Month: March 2010

Soothing Sympathy Cards with Butterflies and Lilies

When sending business sympathy cards you need to think simple but elegant, and design #316AY, Graceful Sympathy Card, is an appropriate fit. You shouldn’t send a card that is too colorful and busy. After all, we know it is a very difficult time for your friend or co-worker. This design is printed on cream colored stock on recycled paper. It is a beautiful card, with a large blue butterfly poised on an intertwining vine with small pale green leaves. The butterfly appears to be ready for flight. You can almost picture yourself sitting alone in a small park thinking about the past and wondering about the future. Your recipient will find this card very comforting and soothing.

Design #316AY - Graceful Sympathy Card
Design #316AY - Graceful Sympathy Card

Business sympathy cards are one of the hardest cards to send. Design #098AY, Sympathy Water Lilies Card, can help make this process easier. You want to let your recipient know how much you feel for his or her loss and that they are in your thoughts, but you have to make sure you do this in a very gentle way…and this card is very gentle. It is done on a cream colored stock with two white pearlized water lilies perched on light green lily pads.

Design #098AY - Sympathy Water Lilies Greeting Card
Design #098AY - Sympathy Water Lilies
Greeting Card

This is a very reflective design. How many times have you sat by the edge of the water and stared out thinking of past memories, good and precious times you shared with your loved ones, and maybe wishing you could still have them here to create even more memories. This is the type of card that can make you feel inspired.

Either one of these sympathy cards would be appropriate to send and very much appreciated.

Design #480AE – Birthday Confetti & Balloons

Design #480AE, Birthday Confetti & Balloons Card, is festive and great for all. The design truly encompasses what a birthday celebration should be. When you think of birthday celebrations, confetti and balloons almost immediately come to mind.

This business birthday cards design is featured on white glossy card stock, and there are a total of three balloons accompanied by decorative confetti. The embossing on the balloons and confetti demonstrate the excitement of this design; they really pop out at you! The confetti is cut in short and long pieces to give the effect that it is being tossed as the balloons rise up. The varieties of colors are eye catching – magenta, purple, blue, green, orange, and yellow. On the bottom right the sentiment reads, “Happy Birthday” in a turquoise blue that pulls the eye right in. With such a broad spectrum of colors, your card choice is bound to please every recipient. It’s upbeat, simple, and to the point.

Design #480AE - Birthday Confetti & Balloons Card
Design #480AE - Birthday Confetti & Balloons Card

The design is not too outrageous so it can be given to any employee…whether the employee is a close personal friend or even the company president. A box of this business birthday cards design would be perfect to have on hand for those last minute occasions that you accidentally forgot.

Personalized Greeting Cards for the People who Matter Most

Personalized greeting cards, such as birthday cards, get well cards, and sympathy cards, can be taken for granted. But I can tell you from first-hand experience how important these greeting cards can be.

Losing a loved one can be such a tremendously devastating time. Not that sympathy cards can make this tragedy any easier, but to know that people are thinking of you and your family and are taking the time out in their busy day to buy and send cards can make a sad day a little better.

Get well cards can also make big difference in how you feel and how quickly you recover. Not to long ago I was out of work for approximately four months. I have to tell you that there was not one day of those four months that I did not receive a card in the mail from my co-workers, family, or friends. It was the highlight of my day to walk to the mailbox and find a new card. Most of the time they were funny get well cards, and laughter is great medicine.
In this economy it is often hard to buy presents for all the people we would like. However birthday cards can be a great way of telling friends and family that you are thinking about them and wishing them well on their special day.

Moral of the story – don’t hesitate to send different kinds of personalized greetings cards to all the people who matter most to you.