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This year I believe, will mark a vibrant Christmas season as folks get back to work and dig themselves out of debt and back to work, hopefully. With this new found savings Americans will begin to spend again on items that used to be slightly out of budget, like stationery and fine art.

Aesthetically, this year will be the year of vintage Christmas cards. A return to letterpress printing and thick papers, which has been out of budget now for a few years. These cards bring back fond memories for people.  Often memories of bygone era that most just don’t think exists anymore. The advent of social media and friend requesting just gets old after awhile so why not get back to basics. The same holds true for printing. Here is a nice selection of traditional Christmas cards you might want to see.

Getting ready for a baby shower takes time and preparation and organization. Done right the party will be a blast. With that in mind start with the first thing your guests will see, the baby shower invitations.  Don’t be mistaken, the baby shower invitations should be sophisticated and fun. Since you’re hosting the baby shower you want to make sure everybody comes in the best mood and spirits possible. And why not start with the invitation itself.

You don’t want something drab, but the shower invitations say a lot about your style and the style of the party so we want make sure the invitation is modern sophisticated and in tune with your thoughts for the party is going to be. Styled well, your invitation to bring lots of guest with lots of presents. And that’s really what it’s all about making sure that your friend is taken care of and giving lots of nice gifts to help them with their new baby.

Then there is the question of which gifts to give the expecting mother. Some popular baby shower gifts are the usual diaper cake as kind of a joke, but some others include baby monitors, baby jumpers and bouncers on the high side but these are very useful and they would be appreciative. Some relatives go as far a getting furniture like changing tables or cribs but some of these depend on decor and may be best left to the mother.

Fathers can appreciate gifts like the Graco pack n play which is the staple of portable cribs for babies. You can always do well with clothing and there are some great handmade items now available on etsy. If you are into handmade then you might want to consider letterpress baby shower invitations or maybe the more affordable digital birth invitations .  She could save the letterpress for the birth announcements instead.

Planning ahead for your party makes a big difference and try to have a little something for all your guests like mimosa or some wine if it is a luncheon. Good luck and have fun!

Many people have a hard time saying thank you these days. It appears that this simple courtesy is very often overlooked just like holding a door for the ladies. I have found that you can simple say thank you in many ways. A thank you is even appropriate for infants using thank you infant cards. One way is simply just to say it while another may be to get a pen and paper and actually write it on a thank you card. As long as someone can read your writing your salutation will be read and heard and most of all appreciated.

Not only are there many ways of saying thanks but there are also numerous occasions where it is appropriate. Such occasions may be a good learning opportunity for children as well. If a toddler receives some nice birthday presents let them give a thank you note a shot. I know most 3 year old can write their name or sign the card. You could also use some nice teddy bear note cards for a boy and butterfly stationery for a girl. There are many choices for kids stationery.

Thank you cards can also be combined with baby announcements and baby showers invitations to help save money. After all this way you order all the envelopes at once and save. If you are having the baby you will need some baby shower thank you cards to write those thank you notes. I recommend you do this directly after the shower and be sure you keep the calling cards that are usually included with each gift so you won’t get the names mixed up or forget someone entirely. If you get one of those diaper cakes be sure to include a thank you for that as well.

If you are helping or throwing the shower be sure to look out for these options when you do choose your baby shower thank you cards and invitations. Just because it will save you time, you will probably order your thank you cards or shower invitations online. It is much easier to browse a selection of cards this way. It beats going down and spending the day at the stationery store and you can get a lot accomplished this way. Don’t get me wrong I love stationery stores and I recommend that approach if you have the time or at least consulting directly with the designer printer online. I just think for most people it is more convenient to order online.

Decide how much you want to spend on the thank you baby cards and announcements before looking. There are a few different methods of printing from cheap to expensive. Just be sure if you get expensive you are getting the best which would be something like letterpress printing or engraved printing. If it the same price as thermography or digital something isn’t correct and should be asking some questions. There is nothing wrong with going expensive, it certainly will look nicer and make a more favorable statement but a nice digital thank you cards or announcements can be equally nice but just in a different way. So be sure to weigh these options before choosing your baby shower thank you cards.

In this day and age saying thank you is often overlooked in lieu of more informal means of saying thank you. Instead of writing those thank you cards that you were meaning to write, you might have happened upon your friend in the grocery store and just said thank you a few kind words thinking that would suffice for a formal thank you. Well in my opinion it really doesn’t and you should still take the time to write a proper thank you card.

Many people use notecards for children’s thank yous as well as for a personal card. Even cards for infants should be used when receiving baby gifts and birthday presents for your newborn baby.  We received a baby bouncer from some friends and we were delighted as it was really the perfect gift for our baby in the coming months. So we sent them a thank you on some thank you infant cards that were perfect for this occasion. In our case we used some rabbit stationery. This is just some simple plain off-white stationery with a cute yellow rabbit on lower corner. So simple but so effective at saying thank you the right way.

Another good use for stationery like this is for baby showers before your baby arrives. There are always so many gifts given at showers and some of them are really nice expensive gifts and most definitely warrant a thank you card. Now if you go online there are many, many choices for baby shower thank you note cards, so don’t get to overwhelmed with all the sites. I like to keep it simple and not too frilly. I also don’t like to use the same cards everyone else may be using, so I might jazz it up a bit myself or just find something different from the first site I find.

There are a couple of things to look for when ordering baby shower thank you cards that are related to cost and quality. Different forms of printing affect the pricing and the type of announcements or cards you receive. For example, letterpress printed baby thank you cards are printed on thicker and nicer papers than its digital cousin. Well this affects the price, which isn’t that big of a concern because they are not customized, but they would run say $1 each or $15 a box. A box of the digital line might be $9.99. Digital printing is a less expensive method of printing and the paper quality is still nice, they are generally printed on thinner stocks. Digital offers a wide assortment of design capabilities that you won’t get with letterpress and they generally have a faster turn around from print back to customer.