Chin up, tits out. - Greeting Card - Chive Ceramics Studio - Cards - Chive Ceramics Studio
Chin up, tits out. - Greeting Card - Chive Ceramics Studio - Cards - Chive Ceramics Studio
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Funny Cards

Chin up, tits out. - Greeting Card

$3.95
Pressed Lettering
Envelope Included
30-day return policy

Pickup available at A.N. Deringer c/o Chive Inc

Usually ready in 24 hours

One Card Is Never Enough:

Pick a favorite, then grab a few more so you're not caught empty-handed next month.

Some situations call for a strategy, and some call only for posture. This card covers the second kind. The instruction is anatomical because the body moves faster than the mind: lift the chin and the eyes stop studying the floor; square up and the room gets met head-on instead of apologized to. Confidence follows the frame it was handed. Whatever is waiting — the meeting, the verdict of a haircut, the Monday — goes differently when you walk in first. No occasion is printed on this card because courage is not seasonal. Send it before the hard thing, after the bad week, or on a random Tuesday. Chin up. Tits out. Proceed.

Product detail
  • Occasion/category: Birthday
  • Tone: Funny
  • Inside status: Blank inside
  • Paper finish: Uncoated/Matte
  • Paper weight: 110lb
  • Inclusion: White envelope
  • Printing method: Letterpress
Canada wide shipping & returns

Shipping 

  • Standard: 5–8 business days, Express 2–3 business days (at checkout)
  • Canada Wide Shipping: from coast to coast — rates at checkout
  • Packaging Ships: in outer box to protect gift box

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Returns

We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused hard good items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 7 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.

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Local pickup & delivery

Delivery: 

  • Delivered by hand across Toronto and the GTA. 
  • Next business day; same-day when you call the shop.
  • Local GTA delivery starts at $14
  • Call for a quote outside of the GTA

Pickup: Order online by 3pm and collect it the same day at:

702 Queen St. W.,
Toronto, ON M6J 1E7
437-777-5021

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What people are saying

The Birthday Aisle Is a Crime Scene

The birthday card aisle has two settings. For men: golf. A cartoon man golfing, a pun about golfing, the unshakable industry conviction that every male past thirty is legally required to golf. For women: roses, a watercolor teacup, and a font so swoopy it needs its own chiropractor. Between them sits the "over the hill" section, which has been making the exact same tombstone joke since the Nixon administration and remains, somehow, proud of it. We made these birthday cards as a formal objection. The people we love do not golf, or if they do, that is honestly the least interesting thing about them. They have specific flaws. They are aging in specific, documentable ways. They deserve to be roasted by name, not by demographic. So: one sharp line per card, letterpressed until the paper surrenders, foiled in gold or silver, blank inside. You supply the incriminating details — the age they're pretending to be, the thing they said at the last party — because you were there and the card company wasn't. A birthday card should sound like the people attending the birthday. Ours finally do.

Round Out the Gift With These

Whatever happened to my AOL account?

The best apologies come in pairs, occasionally three. Whatever happened to my AOL account? closes the gap this one left wide open.

No, I didn’t forget your birthday as usual.

Pair the pep talk with No, I didn't forget — the rare punctual apology, pressed for the friend who finally remembered.

Tummelberry Fruit & Berry Seeds

Tummelberry fruit seeds complete the kit — a Scottish bramble bred to thrive in rough conditions, which felt thematically correct.

Pressed, Foiled, and Blank on Purpose. — Chive Greeting Cards

Since 2004, Chive Studio has operated on one editorial policy: affection sounds like teasing, and anyone who says otherwise has never been to a good birthday party. Our birthday cards are designed in-house, letterpressed until the joke is physically embedded in the paper, and foiled so the roast arrives looking like an award. We don't do demographic humour — no golf, no wine-mom, no over-the-hill tombstones. We do the sharper thing: a line that works because you'll finish it with details only you know. Twenty-plus years of pressing paper has taught us this much — the cards that get kept are the ones that get laughed at first.

About our studio

Inside the Chive Design Studio

No wrapping skills required. We'll make the gift look like you tried harder than you did.

Frequently asked questions

Does it come with an envelope?

Yes — every card ships with a matching envelope, ready to write, seal, and send.

What size is the card?

Each card measures 4.8" tall by 3.5" wide — letterpress printed and stamped in gold or silver foil.

Is the inside blank, or is there a printed message?

Blank inside, on purpose — because you can write better than we can.

How does it ship?

Every card ships in a rigid mailer, so it arrives just as crisp as the day it was pressed.

Who designs these cards?

We do — every card is designed in-house at Chive Studio, the same way we've done it since 2004. No licensed clip art, no committee, no algorithm that thinks you'd also enjoy a golf pun. One of us thought of it, one of us pressed it, and now it's your problem.

Should I get gold or silver foil?

Whichever one you like — it's purely personal choice, and we refuse to invent a rule about it. Gold reads warmer, silver reads sharper, and the joke hits identically in both. Where a design offers both, pick the one that suits the recipient, or the one that suits you. They're not going to send it back.

What kind of paper are the cards printed on?

110 lb cardstock — the heavy stuff. Thick enough to survive the mail, the fridge door, and several years of being rediscovered in a drawer and laughed at again. Letterpress printing needs paper with some spine, and this has it.

Can you ship the card directly to the recipient?

Yes. Put their address at checkout and it goes straight to them. Just remember the inside is blank — if you want it to say something, ship it to yourself first, write the thing, and mail it like your grandmother would have. We press them; the sentiment is your department.
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