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Busy mom tip - No time for notes, send postcards
Chasing after three young kids alone is a pretty good excuse for getting out of a lot of things, but that doesn't mean I don't feel guilty about it, in particular, my tortoise-speed ability to send any kind of snail mail note.
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Sorry my kid sucks. Can we come over again tomorrow?
Noah is playing with the toy truck. Sam wants the toy truck. Sam grabs it out of Noah's hands and bops him with the front left tire when Noah tries to take it back. Sam's mom wishes she could spontaneously disappear. The next day, Noah's mom receives a card slipped under her front door.
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Happy Father's Day to all the cool dads of the world
Happy Fathers Day cool dads. Hope you get everything you want today including some time to yourself.
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It's a cold, hard world out there. I mean, Happy Graduation!
So you reeeally should be acknowledging your friend's high school or college kid's graduation, but you want something just a wee bit beyond a card although not quite in gift territory.
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Paperless Post - Online invitations too beautiful to be online invitations
I'm a huge fan of the electronic invitation, because I'm an online kinda gal. But I have to admit that sometimes there's simply no substitute for nice stationery if you want to be proper about it. So it's about time someone created a service that combines both.
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The father's day gift we all wish we could give.
Is it too passive aggressive to get my sigOth this notepad on Father's Day?
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Camp stationery the kids might actually use (we say now)
I went to summer camp for five years, and I loved every minute of it. I also almost never wrote home, despite my mother's exhortations, because it just seemed too much trouble to write a whole letter when there were things to do.
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Cards from Paper Culture: Design totally within reach
The beautiful new collection of cards, announcements and invitations from Paper Culture have me as excited as any note cards we've seen in a while. And we see a whole lot of note cards so that's saying something.
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The cutest personalized notecards perhaps ever. Ever!
Don't you love the look on your child's face when you give her personalized pencils with her name? Now imagine the look when she gets a set of personalized note cards with her own face on it. Or at least a retro-hip illustrated version of it.
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There's no place like gnome
Confession time. When I was a kid I was totally into gnomes, fairies and pixies. And, while my love for airborne nymphs has diminished, I still have a soft spot for the old, bearded, chubby forest dwellers. I think that's why I got all nostalgic when I saw these charming Gnome note cards
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Personalized stationery where you'd least expect it.
Personalized stationery is one of those things I never think to buy for myself, but when I get it as a gift I tear through it. So when I was looking to maybe be a little proactive and refill the stash, I was shocked to find what it cost - or at least the stuff I like. I guess I have expensive taste like that.
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Here's Something Cool
L.A. Families, check out Amoeba Music Hollywood Kids Day Sunday 11/8 for a day of fun, plus enter a contest to win a trip for 4 to NYC to check out Yo Gabba Gabba live.
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CMP editor Kristen used Powerpoint to create a really great little slideshow to explain Daddy's current Afghanistan tour of duty to the kids.
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