✦ Diwali 2026Letterpress Studio

Find the card that feels like you sent it by hand.

Thick cotton stock. Embossed rangoli geometries. Devanagari or Roman monograms. Envelopes lined in marigold tissue. Cards your family will keep on the mantel.

Gold embossed Diwali greeting card with rangoli pattern on cotton stock

Cotton Stock

Rangoli Geo

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शुभ दीपावली

Foil

Monogram

 

1,200+ cards sent this DiwaliShips in 5 days

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दीप

Devanagari Script

Wax seal and brass diya prop beside letterpress envelope with marigold tissue lining

Wax Seal

+ Brass Diya

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The Difference

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Flip each card to reveal production details, material specs, and what your family actually says.

Generic store-bought Diwali card with mass-printed glossy finish
Before

Store-Bought

Mass-printed gloss card

Production Detail

Shiny laminate finish. Generic "Happy Diwali" in Arial. Arrives in a plastic sleeve.

Printed on 90gsm coated paper. Minimum order: 1 card. Shelf life: one Diwali.

Diya letterpress Diwali card showing deep rangoli emboss on thick cotton stock
After

Diya Letterpress

Embossed cotton stock

Production Detail

Run your thumb across and feel the rangoli indent. That catch of ink in paper.

280gsm cotton rag. Blind emboss + gold foil. Marigold tissue envelope. Keeps forever.

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Digital e-card on phone screen showing generic Diwali animation
Before

Digital E-Card

WhatsApp forward

Production Detail

Same GIF your chai group has been recycling since 2019. Seen by nobody.

Zero material cost. Zero emotional weight. Forwarded to 47 contacts simultaneously.

Diya letterpress card being unboxed from stiff envelope with marigold tissue
After

Physical Unboxing

The moment it arrives

Production Detail

Stiff envelope. Marigold tissue rustling. Your name in Devanagari on the front.

Customers report cards displayed on mantel for 3+ months. Photographed and shared.

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Generic white mass-produced envelope in a stack of identical envelopes
Before

Mass Envelope

White window envelope

Production Detail

White. Self-adhesive. The kind you get in a box of 500. Nobody saves these.

Standard 80gsm white wove. Machine-folded, machine-sealed, machine-forgotten.

Diya handmade envelope showing marigold tissue lining visible through open flap
After

Hand-Lined Envelope

Marigold tissue interior

Production Detail

Open the flap and find a burst of festival yellow. A gift before the card.

Handmade lokta envelope. Marigold tissue lining. Custom wax seal with your initial.

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"I put it on the mantel. My mum cried."

— Priya Mehta, Chicago IL · Ordered 24 cards for Diwali 2025

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From the mantel

Cards that stayed.

These aren't reviews. These are the messages we got after Diwali was over and the card was still up.

1,200+

Cards sent in 2025

94%

Repeat order rate

5 days

Average ship time

3 mo.

Avg. mantel display time

Sunita's Diya Classic card displayed on mantel in her mother-in-law's home in Jaipur
"My mother-in-law in Jaipur called me twice to ask where I bought it. She has it framed."
Portrait of Sunita Krishnamurthy smiling, Toronto customer who ordered 18 Diya Classic cards

Sunita Krishnamurthy

Toronto, ON · Ordered 18 cards · Diya Classic · Devanagari monogram

Festival Maximalist card from Rohan's corporate order showing dual foil on turmeric base
"We sent 85 cards to clients. Three called to say it was the best gift they received all year."
Portrait of Rohan Desai, corporate client who ordered 85 Festival Maximalist cards for clients

Rohan Desai

New York, NY

Marigold Modern bilingual cards with hand-addressed envelopes ready to be sent
"My kids actually asked to help hand-address the envelopes. That's never happened before."
Portrait of Ananya Pillai, Chicago customer whose children helped hand-address Marigold Modern envelopes

Ananya Pillai

Chicago, IL

Diya Classic envelope with marigold tissue lining visible through open flap
"The envelope alone stopped my dad mid-sentence. He opened it like it was a gift."
Portrait of Vikram Nair, London customer who ordered 12 gold foil Diya Classic cards

Vikram Nair

London, UK · Ordered 12 cards · Diya Classic · Gold Foil

Corporate Gifting

South Asian–owned firms who refuse to send another generic November card.

Minimum 25 cards. Custom monogram, company name in Devanagari, or branded wax seal. Bulk pricing from 26 cards. Net-30 invoicing available.

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Materials & Process

What you're actually holding.

Every material is chosen because it changes how the card feels in your hand.

From plate to post.

Digital proof of rangoli motif being designed on screen with Devanagari monogram options
01

You choose the design

Pick a rangoli motif, script style, foil color, and monogram. We generate a digital proof within 24 hours.

Polymer letterpress plate showing etched rangoli pattern ready for pressing
02

Plates are made

Polymer plates etched from your design. Each one is checked against the original art before pressing.

Vintage Chandler & Price letterpress in operation pressing ink into cotton stock cards
03

Letterpress run

A 1920s Chandler & Price press. Cotton stock, fresh ink, deep impression. No two cards are identical.

Finished Diya cards with gold foil being packed with marigold tissue and wax seal
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Foil & finishing

Hot foil stamped by hand. Envelopes lined, wax sealed, and packed in tissue. Ships within 5 days.

Order before October 15th.

Guaranteed delivery before Diwali. After that, we cannot promise.

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