Like many of Portland’s most interesting design businesses Cecily Ink began with one very good product…one that in this case was never meant to be for sale. In 2006 Alex Wijnen created the Fresh Style Card File as a holiday gift for the clients of her graphic design studio Defteling Design. The FSCF is a box set of cards for various occasions from birthdays and thank you’s to love notes and apologies. When clients demanded to buy Card Files for everyone they knew, a business was born.
Wijnen’s fresh design vocabulary includes modern florals, patterns, and flourishes and good type in a palette of chocolate, sky blue, orange, and mustard. The designs are smart and feminine and never try to say more than whatever you have to write inside.
Less than a year after launch, Wijnen sells the Fresh Style Card File and sets of letterpress cards (with cool stamps to match) and gift wrap at more than a hundred stores across the country, here in Portland at Ecru (1215 NW 11th) in the Pearl and In The Bag (708 NW 23rd) on NW 23rd.
Now she’s collaborated with LeAnn Dolan from Ecru on Cecily Ink’s happy 2008 desk calendar available only at Ecru and online at the Cecily Ink website.
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