Acorn Designs
Products by Acorn Designs
The following products include artwork and/or writing by Acorn Designs. Most products are a collaboration of the wonderful artists and writers who have contributed to Acorn Designs over the years.
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The exquisite, delicate beauty of snow crystals has attracted and fascinated people for generations. Like any art form expressed in miniature, the tiny crystals captivate the imagination and inspire awe as they have an almost unbelievable number of forms and designs! Although all snow crystals share a hexagonal molecular structure and are made of ice…
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The Spotted Salamander can reach almost 10 inches in length and live for 30 or more years, most of which they spend underground. These startlingly beautiful animals are spotted in bright yellow and sometimes orange, on a shiney black background. On very early spring nights, they migrate to vernal ponds to breed, sometimes even crawling…
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In celebration of this season, and just because we’re overjoyed looking out the window at at the daffodils, we have put together a collection of cards for your springtime correspondence. This set includes one each of Crabapple Blossom, Cardinal on Dogwood, Spring Woods, Meadowlark Nest, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Magnolia.
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Norway Spruce (Picea abies) Spruces are ornamental, steeple-shaped evergreen trees of cold climates whose needlelike leaves are somewhat four-angled, short, stiff and sharp. Spruces grow to the northern limit of trees; forests thin down to dwarf specimens extending far into the tundra. To the south, one species persists on mountaintops as far south as Georgia.…
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Here is a seasonal selection of 6 summer-themed notecards with envelopes. Blank on the inside for your message. This set includes one each of Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Dragonflies, Herons Flying, Sanctuary for Barred Owl, Summertime Cows, Great Blue Heron.
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Sunflowers are native to North America and the Native Americans were the first to domesticate the plant. In the Southwest the plant was used as early as 3000 BC. Seed was ground and pounded into flour for cakes, mush, and bread. Sunflowers were taken to Europe by Spanish explorers in the 1500’s. By the early…
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Sunflowers (Helianthus sp.) Sunflowers are perhaps one of the most charismatic plants we grow. The towering size reached by these enthusiastic overachieving plants can bring a smile to anyone’s face. These flowers come in a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes: from almost white to red, with heights of up to 18 feet! Members…
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Diamondback terrapins are one of the world’s most beautiful and colorful turtles. Diamondbacks inhabit estuaries and saltwater marshes from Cape Cod through the Southern coast of the US. Perhaps the most noticeable feature of this turtle is its shell, also commonly called its carapace. The carapace varies in coloration from grey or black to light…
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In Greek mythology, Aglaia, Euphrosyne and Thalia were the Three Graces, the embodiments of joy, beauty and charm. They presided over joyous gatherings of gods and mortals, from banquets to dances, singing and dancing to the divine melodies of Apollo’s lyre, and bringing happiness to all in attendance. Here they are, imagined with a southwestern…
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Tigers are the biggest cats in the world. They live in a wide variety of habitats from steamy jungles to cold northern forests within the Asian subcontinent. The power and magnificence of tigers can inspire us with awe they can awaken within us our power and passion. In 1900, tiger populations were estimated at 100,000.…
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Tiger (Panthera tigris) Tigers are the biggest cats in the world. They live in a wide variety of habitats from steamy jungles to cold northern forests within the Asian subcontinent. The power and magnificence of tigers can inspire us with awe…they can awaken within us our power and passion. In 1900, tiger populations were estimated…
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Wolves are intelligent, sensitive, highly social creatures. These largest members of the dog clan measure 5 to 61/2 feet from nose to tip of tail and may weigh more than 100 pounds. They were once found from Greenland to Vancouver, from the Arctic to Mexico, occuring in each of the 48 contiguous states. Long the…
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* Each design is printed on 100% unbleached recycled paper (50% post-consumer minimum) * Contains 50 tear-off sheets (51/2" by 81/2") * Each design is printed with vegetable oil-based inks * These images are about 2" tall or wide and appear atop the notepad unless otherwise indicated Made in the USA
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Pine Barrens Treefrog (Hyla andersoni) This seldom seen, nocturnal creature is scattered in the mid-atlantic and South. Its survival is threatened by habitat destruction, especially the draining of wetlands.
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* Each design is printed on 100% unbleached recycled paper (50% post-consumer minimum) * Contains 50 tear-off sheets (51/2″ by 81/2″) * Each design is printed with vegetable oil-based inks * These images are about 2″ tall or wide and appear atop the notepad unless otherwise indicated Made in the USA
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