Prickly Pear: Handmade Quilled Cactus Greeting Card
"There is no good sentence for a hard week. A card does part of the work."
Every coil placed by hand
Ships flat in a rigid box
Replaced if damaged
Some messages are better delivered quietly. Prickly Pear is a handmade quilled cactus greeting card, rounded pads in two greens with three yellow blooms, set in a brown pot. "With Love & Care" is printed above in black script, which keeps it usable for a recovery, a loss, or a message you want to send without announcing why.
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.
Prickly Pear: Handmade Quilled Cactus Greeting Card
Specs
The card in detail.
Story
The design and the moment.
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The design
The largest pad is a single strip wound flat into an open spiral, so the center sits slightly proud of the rim and catches light along the coil. Smaller pads are rolled looser and pinched at the edge so each one holds its curve. The pot is a run of stretched loops, pinched at both ends.
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The moment
Get-well cards mostly promise a quick recovery, which is not always the honest thing to say. This one says care and leaves the timeline alone, so it works for treatment that will take a while, for a loss, or for the second month when everyone else has stopped asking.
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 this card appropriate to send for a loss?
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.
