Happy Holidays

The Christmas day has finally arrived.  The rushing, the buying, the wrapping is done!  What a relief.  We enjoyed this special day amongst family and really had fun with the kids.  The girls were so excited to see that Santa had come.  They danced around singing about Santa and the reindeer before they even opened their stockings!!  The day was full of laughing, singing, sharing and spending time together!  What a wonderful day!  Why don't we do this more often, without all the pre-Christmas day spending and running around.  Really, such a simple thing to just spend time with each other and be grateful for who we have around us and for the things we do have.

I hope you all enjoyed your day in your own special way!  Happy Holidays everyone!  Joyeux Noel!

Inspiration for design

Where does the inspiration for my cards come from? Well the answer is simple - everywhere! Through regular daily adventures with my kids to request from friends and family to a TV commercial.  Inspiration surrounds us, and it is different for everyone.  One might see something with a creative eye and be able to create something new from it.  


I find the hardest things to create at times, comes from simple things.  For example, I am working on a line of cards with the theme of teapots, teacups, tea in the garden...get the idea!  Now as simple as that sounds, getting just the right fit for the card line has proven to be a challenge!  

Stay tuned, I hope to have the line "created" in a few weeks and will be sure to share it.

Jasmere...the best marketing tool

Jasmere is fantastic for finding that special unique item online! Have you heard of them yet?  For those of you that haven't, then take a moment and check them out. www.jasmere.com
From a post on crunchbase:

"Jasmere is an online marketplace that connects specialty web retailers with upscale consumers.  

Jasmere uses a “deal-of-the-day” format, similar to Groupon. Jasmere differentiates by featuring upscale web boutiques that deliver nationwide, rather than local bricks and mortar stores favored by other sites. Jasmere also turns typical ‘supply and demand’ economics on its ear, in that more demand for jasmere products actuallylowers the price everyone pays. Thanks to specially negotiated deals with their featured merchants, jasmere lowers the price over the course of the day, as more people buy. No credit cards are charged until the feature ends, and everyone pays the same low price."

How great is this!!  I was contacted by them in October and I am excited to be partnering with them in January 2011!  From a business perspective, you can reach a lot of people through their members and it is a great way to get your name out there.  No cost to be featured, just the cost of the "deal" that you partner in with Jasmere on!! So exciting for us, we are looking forward to our day!

Join jasmere and find some great stuff and of course watch for the Serendipity day!!

Kids say the funniest things...

This post is off the normal path for me, but very normal for my usual daily routines.  It's about my little girl who is 3.5. years old (4 yrs if you ask her).  She is sweet, quiet and a little bit of a mischief maker and most days we have lot of fun.  But the other day, she was not having a good day.  Everything resulted in a meltdown.  My other little monkey, 2yrs old, kept telling her sister to "stop crying, too noisy".  In this particular meltdown of the day she had been crying on and off for about 30 mins. I kept trying to console her, but she would get annoyed and cry louder, so I would leave the room.  Finally she sat with me and calmed down, she suddenly stated clear as anything, without crying "Mommy, did you hear that?" I replied "No, what is it".  With a huge smile on her face she says "Mommy, my bed is calling me!"  Since we weren't at home, I offered to take her home to go to sleep.  She smiled and said "No mommy, I am okay now, my bed will wait for me to get home...can I have some pizza now."  And that was it, no more crying, no more meltdowns, the evening pizza was enjoyed by all and yes when we got home, she happily danced down the hall and climbed into her bed! 

Starter Sentiments

We are excited to launch a new program with our cards. It is called "starter sentiments"! Since all our cards are blank inside and not everyone loves a blank card, we are putting into each card 3-5 suggested messages for the inside of the card. We hope that those who prefer an inside greeting will have their pick of a few to write in themselves and those that prefer blank cards, it is business as usual.  The starter sentiments are attached to the inside of each cello bag and are not attached to the card itself.  We think this is a great way to jump start anyone's creative side to write a nice message to the recipient of the card.

Pet Sympathy Cards

We are excited to launch our Pet Sympathy Card line!  Inspiration for this line comes from a veterinarian friend, who sends pet sympathy cards quite regularly.  We are eager to expand this line to include pet birthday cards and thank-you cards.  Check out the full line on our website and send us your thoughts/ideas about it.

Creative fun!

Lately I have been anything but productive with stationery. Perhaps it is due to the end of school craziness that is surrounding me or the fact that the weather here is anything but summer like. Rain, rain and more rain.  My garden is loving it, the kids love the mud, but really so me some sunshine please!
Well I started to create a bit more these last few days and here are a few of the latest design ideas.  One bold, one not so bold.  Not yet ready for you all to buy, but soon they will be!