Star Medal: Handmade Quilled Congratulations Card
"Some service never gets a ceremony. Send one anyway."
Every coil placed by hand
Ships flat in a rigid box
Replaced if damaged
Some service never gets a ceremony. Star Medal is a handmade quilled congratulations greeting card, a gold service-style medal with an orange star, hanging from a shield ribbon in red and cream. It suits a retirement, a long service record, or a veteran.
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.
Star Medal: Handmade Quilled Congratulations Card
Specs
The card in detail.
Story
The design and the moment.
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The design
The star is the difference: five points squared off by hand rather than rolled round, which is far harder to hold than a curve. The ribbon bar is strips stood upright and pressed close so it reads as woven, and the ring behind the star is packed with coils.
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The moment
It suits the recognitions that arrive without much ceremony. Thirty years at the same job, a service record nobody outside the family knows about, a volunteer who kept something running for a decade. The medal says it plainly, which frees the inside for the part that matters more.
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.
Who is the Star Medal card for?
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.
