Paisley Petunia

Dear email, Google Wave, i chat, instant messenger, Facebook pokes and Twitter tweets…

What have you done to us?  What did we ever do to you? We’re so pretty and personal and meaningful and lasting and you’ve gone and made everyone think everything is just about short and generic and digital.

We’ll be back. (You can write that one down.)

Signed,

Handwritten notes

Helping handwritten letters and notes stage their comeback is whimsical designer Erin Condren. I’ve been buying her delightful note cards since I got married 3 years ago and one day I was telling S about this great little card designer from the South Bay with the cutest little cards and blah blah blah and she was like “Oh, you mean Erin Condren? I love her.”  Guess we really are 2 peas in a pod! Of course now, EC is all over the place Lucky, Daily Candy, everyone is giddy about her stuff.  (We gave one lucky reader a May Day gift from EC.)

Erin’s designs are bright, modern and affordable. (You may remember my day of mourning over the loss of Mrs. John L. Strong one of the most amazing (but really expensive!!) stationers who sadly succumb to the weak economy and the shrinking number of people who actually write letters and cards.)  *Sniffle*

Anyway, no excuses anymore! Erin Condren has just about every sort of personalized correspondence you’ll need and they don’t cost half your grocery budget. She has recently added photo cards to her lineup and she has a cute line of cards and invites at Target right now (click here to check it out.)   I’m a huge fan of the 100 hearts card (so don’t surprised if you get one from me this year) and S has the sweetest little thank you cards.  Plus, her card sets come with really cute address labels which put those plain white laser jet jobs to shame. And I just discovered she does personalized wrapping paper, how cool is that!

Erin Condren has gorgeous holiday cards, so  if you procrastinated ordering your cards this year (quelle horreur!) you are still in luck. Products ordered this week will ship in time to save you from making a holiday social slip!

UPDATE: The sweet ladies at Erin Condren have offered an exclusive discount for you dear readers, enter PETUNIA10 at check out & receive $10 off a minimum order of $50, good until midnight January 8, 2010.

Click here to visit her site:

And here to visit her inspirtion blog:

Tags: designer, erin condren, holiday cards, Manhattan Beach, Mrs. John L. Strong, personalized cards, South Bay, target

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