What would grandmother think?

Upon returning from the New York Stationery Show I have been thinking about a theme that appeared around every corner:  “back to basics”.  I think after a few years of tightening the old family budget, many of us have started to revert back to the traditional ways of doing things - just like our mother’s and grandmother’s used to do, or perhaps still do.  Meal planning, sharing recipes, canning, growing our own vegetables, spending more time reading after canceling our cable, inviting friends over for pot-luck dinner, etc.

Here our some examples of the wonderful cards and ideas I saw:

Wiley Valentine's seed cards (when you're done, plant the card and watch your garden grow!)

Old School Stationers canning cards
 

Pinkerton Design's garden cards & notebooks

Snow & Graham's Recipe cards