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Kimono Cards

by Mona Soyak

I was born and raised in Sweden, but have lived and worked overseas for the last 35 years.

While living in Tokyo, Japan, with my husband and two daughters for over a decade, besides falling in love with the country, its people and culture, I also started appreciating the beauty of vintage kimono and obi fabrics and started collecting.

With some of the fabrics I made some silk quilts, but when returning to the
US in 2007, I started to design and sell greeting cards using these
beautiful fabrics.

I draw and then cut each design by hand and assemble it carefully on the greeting card; my logo is also stamped by hand on the back of the card. It’s quite time consuming to finish one card, but it also makes them unique and original. Not two cards look the same, due to the enormous changing patterns of the kimono fabrics.

I take pride in not mass producing my cards.

Click here to visit Mona’s kimono card shop.

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