Memorial Day is a time of remembrance for those who have died in service to our country. We honor American veterans and soldiers by visiting monuments, attending parades, and observing a nationwide moment of silence at 3 p.m. local time. PBS suggests it is also a good time to read your family history, look at old photographs and help your family learn about prior generations, especially those who have died in battle.
One of my favorite acts of Memorial Day remembrance is the placing of flags in local cemeteries. In my hometown of San Diego, Boy and Girl Scouts place more than 65,000 U.S. flags on grave sites at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. At Arlington National Ceremony, soldiers have held a Flags In tribute each year since 1948. This year, 3,000 soldiers placed over 250,000 miniature flags at Arlington National Cemetery – one for each fallen soldier.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travor Smith places miniature flags at Arlington National Cemetery, May 21, 2009. DoD photo by Donna Miles
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I came across the cutest personalized lunch totes at the National Stationery Show. They’re part of the Lady Jayne collection and can be customized with your initial. There’s even a pouch for silverware! What a stylish and eco-friendly alternative to a plain brown paper bag.
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The Cardstore.com team attended the Greeting Card Association’s annual LOUIE awards on Monday. We were very excited to see that two of our artists, Great Arrow Graphics and Hooray for the Underdog were honored with nominations. And a HUGE congratulations to Great Arrow Graphics for taking home a LOUIE in the Romance above $3 category!
The Cardstore Team with President of Great Arrow Design Alan Friedman at the LOUIEs
Great Arrow Graphics- LOUIE nominated Card
- Hooray for the Underdog’s LOUIE nominated card.
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As our team continued to walk the floor of the National Stationery Show today, we were excited to come across the following Cardstore.com artist booths:
- Erika Firm, the creative genius behind Delphine
- The Lovely Kate Spain
- Lilla Rogers Studio and her Amazing Group of Artists
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At the National Stationery Show’s ‘Top Trends for 2009′ seminar given by Sarah Schwartz, the editor-in-chief of Stationery Trends, Sarah went over her ‘colors to covet’ for 2009. Purple shades, particularly eggplant and lilac shades, are hot. And since the violet hue, has already been deemed the color of 2010, it looks like purple’s here to stay for the immediate future. Tish & Tica feature this crowd-pleasing color in their personalized wedding announcements:
According to Sarah, orange has a ‘proven track record’, as it has been seen in the market for the past 5-6 years. Hues of this color range from vibrant citrus similar to the colors used in Anvil’s thank you cards designs, to pale apricot and brown-toned terracotta. 
Yellow also is a crisp color to watch, and trends are showing it being ‘brought down to earth’ when paired with a neutral gray, as shown in Delphine’s personalized stationery:
And according to Sarah, gray is a neutral to keep your eye on, as it is shaping up to be an ‘aspirational color’, and one that people seem to identify with for its calming characteristics. Stay tuned for more tips from the Stationery Show!
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