BUSINESS FAVES: Amazing holiday cards; adorable baby gear

COLUMBIA, 12/13/09 (Beat Byte) --  At the Missouri Theatre's recent Beaux Arts holiday bazaar, my wife and I visited two Columbia businesses with practical, adorable goods. 

 

Though she may already be sold out, Christine Sayers displayed some of the most ornately and carefully crafted Christmas and holiday cards we had ever seen.   Sayers -- who has taught Kindergarten at Columbia Independent School -- makes the cards by hand, carefully cutting and shaping 3-D forms, shapes, and designs into an elegant statement of Christmas, Hannukah, or Holiday cheer.  Santa Claus, Christmas trees, holiday hearths, and dozens of other Yuletide reminders literally leap of the covers of her cards. 

 

As I noted above, I'm not much on Christmas cards.  But we liked the cards so much, my wife and I bought a dozen, including a light blue on dark blue "dreidel" card for our most excellent friends Amir and Shannon (Amir is from Israel).   Dreidels are four-sided spinning tops children play with during the Jewish Hannukah, and Sayers daintily placed two dreidels alongside golden Stars of David on the outside of the card, which comes with an envelope in a plastic wrapper.    The cards average $3-$4. 

 

Contact Chris Sayers -- who also sells knit hats and sweaters -- at

CMS Cards and Sweaters

573-239-2308

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Displaying her equally delicate and adorable baby gear next to Sayers on the Missouri Theatre stage, Suzette Waters introduced us to Bumper Crop Baby, her Columbia-based hand-made baby bedding and gift company.  

 

Though Waters -- the wife of Columbia Daily Tribune city editor Andy Waters -- can customize an entire nursery, she was displaying hand-made bibs, burp cloths, and other baby wear averaging $14-$16.   A testimonial on her website says it well:  "More gorgeous than I could have dreamed! The hours spent are so obvious as they are so perfectly done!"

 

Visit Bumper Crop Baby at:

http://bumpercropbaby.com