a 5.25 × 5.25-inch kraft envelope.
What if my card arrives damaged?
We replace it at no cost, and you keep the original. Email hello@vonderly.com within 30 days of delivery with a photo, and we ship a replacement or issue a refund. There is nothing to send back.
