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The best Macclesfield artists you can buy Valentine's cards from

By Alex Greensmith 12th Feb 2022

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Macclesfield: Have you ever bought a greetings card from a local designer? Why not this Valentine's… (Image - ameliart___)
Macclesfield: Have you ever bought a greetings card from a local designer? Why not this Valentine's… (Image - ameliart___)
Some think it is better to buy locally as it keeps money in our town's economy. This fruity Valentine's card is made with love by Macc Instagram user ameliart___. (Image - ameliart___)
Some think it is better to buy locally as it keeps money in our town's economy. This fruity Valentine's card is made with love by Macc Instagram user ameliart___. (Image - ameliart___)
Jola Designs opened in Tythy a few years ago, and have tens of locally produced greetings cards for every season. (Image - Jola Designs)
Jola Designs opened in Tythy a few years ago, and have tens of locally produced greetings cards for every season. (Image - Jola Designs)
Ruth Denise Lear offers a cheaper but traditional approach to greetings cards. Her Owl and the Pussycat sketch in particular would make a wholesome Valentine's Card.
Ruth Denise Lear offers a cheaper but traditional approach to greetings cards. Her Owl and the Pussycat sketch in particular would make a wholesome Valentine's Card.

With Valentine's just around the corner, and people wanting to shop more local in the wake of the pandemic and climate crisis, we thought we'd highlight some great local talent.

Instead of buying your Valentine's card from a chain this year, why not support our town's great independent artists?

Here are some artists which are selling affordable Valentine's cards, made right here in Macclesfield.

  1. AmeliArt Designs

Amelia Jane is a Macclesfield digital artist with about 2,000 followers on Instagram.

Her adorable art style is complimented by perfect puns on her Valentine's Cards.

Her bananas card particularly made us chuckle!

She also sells other greetings cards and ones of Macclesfield landmarks.

Their Etsy shop is here.

  1. Jola Designs
A physical store you can visit on 15 Beech Lane, Jola Designs have the largest plethora of locally made Valentine's cards on this list. The Macclesfield designers located near Tytherington also have locally designed cards to buy online. Jayne Hadfield of Jola Designs earmarked the pictures 'I wuff you' card as her favourite. Prices start from £2.95.
  1. Ruth Denise Lear
If you're after a Valentine's card which fit in on your mantelpiece beyond February 14, Macclesfield artist Ruth Denise Lear offers cute artwork loosely guided by the theme of love. Ruth's cards have a more traditional look, and can be bought in the heart of Macclesfield. You can find her work in the Macclesfield Visitor Information Centre. You can message these artists on social media to arrange a local pick up or delivery in time for Tuesday. Happy Valentine's Macclesfield! Macclesfield: Have you signed up for our FREE Friday weekly newsletter? It contains each week's top 10 Macclesfield news stories, and one EXCLUSIVE article? 1200 of you have signed up already. Simply enter your email address in the shaded box below or on this link. Free from pop-up ads, or unwanted surveys, Macclesfield Nub News is a quality online newspaper which produces 30-40 stories a week for our town. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter.

     

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