Puarangi Flower Stars Christmas Card

Description

Puarangi Flower Stars Christmas Card

Brighten someone’s Christmas with a splash of native Kiwi charm-our Puarangi Flower Stars card brings festive cheer with a quirky twist of hand-painted hibiscus magic!

Hand drawn and water-colored New Zealand native hibiscus flowers, half unfurled into ‘Christmas stars’ greeting card, full colour with blank inside. Illustration details on the back of card.

A6 folded 260gsm card with a coated exterior to provide the best print finish. Matte interior for ease of writing, with C6 brown recycled 120gsm paper envelope.

Available as individual cards, a 6 – pack, or a Duo 8 – pack featuring 4x Red Admiral Christmas cards and 4x Puarangi Flower Stars Christmas cards.

If you are interested in selling these, let me know!

These are printed locally and packaged by hand by me 🙂

Watch me create this art here

Puarangi / Native Hibiscus Flowers study by Penny Royal Design

Note on Shipping:

Did you know that I only charge a flat rate for shipping for greeting cards, art prints and calendars regardless of how many you purchase?

You just pay for the biggest item in your cart and then you can add alllll the other cards, prints and calendars for no extra shipping!! I also don’t charge extra for Rural delivery (I got you country folk, I was raised in the wop wops 😊)

So, say you buy an A4 art print – within NZ shipping is $7.50 (this is what I get charged, no markup from me). Then you add a calendar, wait 2 calendars for both your sisters-in-law. Then 8 greeting cards and 3 more A4 art prints… you will still only pay $7.50 shipping.

I also have a free pickup option for my local peeps. Just select ‘Free Local Pickup’ from the shipping options in checkout and you won’t pay a thing for shipping. And let’s be honest, I usually hand deliver them if I am going past!

International folks

The shipping from NZ is really expensive for us (the downside of living on a beautiful island in the middle of nowhere). But same deal, you only pay one flat rate for the largest item. So, same price for 1 art print as it is for 10… or more! (I mean if you want to order 1500 art prints, I will be so frikken grateful for the order I am happy to shout you the extra shipping, even if you live in Antarctica!).

Packaging my items as beautifully and safely as I possibly can is one of my favorite things. I try to use as much recycled packaging as I can. However, I am not perfect, and am totally open to suggestions! I have an awesome record of items arriving perfectly. People always comment how beautiful their package was to open.

I even had an A3 print that went all the way to Italy and back (delivery address issue at the Italian end) and while the packaging was a little tatty, the art print inside was still perfect!!

Shipping Charges Discrepancy

Occasionally I have had an issue on third party sites overcharging the shipping. But I have worked out how to refund part of the shipping, so I just put that back through to the customer – even if it is only $2.80, I got you.

The other items on my website are not items I keep in stock in my office studio in Stoke, Nelson, NZ. They are printed on demand and shipped by my awesome collaboration partners from all over the world. I love print on demand, it means I can offer a huge range of high quality items with no wastage. Nothing is created until you order it, and then it is printed just for you. So the shipping rates are set by them and not something I have any control over.

Puarangi Flower Stars Christmas Card

Puarangi is a native New Zealand hibiscus with pale yellow flowers and a deep red center. It grows mainly in coastal and disturbed areas of the northern North Island. The plant usually reaches 1 to 2 meters tall. It prefers sunny, open spots, often near wetlands or swampy ground. The flowers last only one day but bloom from spring through summer, adding bright color to the landscape.

People consider puarangi critically endangered because habitat loss and invasive plants threaten it. The plant has prickly stems and grows best in damp conditions. You can sometimes find it in unexpected urban places. Gardeners love puarangi for its beauty and its ability to thrive in coastal and cottage gardens. It stands as a proud symbol of New Zealand’s unique native plants.