staff picks 2013 | ella and her matryoshkas

Ella on her fave holiday cards: “Holiday design can be extremely predictable nowadays, and it’s easy to feel bored and unimpressed when everything is red and green or covered in snowflakes. In a few blocks of well-placed color against a clean, no-frills background, this boxed card set from The Art File brings you a fresh and modern rendering of familiar holiday characters. I also love the graphic take on traditional matryoshka/Russian nesting dolls. It’s minimal but still colorful, cheerful, and charming, and its simplicity leaves room for your handwritten personal message to take the stage.”