Gift idea
Skip the fridge magnet. Give them their city.
The I ❤️ MTL t-shirt, the fridge magnet, the tin of maple syrup: the gifts you grab when you are out of ideas. A poster or postcard of THEIR city, drawn by hand, is the opposite. It is precise, it is beautiful, and it says clearly: I thought of you, and of the place that moves you.
Who it is for
You definitely know someone.
- The homesick expatYour brother in Vancouver, your best friend in London, the cousin who moved for love. A poster of home on the wall, and a bit of Québec comes back.
- The one proud of their turfThe guy who would never leave the Plateau, the friend who knows Québec by heart. Give them their city, their season.
- The gift that saves the dayA farewell, a housewarming, a thank-you to your host: personal without being too much, beautiful without being pricey.
- You, plain and simpleYou are allowed to hang your own city on your wall without waiting for someone to give it to you.
The real trick
You are giving a season.
A city is not just a city, it is a moment. Someone met their partner one winter on the Plateau? Give them the Plateau under the snow. Your mum loves autumn in Québec? That is what you frame. Every city comes in all four seasons: pick the right one.
Here, Montréal from spring to winter. Same city, four different gifts.
Made here
By hand, from Montréal.
I draw every city one by one, by hand. Not a generic file printed in bulk on the other side of the world: it is MY version of the city, its real buildings, its real colours, recognisable at a glance.
And it all ships from my place, in Montréal. A postcard for $4, a poster for $20: the kind of gift that looks worth far more than it costs.
When to give it
Christmas, farewells, housewarmings, thank-yous.
A postcard slips into an envelope and crosses the world for the price of a stamp. A framed poster stays on the wall all year. The holidays, a birthday, a housewarming, a farewell or just a thank-you: you are covered.
Choose your city
Five Québec cities. Plus one, for the travellers.
Montréal, Québec, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Le Plateau, each in all four seasons. And Taipei, for those who left a piece of their heart in Asia. As a poster or a postcard, to give or to keep.
Your city is not in the list? Write to me and I will draw it.