Palmyrah Palm: Handmade Quilled Tree Greeting Card
"Some places stay with a person. Post one of them."
Every coil placed by hand
Ships flat in a rigid box
Replaced if damaged
Some cards get sent because a place matters, not because the calendar says so. Palmyrah Palm is a handmade quilled tree greeting card, a green fan crown over a dark brown trunk with two tan sand mounds beneath it. Nothing is printed on the cover, so it works for a send-off, a retirement, or a note posted to family who grew up under these trees.
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.
Palmyrah Palm: Handmade Quilled Tree Greeting Card
Specs
The card in detail.
Story
The design and the moment.
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The design
The crown is a continuous fold, paper pleated into narrow ribs and then cut to a point at every tip, which is why the fan reads as separate fronds from across a room and as one sheet up close. The trunk is husked in stacked layers with the brown edges left raw, so the bark holds its grain.
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The moment
Borassus flabellifer means fan-bearer, and the fan is the part anyone who grew up in the north recognizes first. It is the state tree of Tamil Nadu and the tree that marks the Jaffna peninsula, which makes this a card for someone a long way from either. Nothing on the cover fixes the occasion.
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.
Why a palmyrah rather than a coconut palm?
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.
