About Us

Yorkshire-born Claire graduated from Loughborough University in 2000 with a first-class degree in illustration and a desire not to work part-time in greeting card shops for her whole life.

She spent the next 10 years working part-time in greeting card shops. These stores sold some pretty hideous cards, with out-of-touch messages and naff illustrations and Claire was convinced she could literally draw something better with her arse. She resisted... and instead took her beady illustrator's eye and sought out some fantastic illustrators, letterpress studios and designers with mad skillz whose work was crying out for a bigger audience. She also remembered, quite belatedly, that she was an illustrator too and slowly developed the confidence to start creating her own products and cards!

Claire has lived in Nottingham for the past 20 years with her partner, Ben, and their cat floofs, current residents: Edna (grey Maine Coon), Ozzy (black "Prince of Darkness" rescue cat) and Olive (Also black, Ozzy's sister). Claire loves tea, marshmallows, and blueberry pancakes with maple syrup. The Curious Pancake reflects her passion for illustration, humour and awesome greeting cards. 'Pancake also champions good old-fashioned correspondence, and customers return time and again for unique cards, friendly customer assistance, and our handwritten card service.

So now you know how cool we are - let's go SHOPPING!

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