Thursday, May 22, 2014
My New Favorite Card
I'm kind of in love with a birthday card. It's an unassuming little card, no glitter, not flashy, but it has completely won my heart. I ordered it from a new company at the Stationary Show - we got a dozen different styles of cards from them, and this one just gets me. It's exterior has a small drawing of the world, and the wording "If you could have ANYTHING in the world for your birthday, what would it be?" Of course, you think for a moment before you open it. Then you open it up and inside it simply says "Please say a card, please say a card . . ." I don't know why it strikes me so funny but everytime I walk by the birthday card rack and see it sitting there, I both have to smile, and I feel a wave of an almost weird protectiveness towards the earnest little card. I want those who open it to think yes - this is the best possible thing, this very card! Is this a sign that I've been in this business too long? Anthropomorphizing birthday cards? I don't know - but I do know I didn't order enough of them. I'll be wanting to send them to everyone I know - or everyone I know who doesn't regularly read this blog. And so far, just this morning we've sold a few too, so I'm not alone. Please say a card, please say a card, please say a card! And in other exciting news - though I doubt any of them will get their own blog entry, I found quite a few good new cards at the Show.
Don't worry, you're not over-reacting. The card is brilliant.
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