Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Mother's Day 2016

Our range of Mother's Day cards now includes over 50 cards. This year we have nine new designs and we would love to share a bit of the backstory on how we came up with some of them. If you want to visit the full range of Able And Game Mother's Day Cards you can see them here.




 

Mighty Morphing Power Mum! This card is a ode to the hardworking mother. I looked at some cosplay costumes for the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers and used a combination of those to create this bright and fun look.


https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/276048170/greeting-card-you-are-sublimehttps://www.etsy.com/au/listing/289557849/mothers-day-card-mum-im-glad-i-inherited

I often say, one of the greatest things you can do as an adult is have a drink with your parents. We have had a few cards that use the line "I'm glad I inherited", but only had them for Father's Day and I thought, after 6 years I should do some for Mother's Day. The image could have been a woman sitting with a fancy bottle of wine, but a bag of goon seemed much more funny, especially when it's a rather conservative looking woman drinking from it.



https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/289557543/mothers-day-card-go-mum-go

Fitness is a big thing these days. #fitspo #cleaneating #running #doyouevenliftbro so we have a couple of cards for this area of people's lives. The running Mum card is perfect for the marathon training Mum. Did you know they even have prams that are designed so you can run with them? Crazy! We just use our solid pram for bringing discount bags of crisps home from the supermarket.

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/276048858/parent-card-i-hope-i-grow-up-to-be-justhttps://www.etsy.com/au/listing/276049010/mothers-day-card-youre-a-good-one-mum

Sweet and sentimental cards are always lovely. We have a little boy, and as you know little infants are not really capable of buying cards. So we have a few cards like the one above on the left that the partner buys on behalf of the little kid. We didn't include the word Mum on it so it can work for either Mother's Day or Father's Day. I used a photo of Gareth, Clyde and I when drawing the people, but changed the features so they don't really look like us.



https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/287086243/mothers-day-card-im-so-glad-youre-myhttps://www.etsy.com/au/listing/276047798/mothers-day-card-mum-im-glad-i-inherited

Is your Mum on Facebook? There is something really exciting but also embarrassing about a Mother on facebook. If you're with a group of people and the conversation has gone quiet, bring up this topic and there will surely be someone in the room who has a funny story about something silly their Mum did on Facebook.

Friday, April 15, 2016




Puddings I like to eat in no particular order:
  • anything that is self saucing
  • pavlova
  • chocolate ripple cake
  • tiramisu
  • fancy ice-cream
  • lemon meringue pie
  • banoffee pie
  • frangipane tart
  • apple pie
  • golden syrup dumplings
  • pineapple upside down cake

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Nice Work Mama. Don't Forget Your Pelvic Floor Exercises



This is my new favourite Able and Game card that I will give to every new mother from now on.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

The Crisp Problem




Gareth has become heavily involved with crisps lately, which is a problem because I find it easier to say no to crisps when they are not in front of me. I often find them in front of me, so to help with the problem I tell him to buy salt and vinegar flavour, a flavour I don't much care for. However this does not solve the problem and I still end up eating too many.

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Does Your Cat Do This?


One day our cat Bubsy decided to do this to Gareth as he sat on the couch working. It was about the cutest thing every. Photographs were taken, possible Able And Game card ideas were hatched. It was a joyous moment for all involved.

Monday, April 11, 2016