Thank You Cards

During our travels I take a lot of pictures. They just sit, lonely on my computer and have been begging to be shared. After looking through them I decided to create some moo postcards and include them as thank you gifts to my customers.

Have you ever used Moo to create business cards?  Well if not, let me tell you they are the best thing since birthday cake (and you thought I would say sliced bread...)

For one price you can get quantities that included being able to print a different photo on each and every card.  This is what I did with my postcards.  I received them the other day and now I wish I had printed two of each card, so that I could keep one for myself....I love them!

They are post card size and would fit nicely in a small frame.  The quality is excellent and even though I'm a bit biased the pictures are beautiful. They would look lovely in almost any setting.

I'm going to get some others printed for another idea and I'll let you know how that works out.

Bonanza!

Last Friday was such an exciting day. I was out most of the day doing business and stopping at some thrift shops to see what treasures I could find. I found some pretty cool things, but will share that later. I bet you're wondering what was so exciting if not the treasures I found. Well, let me tell you...

One of the blogs that I follow is Cicada Studios and this designer has some of the most beautiful fabrics of her own design. She has created lines that are now manufactured by Henry Glass & Company. Plus, she has some linens that are beautiful. I've been wanting to order some of her fabric for a while, but hadn't gotten around to it. I finally did about a week or so ago and it arrived on Friday. Isn't this beautiful. Her packaging and customer service is perfect.

Then I took a chance. On what? Vista Print. I've heard so many opinions on this service that I really was hesitant, but then I took a closer look at their site and products and thought well the investment isn't so great that if it doesn't turn out well it won't be that big of a loss. There were some constraints, but I was able to work most of them to my advantage as I designed my card. I ended up with 2000 premium cards (printing on both sides), address labels, and post-it notes for about $18. Yes, you do end up getting daily emails from them, but I think it's a small price to pay for what you can get and most of the emails are filled with great offers. I am very picky about graphics and marketing materials and was so pleasantly surprised at the results...what do you think?

Moo Cards...yep I ordered those too and got them on Friday as well! I bought two sets and while I know that you can have a different picture for each and every card (how do they do that?) I chose to only use 20 photo's for each set. I used some of my creations that I sell, some creations that I will never sell, and some beautiful vacation pictures. Their packaging is incredible. They use recycled plastic to create boxes that hold each set of moo cards. How great those little plastic boxes will be once they are empty! Recycled once again. I also ordered, for about $5, a little plastic, swing open moo card holder for my purse. The holder is designed so that the card just slides out and has a ring so that you can hang it from your keys or whatever if you wish. Your cards stay protected and beautiful!

That was my "bonanza" Friday!