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enGreet Continues to Enhance Selection With Addition of New Artists

Indianapolis, IN - On the heels of Gulf Action, a special campaign aimed at urging legislative action in the gulf while raising money for eco-conscious foundations, and a successful trip to the National Stationary Show this spring, enGreet.com, the online portal for mainstream and niche greeting cards, today announced that it has added several new artists to its array of offerings. The new artist designs, which include work from NosVemos Greetings, Fishbowl Cards, dog(eat)dog, and more, give enGreet a leg up in the largely saturated greeting card market by offering consumers a diverse set of bilingual, special needs oriented, and culturally relevant cards to choose from.

Talking greeting cards are so yesterday

There's a new reason to get a little bit weepy looking through the greeting card aisles.

It's not the heart-warming poems on a Mother's Day card, or tearful "atta-boys" for a first-born's graduation.

There's a new breed of multimedia electronic cards coming on the market that more closely re-semble something you'd buy in a BestBuy store than at Hallmark. Read more...

High-end paper shop, Haute Papier, comes to Leesburg

When Sarah Walsh was searching for invitations for her wedding five years ago, she was disappointed she couldn’t find a customized design.

Within a month, Walsh and friend Erin Miller started Haute Papier, a couture paper boutique specializing in personalized wedding invitations, stationery and social correspondence such as letterheads. Read more...

A little thankfulness takes Dandelion Patch stationery stores a long way

Two years ago just as the economy was sinking, Heidi Kallett urged a group of business owners to write 50 thank-you notes over a year, calling it "the Heidi challenge."

She told them: "I'm willing to bet that your business will improve as a result."

Sure enough, she said, sales increased "exponentially more" for three companies whose owners wrote them vs. the companies of those who did not. Read more...

New High-End Greeting Card Lines Make a Big Impact

Salem, MA — Mind Art Studios launched its new line of greeting cards this week at the national stationary show in New York City. With orders being placed at the show from some of the largest retail outlets in the U.S., to upscale boutiques in Montreal, Canada the show was considered a huge success. With MSRP prices ranging from $2.99 – $8.99, the retail line is available at mindartstudios.com Read more...

Table Tent Trivia to Unveil New Greeting Card Line at 2010 National Stationery Show

Stuart, Florida – Table Tent Trivia, Inc. will introduce Bottoms Up Greetings, a new line of greeting cards that incorporates “fact with fun,” at the National Stationery Show, May 16-19, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Read more...

Get Ready to Meet regreet

Minneapolis, MN – regreet is “hopping over” to the National Stationery Show, May 16-19 to showcase its greeting card re-use kits and a greeting card organizer. As the world's first kits to reuse greeting cards, regreet’s greeting kits and card organizer have both been named “Best New Product” finalists. regreet invites people to stop by booth 1324 to see the products and enter for a chance to win a free iPad. Read more...

Birch Paperie showcases Northwest boutique card, paper and gift lines

A manufacturer's representative for letterpress cards and paper lines, Tamara Gellert had been working out of her home office for seven years when she decided it was time to shake things up. "I wanted to stay engaged and be creative," she said. "I wanted to share my love of paper and the talent with whom I work." In mid-December of 2009, Gellert opened Birch Paperie. As an 18-year resident of Wallingford, she located the store close to home, choosing a tiny space in Green Lake's Tangletown, directly behind Mighty-O Donuts and across the street from Zoka. Read more...

Wellspring® Introduces Wellspring of Colours

Lancaster, PA: Wellspring, the company that brings fun and function to everyday life, has increased its offering in Wellspring of Colours, a best-selling collection of dramatic ceramic pieces that combines distinctive global art and functionality. New pieces include a variety of wooden curios with ceramic drawers, wooden boxes, serve ware, bowls, decorative eggs and bowls, and coasters. The collection also includes bottles and vases. Read more...

Hallmark store at Greenville Mall introduces laser-engraved gifts

When Paul Dixon walked into the January Gift Show in Atlanta, he was looking for some new gifts to put in his store, not an entirely new business model. But when Dixon, who with his wife, Janet, owns Jan's Hallmark in the Greenville Mall, saw the P. Graham Dunn Personalization Center, he knew it was something unique that he wanted to offer his customers. Read more...