From the monthly archives:
In honor of the Back to School season, Cardstore.com is offering free shipping on all orders over $25! To take advantage of this offer, just enter promo code BACK2SCHOOL at checkout. It’s a great opportunity to stock up on mommy cards, personalized thank you cards, and photo cards. The offer ends August 31, 2009 so shop now!
At the end of my senior year of high school, an older friend told me that facebook was the myspace for college students and that I absolutely had to get one. Soon after I created my facebook, my younger friends began getting one too, which seemed natural since it was such a good networking tool. Never would I have imagined, however, that messages would start popping up on my News Feed that I had “5 friends in common” with my best friend’s mom. I began getting friend requests from people like the PTA President of my high school, old elementary school teachers, and my parents’ friends. I even saw the topic broached on ABC News of grandparents joining Facebook. Then, the moment I knew would come, my mother came up under my “Suggestions” for friends. I had been dreading this for a long time; what college student wants their mother to be able to follow them on facebook? Not only that, but I had to teach her how to work “the facebook”: how to post messages, upload pictures, and even “become a fan” of people like Obama or companies like Cardstore.com. But besides the technical part, it’s better than I could have imagined. My mom is content knowing what’s going on in my life and I’m happy because she doesn’t have to ask as many questions. I just hope she doesn’t figure out how to follow me on Twitter too!
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I recently spent 3 years living in Shanghai, and to make sure the birthday cards I sent back to the US arrived in time, I set up quite a detailed process. First, I’d have to start my birthday card search a month in advance. It’s probably no surprise that the Shanghai english greeting card selection was quite paltry, and it usually consisted of designs straight out of the 70′s partnered with an interesting use of the english language. Once I found a semi-decent card, I’d then trek out to the post office 3 weeks early just to make sure it had a chance of arriving within a week of the actual birthday. If this schedule was ever off, even by a day or two, I’d end up sending a birthday email letting people know their card was literally on a slow boat from China. That’s why one of the coolest things about Cardstore.com is you can actually direct mail cards internationally, no matter where you are. If I had known I could have just gone online, personalized one of their greeting cards or photo cards, and then had it sent directly to my recipient, I could have saved a bunch of time and hassle.
One of our favorite blogs, design*sponge, recently blogged about the Mysterious Letters project, which tracked 2 residents of Cushendall, Ireland as they sent personal, handwritten notes to the 467 people in their village. The purpose of the notes (to ‘prompt neighbourly discussion’ and ‘promote community curiousity’) immediately reminded me of the Hope Is In The Cards movement, since both promote the idea of spreading positive thoughts by sending unexpected greeting cards to family, friends and neighbors. The best part is you don’t have to be a resident of Cushendall to spread hope through personalized cards or letters. Just visit Cardstore.com during the ‘Week of Hope’ (September 1-7, 2009) to personalize your own free card from our Hope Collection and we’ll send anywhere (even Cushendall) at no charge to you. What better way to spread neighborly love or brighten someone’s day than by sending them a personalized greeting card from out of the blue!
I am a big fan of bringing lunch to work, but I hate using plastic baggies as they’re not a very green product. I’ve tried to use tupperware as much as possible, however sandwiches are a tight squeeze in even my flattest containers. But Liberty at Designing Moms wrote about a practical, not to mention stylish, eco-friendly solution. She has been using Wrap-N-Mats and is a huge fan! The line offers reusable sandwich wrappers and snack pouches that are easy to wash and come in cool patterns that will appeal to kids and adults. What a perfect find during the back to school season!
