First Place Medal: Handmade Quilled Congratulations Card
"Someone came first at something. Make sure they know you noticed."
Every coil placed by hand
Ships flat in a rigid box
Replaced if damaged
Someone came first at something. First Place Medal is a handmade quilled congratulations greeting card, a gold medal with a red number 1 hanging from a ribbon in navy, cream, and red. Nothing names a sport or an event, so it carries a race, a prize day, or a promotion.
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.
First Place Medal: Handmade Quilled Congratulations Card
Specs
The card in detail.
Story
The design and the moment.
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The design
The ring is coils packed edge to edge inside a gold band, tight enough to read as hammered metal at arm's length. The ribbon is strips stood upright and layered so it folds like fabric, and the numeral is one strip coiled back on itself to make the shape.
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The moment
Wins go uncelebrated because there is rarely an obvious way to mark them. A first place at a meet, a competition finally won, a promotion that took three tries, a child who came home with a certificate. The card does the announcing, which leaves the inside for the part only you would know to say.
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 work on the figures and characters. My style is shape-based, so the posture has to carry the character. Getting a small figure to read correctly is harder than it looks, and I redo them often.
Priyanka K.
Figure and character specialist
Coil by coil
Paper strips · The hands · Finished card
Good to know
Questions, answered.
Is the First Place Medal card only for sports?
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.
