The greeting cards I wish I wrote but I’m just not funny enough. Darn it.
I always give props to greeting cards that make me laugh out loud. And I don’t mean that ironic kind of laugh out loud, like the rhyming cards your great aunt sends you that have been in her dresser drawer since 1974. So when I started browsing Uncooked Greeting...
Holiday cards? Already? Paper Culture says, yep.
I am so not the type to get my holiday cards picked out much before…oh, say December 26. At which point I call them New Year’s cards and figure I’ve bought myself at least another few weeks to get them addressed and sent. But for you planners (and oh...
Cool adoption announcements? Reader Q&A
Do you know of a company that does awesome adoption announcements – hold the bunnies? -TanisCongrats on your adoption, Tanis! We know how hard it can be to find cool announcements, let alone ones that don’t rely on birth dates and times in the design. But...
Happy birthday, hot stuff
Eh, I’m over the ironic birthday cards with the cartoon characters telling you how saggy your boobs are or how you’ll burn down the neighborhood with all those candles. Sure they were cute when I was 22 but maybe they hit a little close to home now? With...
Sorry my kid sucks. Can we come over again tomorrow?
Noah is playing with the toy truck. Sam wants the toy truck. Sam grabs it out of Noah’s hands and bops him with the front left tire when Noah tries to take it back. Sam’s mom wishes she could spontaneously disappear. The next day, Noah’s mom receives...
It’s a cold, hard world out there. I mean, Happy Graduation!
So you reeeally should be acknowledging your friend’s high school or college kid’s graduation, but you want something just a wee bit beyond a card although not quite in gift territory. I’ve been there. Which is why I love this spectacular handcrafted...
Paperless Post – Online invitations too beautiful to be online invitations
I’m a huge fan of the electronic invitation, because I’m an online kinda gal. But I have to admit that sometimes there’s simply no substitute for nice stationery if you want to be proper about it. So it’s about time someone created a service...
This will be the year you don’t procrastinate and get your Mother’s Day cards done early. Right? Right?
I would say that now is a good time to start tracking down Mother’s Day cards so you’re not freaking out on May 9, and emailing us all Wah! You have to save me! Who makes e-cards that don’t suck?Not that we wouldn’t totally help you out. But...
Anything but utilitarian
The name is something of a misnomer, because everything at designer Susan Fisher’s utility:home is a bright, shiny reminder that even the ordinary can look extraordinary.Their greeting cards are fabulous, of course — the patterns pop, and even the...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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