Month: March 2011

Merry Christmas Cards Help Make the Season Bright

Every year the vast majority of us struggle to find the perfect Christmas cards to send out for the holidays. It can be a difficult decision. I personally like to send out Merry Christmas cards to all of the people on my holiday card list.

Personalized Christmas cards should be reflective of the person or company that is sending them. I am a Merry Christmas person all the way. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and I sing Christmas carols. I think it’s great to send out cards that show people what you celebrate, and that you are also wishing them a merry and joyous time of year.

Season’s Greetings cards are very popular, and I certainly understand why. They cover all the bases for your holiday needs. The holiday season truly is for everyone, no matter what you celebrate. It’s all about the joy and the spirit of the season…whether you celebrate Christmas, or Hanukkah, or just enjoy the general feeling of the time of year. But don’t be afraid to send a specific card. It’s the meaning of your Christmas cards that is the most important thing this time of year.

If you celebrate Christmas you can share that with everyone. Even if people don’t celebrate the same holiday, the shared spirit of goodwill is apparent in your Christmas cards and the thought that you put in to sending them. I certainly don’t mind getting cards from people of all different faiths and beliefs. I’m pleased that friends and co-workers have thought of me during the holidays and wish me well. Every card I receive is a Christmas card to me. The joy I get in both giving and receiving cards is immeasurable.

So next time you are considering what to do for your personalized Christmas cards, feel free to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Remember, it’s the thought that counts!

Congratulations to the Winner of our 4th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest!

Congratulations to Dawnee Burson of Logan, Utah! She is the winner of our 4th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest! Dawnee, a Graduate student at Utah State University, created an amazing winter scene that we’ll easily be able to convert into a beautiful holiday card. Dawnee submitted a design that is 100% original and unique, and we can’t wait to see the finished product! Our judges had a tough decision to make as there were so many outstanding entries in the finalist pool. There is a possibility that we may pick one or two additional entries to be converted into greeting cards, and the students who submitted these designs will be compensated for their work.

Here is the design Dawnee submitted:

Dawnee Burson’s winning design for the 4th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest
Dawnee Burson’s winning design for the 4th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest

The 5th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest will begin on March 17, 2011. Be sure to visit the entry page to reacquaint yourself with the rules and guidelines. You may also check out our newly updated winners page to view the designs submitted by our previous winners and to get inspired.

Eco-Friendly Holiday Cards and Lessons Learned

I consider myself a fairly open-minded person and I also love to learn new things. I remember so many times being in school and learning the lesson for the day and having a light bulb go off in my head as I finally caught on to the concept that my teacher was trying to get across. I see it now in my own children’s faces when they finally get something that I am trying to teach them.

The reason I mention this is because I recently had another light bulb shine bright in my head when I went to order my Christmas cards. It finally occurred to me that I can make a difference in the environment with the purchases I make. So for the first time this year, I am choosing environmentally friendly holiday cards to send to my friends and family. I know there are still a lot of things that I can do in my daily life to be more environmentally friendly but I can honestly say that I do think about the environment and make conscious decisions to help protect it for my myself, my children, and my children’s children. By choosing products that are made using eco-friendly methods, I can make a difference. The Gallery Collection offers many Christmas cards made from wind power as well as recycled cards and also FSC certified energy sources.

I always enjoy sending my greeting cards during the Christmas season but this year, I feel really good about sending environmentally friendly cards. And now I’m off to see what other purchases I can make that will help protect Mother Earth. Any excuse for some more shopping!

Design #232AR – Gift Bag Wishes

Design #232AR – Gift Bag Wishes Birthday Card, is one of the Gallery Collection’s classic corporate birthday cards that would most certainly impress your clients or employees when they open the envelope to reveal this beautiful card that greets you with an assortment of birthday wishes.

This birthday card is furnished on a glossy white background with a gift bag in different shades of sea foam, yellow, gold, lime & fuchsia. The gift bag is covered in embossed stars and stripes, making for a very festive presentation. The bag has sea foam tissue paper folded perfectly and peeking out from the top. Above the tissue paper are an array of tiny stars and all sorts of happy birthday wishes bursting from the gift bag in gold foil.

Design #232AR - Gift Bag Wishes Birthday Card
Design #232AR - Gift Bag Wishes
Birthday Card

What a feeling of thoughtfulness your business clients, partners or employees would feel when they open up the envelope to reveal this elegant and also fun corporate birthday card.

Announcing the 4th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Finalists

After months of receiving and reviewing entries for our 4th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship, we are so excited to at last be able to reveal the Scholarship Finalists !  Be sure to check out the entries and tell us which one you “Like”.

This year, we have a total of 177 possible contenders for the big $10,000 prize! And don’t forget, we also are giving away an additional $1,000 to the school of the winner.  This is truly a wonderful opportunity for one talented student to help finance their education as well as showcase their artistic abilities.

Certainly, those students who put in time and effort to create and submit an entry whether it be of a Christmas Card, Birthday Card or some other occasion, all share and demonstrate important qualities needed for success in life. They all show initiative and taking responsibility for one’s self and future.

So on March 16, 2011 when we announce the lucky winner, know that each and every one of you who made a sincere effort at creating a beautiful greeting card design should also be congratulated!

Best of luck to all of our finalists!

Design #850CS – Midnight Snowflake Sparkle

Design #850CS – Midnight Snowflake Sparkle Holiday Card, really catches your attention. I think it’s a perfect design to send to business associates. I don’t often know which holidays are celebrated by each of them, but I do know that not all of them celebrate Christmas in the religious sense. These holiday greeting cards even work for sending good wishes to my myriad of friends. After all, who could take offense at Mother Nature’s beautiful snowflakes? Both the lovely falling snowflakes and the gorgeous color scheme of shimmering foils and deep blue card stock make this a design that anyone can treasure, no matter what they celebrate.

Design #850CS - Midnight Snowflake Sparkle Holiday Card
Design #850CS - Midnight Snowflake Sparkle
Holiday Card

Like a 3-D movie, the brilliant starry snowflakes of this design seem to be floating in and out of a midnight blue background. The glow of solid silver and solid teal foils are magically balanced with reflective silver foils, in exquisitely embossed lacy detail. What a rich way to send my Season’s Greetings!