Cocktail: Handmade Quilled Congratulations Greeting Card
"They got the news. They earned the toast."
Every coil placed by hand
Ships flat in a rigid box
Replaced if damaged
Cocktail is a handmade quilled congratulations greeting card, showing a tall footed glass holding a layered drink in red, pink, and gold, with a navy swizzle stick and a green lime wheel on the rim. The design is hand-quilled. "Cheers to You" is printed above in calligraphic script, and the inside is left blank for your own note. The layered colors read as a sunset-style cocktail poured in graduated bands.
The Coconut Drink (QCOB-04) is the companion card, the same drinks theme without a printed wish, built for relaxed summer notes rather than a toast.
Timing note: sells year-round on new jobs, promotions, and retirements, with lifts in May and June for graduation season and a clear peak around New Year.
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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.
Cocktail: Handmade Quilled Congratulations Greeting Card
Specs
The card, in detail.
The design and the day
Built one way. Made for specific moments.
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Built layer by layer.
A congratulations card built around a cocktail is what you send when the win is social, the kind of news that ends with people raising a glass. The layered drink was chosen because a multi-color pour reads as celebration and abundance in a way a single flat color cannot. The glass is outlined in one continuous pale blue strip, shaped by hand into the footed silhouette, so the whole vessel holds together as a single clean line. Inside, the red, pink, and gold bands are filled with scrollwork rather than solid coils, which is what gives the drink its sense of depth.
The lime wheel is built separately and added last. Its segments are husked into wedge shapes and set around a center, then the green rind is wrapped as a final tight band so the garnish reads as a clean cross-section of fruit.
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For the win worth toasting.
For the friend who just landed the job, the colleague who got the promotion, the person clocking out of work for the last time, or someone turning twenty-one. A handmade congratulations card carries a toast better than a text because it lasts past the night the news broke. It fits new jobs, promotions, retirements, graduations, milestone birthdays for adults, and any happy hour that turned into a celebration. It also works as the card that goes with a bottle of wine or a bar cart gift.
Many recipients frame this card. It was designed for that, sized 5x5 inches to fit standard frames sold at most US home stores.
The studio, The hands
Inside the Jaffna studio.
Coil by coil
Paper strips · The hands · Finished card
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
Frequantly asked
Questions, answered.
When should I pick the Cocktail card over the Trophy or Medal cards?
What is paper quilling?
Paper quilling, also called paper filigree, is the art of rolling, shaping, and placing thin paper strips into three-dimensional designs. It is one of the oldest paper art forms in the world, and requires precision and patience to build up layer by layer.
At Vonderly, each card is built entirely by hand using this technique by a team of specialized artisans in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. What you see on the card is paper, shaped by hand, one strip at a time.
Is the inside of the card blank?
Yes. Every Vonderly card has a blank interior. There is no pre-printed message. The card is made for your words, not ours. Write directly on the card or include a separate note inside the kraft envelope.
Can I frame this card after gifting?
Yes, and many recipients do. Every Vonderly card is 5x5 inches square, a size that fits standard frames available at most US home stores. The three-dimensional quilling gives the card real depth behind glass. To preserve it, keep it away from direct sunlight and moisture.
How long does shipping take to the United States?
Standard shipping via Sri Lanka Post takes 3 to 4 weeks. EMS Speed Post takes 10 to 14 working days. DHL expedited takes 5 to 7 working days and is fully tracked from dispatch to delivery. All three options are available at checkout.
What if my card arrives damaged?
Every card is inspected before it leaves our studio and ships flat in a rigid-backed kraft gift box to prevent damage in transit. If yours arrives damaged, send a photograph and we will replace it without question. No return required.
