Celebrate Fall Birthdays!

As the leaves fall and chilly winds blow in, send warmth through the mail to your autumn-born family and friends!

With over 200 designs, you’re sure to find the perfect vintage-inspired card for everyone—whether you’re looking for cozy, funny, punny, sweet, or sentimental, we have it all!

'Tis the Season for Card Writing!

We don't want to stress you out by discussing Christmas too early! But we know that many of our customers who send out a generous batch of cards each year like to plan ahead. So, for those ready to start drafting your "Merry Christmas," "Season’s Greetings," or "Happy Holidays" messages, we have the perfect vintage greeting card designs for your mailing list!

So Thankful!

Thanksgiving is around the corner (November 28th this year), and we've curated a delightful selection of Thanksgiving-themed products and timeless Thank You cards.

They're all perfect for sharing your gratitude, whether you're celebrating the holiday or looking for year-round ways to say thanks!

Announcing Laughing Elephant's

Card of the Week

This joyful card is both one of our most popular birthday cards AND our reigning best-selling Little Golden card! It features illustrations by one of our favorite illustrators, Garth Williams, and we adapted it from the pages of Mister Dog (1952) by Margaret Wise Brown. Did you read this fun book as a kid, or perhaps read it to your own kids?

And, like all our Little Golden Books greeting cards, it comes with a golden envelope for an extra touch of charm!

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November is filled with creative birthdays, celebrating iconic authors and illustrators who have left an indelible mark on art and literature! Let us tell you about the fascinating lives and works of Gustaf Tenggren, Margaret Bloy Graham, Théophile Steinlen, Lothar Meggendorfer, John R. Neill, William Steig, Robert Louis Stevenson, P.D. Eastman, Warwick Goble, Helen Dryden, Erté, Charles M. Schulz, and William Blake.

Some names are widely known, while others are familiar only to illustration enthusiasts, but all are worthy of celebration for their unique artistic contributions to the world!

Connecting people through vintage

Nice to Meet You!

We are Laughing Elephant, a greeting card and gift company founded in 1969. Our warehouse and retail store are located in Seattle, Washington, and we are the keepers of one of the largest libraries of illustrated books and ephemera in the United States. From this library, we draw inspiration and images that become the source material for all our offerings. We curate our collections with the goal of sharing beautiful images with the world. 

We celebrate the golden age of design, when artists and illustrators were an integral part of advertisements and merchandising. Their beautiful, hand drawn images inspire us to make gifts and cards you will love.