Some Ink Nice | Mike Davis

HELLO WORLD⁠ ⁠ How've you been?⁠ ⁠ Busy busy here.⁠ ⁠ It's hot.⁠ ⁠ Here's a nice... summery... pheasant.⁠ ⁠ Everyone likes a pheasant.⁠ ⁠ Okay must go, busy busy.⁠ ⁠ Plans afoot.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcard⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscard⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #animalcards⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

WHOLESALE FRIENDS REMINDER⁠ ⁠ Sorry for the shouting there.⁠ ⁠ A quick hi to you Nice shop people and a reminder that our excellent but highly overworked warehouse commander is away on her first holiday in three years, next week.⁠ ⁠ So if you'd like a little top-up order for, say, Father's Day, get those orders in in the next 24hrs or so.⁠ ⁠ She's away 20th - 30th May, see. Any orders placed in that little span will be despatched asap after that little span.⁠ ⁠ Okay fiiiiiiine, ⁠ ⁠ Byyyyyyee,⁠ ⁠ Enjoy the suuuuuuun,⁠ ⁠ Don't do anything I wouldn't doooooo,⁠ ⁠ Including watch Postman Paaaaaat,⁠ ⁠ Because it's rubbiiiiiiiiish,⁠ ⁠ And he's a terrible role modellllllllll⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcard⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscard⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #animalcards⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

GOOD NEWS.⁠ ⁠ Today is National Chocolate Chip Day.⁠ ⁠ Eat as many as you want.⁠ ⁠ But only if they're the actual little chips.⁠ ⁠ World Chocolate day is July 7th, apparently.⁠ ⁠ And White Chocolate Day is Sept 22nd (one for you, @shalderson ).⁠ ⁠ So chip form only, please.⁠ ⁠ Also today - National Straw Hat Day.⁠ ⁠ But the piece of resistance...⁠ ⁠ WORLD FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DAY.⁠ ⁠ YES.⁠ ⁠ IT'S TODAY.⁠ ⁠ It's not too late to send a thoughtful congratulatory message to that special someone in your life who works in facilities management.⁠ ⁠ I couldn't think what to write so I looked up what special significance May 15th is.⁠ ⁠ It's unrelated to ducks, really.⁠ ⁠ OH. I remember.⁠ ⁠ What I was actually meant to say was our lovely colourful prints are now available to order, in various sizes (including BIG) (and framed) from the excellent National Park Print Shop.⁠ ⁠ @nationalpark.printshop ⁠ ⁠ There's work by lots of other superbbbbb artists and illustrators on there too.⁠ ⁠ I should really have focused more on that, but I got too excited by the facilities management day thing.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcard⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscard⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #animalcards⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

It's Day 27 of #aprilmeetthefool* and today's prompt is:⁠ ⁠ R O U T I N E⁠ ⁠ People often ask me about my skincare routine** and the simple answer is - cards.⁠ ⁠ I eat an awful lot of greetings cards.⁠ ⁠ Six, maybe seven a day.⁠ ⁠ For the fibre.⁠ ⁠ It's why I got into this business.***⁠ ⁠ LOTS OF LOVELY LOOKING AND TASTING**** GREETINGS CARDS THIS WAY.⁠ ⁠ Link in bio link in bio.⁠ ⁠ (* April Meet The Fool may or may not be a thing, I haven't even looked and in fact I dread what I might find. It was the first thing that came into my head when I sat down to write this eight minutes ago. Because let's face it, there's only so much you can chat about when it's an - admittedly very pretty - puppy picture on a card, and coming up with Proper Marketing Copy Like A Professional Adult With A Plan bores me to tears.)⁠ ⁠ (**I defy anyone to have ever been asked about their skincare routine on Instagram. Makes as much sense to me as 'People often ask me what my favourite flavour of Muller Lite yoghurt is'. What sane person would ask that to anyone who's not currently sitting next to them, eating a Muller Lite yoghurt? Nonsense.)⁠ ⁠ (***Not true. I'll save that for my tell-all memoir, which will be released as soon as someone offers me a large sum to write a tell-all memoir.)⁠ ⁠ (****Please don't eat cards. I worry for humanity that that really needs pointing out. But when you've got presidents openly suggesting injecting bleach might be a good idea, you really can't be too careful, eh?)⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcard⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscard⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #animalcards⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

This be Stanley.⁠ ⁠ He is, well, he's a dog.⁠ ⁠ I'm not good with dog breeds.⁠ ⁠ He's a predominantly black dog.⁠ ⁠ He's also the sort-of-unofficial school mascot for a school up the road.⁠ ⁠ If you own or part-own or run or are a trustee of or a governor of or a mid-to-senior member of teaching, facilities or administration staff or active PTA member or moderator or inspector for a school or academy or college (vocational or otherwise) or maybe even a former or current education CZAR, then do get in touch if you'd like to discuss having your own official or unofficial mascot or sort-of mascot drawn and put on cards, billboards or other promotional material.⁠ ⁠ Because I will consider it.⁠ ⁠ My fee is four million pounds. But I will accept part payment in the form of renaming 'a wing' or suchforth, after either me or Some Ink Nice. You know, like, 'The Some Ink Nice Arts Block' or 'The S.I.N. Wing'.⁠ ⁠ Rename the entire school after me and we'll call it even*.⁠ ⁠ (School must currently be rated 'Good' or higher. I have standards, you know.)⁠ ⁠ Right.⁠ ⁠ I think that's covered that subject appropriately.⁠ ⁠ Excellent work, Michael. Excellent work.⁠ ⁠ #gogogadgetsales⁠ ⁠ #onwithmyday⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcard⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscard⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #animalcards⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

NEW FEATURE⁠ ⁠ Yes, put aside all your planned excitement for the day and the long weekend ahead, and prepare yourself for a new, wholly unprecedented level of excitement as I unveil a new feature.⁠ ⁠ After months of workshopping and focus groups*, ⁠ ⁠ (*conducted alone, inside my own head, over the course of seconds, not months),⁠ ⁠ I've decided we're going to go with the imaginatively titled:⁠ ⁠ 'Stockist ⁠ ⁠ Of⁠ ⁠ The ⁠ ⁠ Month'⁠ ⁠ (You might think I've typed it like that because it cleverly spells out a name with the first letters of each word, but no, that would just spell SOTM, which is neither catchy nor, in fact, a word.)⁠ ⁠ (It was just for dramatic effect)⁠ ⁠ (But now I think about it, scratch the brackets)⁠ ⁠ Let's go with STOTHMO!⁠ ⁠ And the prize for the first STOTHMO! goes to @chalkandlinen ⁠ ⁠ Nice people, nice place. Visit Jacki and Russell for all your home decor and Annie Sloan painting needs.⁠ ⁠ Follow them, say hi, buy their things, in fact go visit if you're local or if you're not local but you're easily influenced and you enjoy long distance car journeys.⁠ ⁠ For our other shopfriends -⁠ ⁠ 'What are the criteria for this prestigious prize?'⁠ ⁠ Well the committee (me) meets once a month (in the kitchen), near the kettle, and evaluates which stockists have had a noteworthy impact on the business in the previous month (wracks my brain to remember who I've spoken to recently and who has ordered) and takes into account any special considerations (bonus points for who's posted displays of Some Ink Nice cards what I can re-share).⁠ ⁠ Join us again in a few weeks for our next exciting episode of STOTHMO!⁠ ⁠ Bye⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcard⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscard⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #animalcards⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

UM EXCUSE MEEE,⁠ ⁠ Hi,⁠ ⁠ Hello,⁠ ⁠ Quick public service announcement to say that all proceeds from my website for the entire month of March will be going to the Red Cross's Ukraine Appeal.⁠ ⁠ Like, every penny you spend on until the end of the month - goes straight to them.⁠ ⁠ Buy a print for £15, and that's 15 whole £s you'll be giving to the people who really need it most. Food, safe water, really basic stuff.⁠ ⁠ My usual smartarse IG comments can resume next time, but with each day things seem to get more horrific, like blowing up hospitals and trying to starve entire cities, all because of one man's wounded little ego. So I need to do something, however small, and this seemed a good an idea as any.⁠ ⁠ Here's a direct link if you'd like more info on what you'll be contributing to, or if you'd like to donate directly:⁠ ⁠ .uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal⁠ ⁠ Thanks⁠ ⁠ Thanks⁠ ⁠ Mike⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcard⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscard⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #petpainting⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

RIGHT⁠. Hello Internet Friends. ⁠ So it's that time again.⁠ ⁠ The March Meets Makers thing.⁠ ⁠ The highlight of the calendar where you, the Viewer, meets me, your Maker.⁠ ⁠ I'm going to assume you've heard of it by now, as a) it's been going a few years and in any case b) 'March Meet The Maker' is fairly self-explanatory.⁠ ⁠ It's not like you've stumbled across this account on your hunt for fashion tips or the latest trends in farming.⁠ ⁠ It's cards, isn't it. Art and cards and animal things.⁠ ⁠ Okay let's get on with my tried and tested Top 10 format.⁠ ⁠ 1) I'm Mike.⁠ ⁠ 2) I draw art and cards and animal things, as both the spoiler above and almost every single image on this feed might suggest.⁠ ⁠ 3) ⁠And then I sell them to you, dear Viewer, as well as a bunch of delightful owners of delightful independent shops. 4) I have one Wife, see pic, and one Daughter, also see pic. 5) You'd be forgiven for thinking this photo was taken at Halloween or something, but no. 6) My favourite jam is Apricot. Actually, no. Peach. It's peach. 7) A couple of years ago the local Sainsburys gave me an extra voucher at the till, saying Congratulations You Have Bought More Large Garlic Bulbs In This Store This Year Than Anyone Else. Not the normal, standard size bulbs. The large ones. 8) The other day I got another one. This time it was 500g tubs of natural yogurt. 9) My life is exciting. See points 7 and 8, above. 10) The more important question is, 'Who beat us in the large garlic buying contest?' and also 'How dare they?' 11) When I first sat down to write this, I was already three days late. Instead of it being 'say hello', the prompt was 'planning'. Ironically. Now I've looked up today's and it's 'favourite'. Which I've inadvertently covered with the bit about jam, point 6. 12) I'm not great at counting to 10. ⁠.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #meetthemaker #marchmeetthemaker2022⁠ #cards #artcards ⁠ #paint #create #creative ⁠ #cardpublishers #publishers ⁠ #inkdrawing #inkartist⁠ #stationeryaddict #homedecor⁠ #animalart #inkart⁠ #marchmeetthemaker⁠ #greetingscards #smallbusiness ⁠ #shopsmall #justacardcampaign ⁠ #shopindie #birthdaycards ⁠ #someinknice #greetingcards

VALENTINE'S POEM⁠ ⁠ Roses are red,⁠ Violets are blue,⁠ Why have one card,⁠ When you could have two?⁠ ⁠ This would be a great way to introduce a buy-one-get-one-free offer leading up to Valentine's Day, if I was doing one.⁠ ⁠ Which I'm not, unfortunately.⁠ ⁠ I mean, I'm not sure offering two for the price of one Valentine's Day cards sends the right message. On any level.⁠ ⁠ "Do YOU have several romantic partners? Want to send them all a card as CHEAPLY as possible? Well COME ON IN."⁠ ⁠ No, thank you. We're much classier here at Some Ink Nice.⁠ ⁠ Buy 3, Get 1 Free, though. On ALL cards.⁠ ⁠ La Link Dans La Bio⁠ ⁠ Bit of French there, for added romance.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcard⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscard⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #petpainting⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

NEW CATALOGUE⁠ ⁠ (I have to put that there, see, for shopfriends who might be scrolling and only see the first three words of a caption because for some utterly bizarre reason not everyone gives my captions the full attention they deserve)⁠ ⁠ But yes, I've been away, quiet of late, working on some NEW CARDS, see?⁠ ⁠ Like this one, see?⁠ ⁠ Do you know someone who may or may not soon be starting a new job or find themselves in one against their wishes?⁠ ⁠ Well aren't you in luck.⁠ ⁠ More truly excellent cards and new notebooks and things available either in catalogue form (to you lovely shop-people) or on the website (to you lovely mere mortals).⁠ ⁠ Highly Sincere Disclaimer - ⁠ ⁠ This post is in no way related to any events that may or may not be in the news, which I haven't even heard, or seen, and even if I had heard, or seen, any such news about anything, anything at all, really, then I would naturally be commissioning a full and proper third party investigation with my ears, or eyes, and a lady called Sue, as as as as as is truly appropriate and I await the forthcoming conclusions in in in in in in the Autumn and I have full confidence in Autumn and I'm sure the facts will will will will will bear out that Autumn is IN FACT a a a a a a season with toffee, with toffee apples and suchforth. Good Day.⁠ ⁠ #newjob⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #cuteart⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #ink⁠ #inkart⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #inkillustration⁠ #inkpainting⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

This is categorically not a Christmas party.⁠ ⁠ This is my... traditional... Edwardian sleeping hat.⁠ ⁠ And I simply found this mulled... um... Calpol... on a... bar? No, a bench.⁠ ⁠ I always mull Calpol... to help with my... Sniffles.⁠ ⁠ CARDS AND PRINTS AND GIFTS AND THINGS AVAILABLE.⁠ ⁠ Including 20% off prints at the moment on Fy, link in bio.⁠ ⁠ Any resemblance to festive events is purely co-incidental. ⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #animalart⁠ #animalpainting⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #cuteart⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #ink⁠ #inkart⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #inkillustration⁠ #inkpainting⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #petpainting⁠ #petportrait⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards

INDIE WEEK⁠ ⁠ HELLO⁠ ⁠ This week is #indyweek⁠ ⁠ Or maybe #indieweek⁠ ⁠ Possibly #justacard week⁠ ⁠ But I was fairly sure it was #indycardweek.⁠ ⁠ As usual, my unparalleled planning and preparation on The Social Mediums, means I haven't researched this quite as fully as I maybe could have.⁠ ⁠ I'll look it up in a second.⁠ ⁠ It can't be that far off.⁠ ⁠ Anyway, here's my entry for #indycardweek.⁠ ⁠ Is there a prize?⁠ ⁠ Who knows.⁠ ⁠ Anyway.⁠ ⁠ Must dash.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ @justacard ⁠ #artcards⁠ #cards⁠ #giftideas⁠ #greetingcards⁠ #greetingscards⁠ #homedecor⁠ #ink⁠ #inkart⁠ #inkartist⁠ #inkdrawing⁠ #inkillustration⁠ #inkpainting⁠ #papergoods⁠ #paperlove⁠ #penandpaper⁠ #sendacard⁠ #shopindependent⁠ #shopindie⁠ #shopsmall⁠ #someinknice⁠ #stationeryaddict⁠ #stationerylover⁠ #wholesalecards