Thank you to everyone who suggested inside messages for our recent card design contest. We could have selected any one of the suggestions, they were all perfect!
We reluctantly narrowed the suggestions down to three, and then one. The winning inside message is by design blogger Victoria Smith (of the fabulous sfgirlbybay.com).
Winning Inside Message:
Wanting to feel a little sexier, Lorraine decides to forgo her glasses, leaving Bob and Bob Junior to write these birthday wishes.
Do you agree with our pick? Leave a comment on our Facebook wall, or head over to Jack Cards to buy a few of our gorgeous new birthday cards designed by Danielle Krysa of The Jealous Curator.
Thank you Danielle and Victoria for your design awesomeness!
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The Mother Nature Network, the “green CNN”, recently put together seven gift ideas that are perfect for women who are “modern, inquisitive and eco-conscious”. We thought they’d also be perfect as unique and thoughtful gifts for eco-conscious moms on Mother’s Day.
Their first eco-friendly gift idea is “Note Cards”. As Chuck Leavell, founder of the Mother Nature Network, recently said on Bloomberg TV, paper is an organic material and a renewable resource which encourages the planting of trees. Read More
“The simplest of answers is to act.” ~ Anonymous
Take 15 minutes now to set up your Planner and free your mind from any guilt for not sending a greeting on time for an important occasion.
Why you will love setting up your Jack Cards Planner:
Simple Layout: Manage all of Your Contacts & Greetings in One Place
Keep your birthdays, address book and greetings in one place: it’s as simple as adding or importing your contact list, updating their addresses and birthdays, and selecting cards for each date.
“If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.” ~ Billy Joel
Rather than focus on resolutions for the New Year, like eat less and exercise more, why not focus on goals and organize your time around these goals? It’s not easy to navigate the constant balancing act of our hectic fast-paced lives, but becoming more organized, and living life with purpose, is a sure way to feel less scattered and congested. The following are some simple, actionable steps to help make sure you live the life that you want to live.
Step One: Reflection
“We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices.” ~ Woody Allen
What is your doing/reflection ratio? Read More
At the end of each year, I like to think back, reflecting on what I’ve learned, experienced, and enjoyed throughout the past year – and then to consider how these experiences can help prepare me for the year ahead.
For years I’ve done this by answering the same list of questions, saving each year’s version in a “Yearly Reflections” file. Each year I pull up last year’s version and edit it, reading over my previous answers before replacing them with new ones. It’s extremely eye opening to look back through the years. Sometimes I see very different answers to the exact same questions; sometimes the answers are pretty much the same, from them emerging a similar pattern in my life that I would otherwise be unaware of.
I feel so bad. Someone just had a bad night, on account of me, and there’s no way to apologize and nothing I can do. Expect confess here and hope that maybe someone will Google “Why would someone steal a full shopping cart with all of my groceries?” and the search results will lead them here, where they’ll come to understand that I didn’t mean to.
I can be absentminded at times. Especially when I’m focused on reading ingredient labels while grocery shopping at the end of a 16-hour day.
But basically, somehow while deciding between Tropical Fruit Trail Mix and Traditional Trail Mix I grabbed the wrong cart, (in my defense, filled to exactly the same level as mine – very full) and continued on my way. I failed to notice it did not have my purse in it, nor any of the groceries I had selected up to that point. In fact, I failed to notice for the next twenty or thirty minutes, when I began unloading my groceries at the checkout and saw a pouch of ready-to-eat tuna staring uncomfortably at me.
First thought – that stuff looks pretty gross.
Second thought – how did that get there?
Third thought – ha, that’s funny. I bet someone accidentally threw it in my cart.
Fourth thought – wait, where did all the rest of this stuff come from?
Fifth thought – Oh. No.
Every end-of-year holiday, from Halloween to Kwanzaa, Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas, has a rich, colorful and long tradition of celebrating gratitude, sacrifice, inspiration, community, and enlightenment. Given that we spend so much time and effort on Holiday celebrations, we decided to take a look at their origins and understand why we celebrate them.
Here’s a summary of what we found about Diwali…(find out about other holidays here.)
We’d love to hear your holiday celebration stories, leave a comment below!
Things may not be looking great in the economy or around the world, but one sure way to boost your happiness is to send warm thoughts or a little humor to your loved ones wherever they may be.
There are many occasions for which a card can make all the difference:
1) Did your friend just announce she’s pregnant, getting married or the arrival of her first-born? We have plenty of ‘baby congratulations‘, ‘engagement congratulations‘ and ‘eating for two‘ cards to celebrate the news.
2) Is a former colleague or a friend of the family retiring? Congratulate them on their awesome achievement, and wish them luck as they embark on new adventures.
3) Did you miss a few date nights over the summer with all the ‘busyness’ of family get-togethers, vacation planning and making sure the family was happy while on vacation? Surprise your partner with an ‘I Miss You‘ or an ‘I Love You‘ card in the mailbox just for them.
4) Did a friend get married or move into a new home over the summer? Send your congratulations to the newly-moved-in or newlyweds.
To help you select the perfect cards, we’ve added hundreds of new designs that we think you’ll love! We have also permanently reduced prices for select collections by up to 30%! Browse our collections of cards:
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- or Splurge on an exquisite handmade card.
Through October 3, 2011, use the code FALL15 to save 15% on your order at checkout.
The memory of receiving a card in the mail never fades, especially if it’s unexpected!
Life often includes loss. Sometimes our own, but sometimes of those around us – those we love dearly and want to help, but don’t always know how. In the last few months I have been keenly aware of such loss, with many close friends and family members battling health issues, suffering miscarriage, struggling through divorce, coming to grips with losing a spouse, and a number of other difficult issues. So I was grateful to hear a speaker from a recent conference in Chicago share how to help people going through a loss or difficult time.
The talk was led by author Nancy Guthrie, who lost two children within just a few years, both due to a rare syndrome and both at the age of 6-months-old. The following are a few things I learned about how to practically help friends, family, and even acquaintances through a difficulty, whether it is an illness, death, miscarriage, or divorce – even though I may not have ever gone through the same. Read More
“The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.” ~ Pierre Corneille
I really enjoyed reading this post as a reminder of how important giving and receiving is to our daily happiness, and how important it is to make sure our kids appreciate what it means to be a good gifter/receiver – Giving and Receiving Gifts – Teenagers, It’s Not a Negotiation by Maria Fuentes.
This is my favorite paragraph from Maria’s post:
When you receive a real gift, you are receiving so much more than the present; you are receiving an impression of how that person thinks about you, you are receiving the time and effort that it took to come up with the idea, and most importantly, you are receiving that person’s attention.
This is exactly how I feel about gift giving. Maria Fuentes shares tips on giving gifts to teenagers, and how to make sure your teenagers “…get in the habit of thanking the intention more than the item.” As Maria points out, that is, after all, the real gift! Read More
