Halloween Season is Here!

No tricks, just visual treats: our collection of vintage Halloween illustrations showcases an array of wonderfully weird art that will put you in the mood for the spooky season!

Explore postcards, greeting cards, art prints, stickers, and our ever-popular Halloween Garland!

October 1st is World Postcard Day!

The Golden Age of Postcards lives on through this fun holiday! To celebrate, our entire Postcard Enthusiast Collection is on sale this week. We offer our most popular images in postcard packs of four, postcard boxes, and books for both everyday and holiday occasions, plus stickers to adorn them—allowing you to "travel" the world via postcards.

Save 25% on our entire Postcard Enthusiasts Collection with Promo Code: POSTLOVE24

Sale ends Tuesday, October 8th, at 11:59 PM PT.

Head Back to School in Vintage Style!

For those of you gearing up to start a new school year this month, we have plenty of stylish vintage notebooks, greeting cards, and art prints featuring school day scenes and the ABCs in various fun forms!

If you're not a student, our fun notepads and notebooks will add a delightful touch of nostalgic flair to your daily jottings!

Announcing Laughing Elephant's

(Post)Card of the Week

We like to imagine this satisfied ginger cat by Louis Wain just finished writing a stack of postcards! It's one of our most popular greeting card images, so we’ve put it on postcards too.

We now offer our top images in Postcard Packs, including this one! They're already a great deal at $6 for 4 postcards, but if you buy during this sale, you’ll feel as content as this feline writer!

for inspiration, wonder, and more

Check Out Our Blog

In the intriguing world of historical Halloween postcards, jack o’lanterns and black cats are just the beginning!

The Golden Age of Postcards, circa 1905-1915, offers a treasure trove of glimpses into early 20th-century American life, complete with forgotten holiday traditions. Join us on a journey through vintage postcard reproductions that shed light on Halloween's enigmatic rituals!

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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.