Inspirations blog | Salutations

Dec

24

10 Days of Gratitude

This holiday season, the top 10 things that Salutations in Charlotte is most thankful for:

1. Our customers!

2. Our Salutations team members!

3. Smock for their amazing customer service {and support of their retailers}.

4. Crane & Co.for their outstanding quality {and support of their retailers}.

5. Bella Figura for their whimsical designs.

6. Our many UPS drivers!

7. Geoff, our FedEx driver.

8. Rush Espresso, for fueling us through this busy holiday season.

9. Our Ballantyne Village friends and neighbors.

10. All of the basic freedoms and wonderful blessings we enjoy each day!

The top 10 things that Salutations in Chapel Hill is most thankful for:

1. Our customers!

2. Our Salutations team members

3. Smock, for their amazing customer service

4. Crane & Co. , for their outstanding quality

5. Dauphine Press, for the relationships we have made

6. Jeff, our UPS driver and Jason, our FedEx driver

7. Our fellow Meadowmont merchants

8. Linnea’s Lights, for giving us the fragrance of the season

9. Unseasonably warm weather that has made shopping easier

10. Holly, our owner for her continued vision for the stores {aww, thanks so much gals!}

{Italics added by Holly; concept inspired by this blog post.}

All of us at Salutations are sending out to you our best wishes for a very Merry Christmas filled with many reasons for gratitude!

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Dec

14

Salutations Holiday Gift Guide

Gifts / Holiday

Just in time for the hard-core, last-minute holiday shoppers, we bring to you the Salutations Holiday Gift Guide. It is loaded with oodles of ideas for everyone on your list in every price point.

There’s even an incredible deal featured. Don’t miss the Walden Woods limited edition rollerball pen ~ originally $600, marked down for a limited time to only $450!

And, if you would like something personalized that may not arrive in time for Christmas, our elves are standing by to create beautiful personalized gift certificates with the recipient’s name and a description of the gift item.

We can’t wait to see you!

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Dec

13

Wintry Mix: Homemade Hot Cocoa

Gifts / Holiday

In need of a gift under $10 that doesn’t scream “dollar store”? Consider our “Wintry Mix” Hot Cocoa Gift Sets that include:

* Homemade hot cocoa mix {16 servings}

* Snowman Poop {mini marshmallows in a red pouch with decorative label}

* “From the Kitchen of Mrs. Claus” recipe card

* Wrapped up and tied with a decorative To/From gift tag all ready for gifting

These make the perfect gift for teachers, hostesses, Secret Santas, coworkers, neighbors, gift exchanges, mail carriers, house cleaners, or anyone who might appreciate some warmth and a smile. They make perfect stocking stuffers too!

All of this for $7.50 ~ or $6.75 when you buy 5 or more sets.

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Dec

12

Will You Be My Bridesmaid?

Invitations / Stationery / Wedding

We are so excited to share this fun project we just completed for one of our favorite customers whose daughter recently got engaged.

The bride was looking for a creative twist on the standard “Will you be my bridesmaid?” cards. Together we came up with the idea to create sets of paper dolls representing each of the bridesmaids.

Her colors are orange and navy blue, so we decided to “dress” the dolls in the fabulous Oxford gift wrap sheets from Smock. Then, we had our favorite Charlotte calligrapher Grace Edmands pen each of the girls’ names in orange ink. We printed the invitation on a 5×7 card in navy and orange inks, featuring a poem created by the bride.

Our original inspiration was from this OnceWed blog post by Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co.

What do you think? Please share any creative ways you’ve found to invite bridesmaids to the wedding party.

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Nov