Tis the Season to Order Early and Save!

Image courtesy of Smock

I know that the leaves are just beginning to turn and visions of sugarplums are not yet dancing in your head, but you might want to think “holidays” just long enough to snag some early-bird savings.

Check out these fantastic savings on holiday cards and invitations from some of our favorite vendors. Many of the promotions end on October 31st {some earlier}, so come on in and let us help you check this one off your list ~ before you even have a list!

Crane & Co.

Crane & Co. ~ the maker of some of the world’s finest hand-engraved holiday cards ~ is offering 10% off all personalized holiday cards through October 31st. This includes custom holiday cards and photo cards.

William Arthur

William Arthur, a perennial favorite for holiday cards, is offering 10% off all personalized holiday cards and invitations through October 24th. Their new sound cards let you send a true gift of memories ~ record your little one singing Jingle Bells and then send it off to Grandma & Grandpa with your holiday wishes for a keepsake that will be treasured for years.

Smock

For all of you who are as fanatical about letterpress as I am . . . Smock is giving free letterpress envelope printing on their luxury bamboo envelopes for all custom letterpress holiday items ordered by December 1st.

Dauphine Press

Another letterpress favorite ~ you will receive free letterpress gift tags{one for every holiday card you order} when you place your order by January 1, 2012.

Boatman Geller

Your only issue with Boatman Geller’s holiday photo cards will be whether to choose from their amazing assortment of fabulous designs or to create your own custom card with an endless amount of options. Have your image digitally printed right on the card or choose a card that has double-stick tape pre-applied for your actual photo.  Boatman Geller is offering 20% off all holiday photocards ordered by October 31st.

Printswell

Through our co-branded website, you can order your holiday cards and invitations online while in your bunny slippers. With wildly popular designers like Stacy Claire Boyd, Roseanne Beck, Modern Posh, and more, you will have no trouble finding the perfect holiday photo card or invitation. Through October 31st, take 20% off all photocards plus 50% off matching return address labels or printed envelopes.

Update: Through November 15th, get 15% off holiday photo cards!

Wiley Valentine

Wiley Valentine is offering their signature jaw-dropping designs and 25 free holiday cards when you order at least 75 by October 31st. Can I get a Ho-Ho?

Dabney Lee

Dabney Lee, with her bold patterns and colors, is offering 20% off holiday cards ordered by October 31st.

So, jot down “Save on Holiday Cards” at the top of your to-do list and come on in so we can help you cross it off!

Dauphine Press August Wedding Promotion

You can see the Dauphine Press line of letterpressed wedding invitations, event invitations and stationery by visiting Salutations in Chapel Hill and Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Our Holiday Open House

All the stockings were hung on display with care . . . .  We had a wonderful time at our annual Salutations Holiday Open House last Thursday!  Everyone got into the Season of Giving spirit, as we collected some great donations for the Second Harvest Food Bank and for the Salvation Army Christmas Angel programs, and we gave away some amazing SWAG bags and lots of special holiday discounts.

Our vendors and neighboring merchants were so generous in providing us with fabulous treats for our SWAG bags.  Smock Paper providing gorgeous letterpressed holiday card & gift tag sets; Dauphine Press sent sets of wonderful letterpressed correspondence cards; Crane & Co. donated copies of their hardcover Blue Book of Stationery; Midori Ribbon sent gift boxes of green organdy ribbon; Inviting Company provided some very fun notepads; Wiley Valentine provided sets of letterpress offcuts assembled into notepads; Modern Salon and Spa provided samples and 20% off coupons; JesseBrown’s contributed $10 coupons; Kilwin’s provided “Buy One Get One Free” ice cream coupons; Her Therapy shared 20% off coupons; and I.C. London provided $10 coupons.  We love our vendors and neighboring merchants, who are so supportive of Salutations.

If you missed out on all the fun, stop in soon to see our holiday items and pick out your special holiday card.  We would like to sincerely thank all of the customers who came to our event, as well as those who continue to come regularly and support our business with their efforts to shop locally!

Please leave us a comment here on our blog post if you attended our event ~ share with us what you enjoyed most about the event, what you liked in your SWAG bag, what fun holiday card or invitation you selected, or a great gift you purchased!

{Martha Stewart Weddings invitations}

Have you seen the new issue of Martha Stewart Weddingsâ„¢ yet?  Salutations is listed as a featured retailer in two ads in the Summer 2009 issue!  The first is by Dauphine Press, showing off their popular Peony design letterpressed in shades of purple {this season’s hot color}.  The second is by Envelopments, featuring a custom layered invitation that will make you want to hop on a plane bound for Fiji!  Let us know what you think!

Brock Moran Home: The Registry Launch Party

Last Thursday, I attended the launch celebration of Brock Moran Home‘s new wedding and gift registry.  Boy, was it fabulous!  Between the sophisticatedly elegant style sense of Brock McLendon, the meticulous attention to detail by Brock and event planner Dina Berg Blazek, the phenomenal sips and snacks catered by Chef Paul Verica from The Club at Longview, and the jaw-droppingly beautiful floral arrangements by Elements and In Bloom Ltd., the whole evening was inspirational!  And I haven’t even mentioned the expansive selection of top-notch tabletop lines now offered by Brock Moran for wedding and general gift-giving ~ lines like Arte Italica, Bernardaud, Jean Louis Coquet, Julisca, Pickard, and Reynaud.  Wow!!

We were thrilled and honored to be selected by Brock to design the invitations and gift tags for this momentous event.  We had the invitation letterpress printed by Dauphine Press on luxurious Crane Lettra stock in Espresso and Leaf inks.  We flat-printed the invitation to the exclusive preview in the store to match.  The invitation was then enclosed in a dreamy chocolate brown end-flap envelope, and hand-addressed in white ink,  topped off by a custom tulip postage stamp from Zazzle.

The gift tags for the guest gifts were also letterpress printed by Dauphine Press in espresso ink.

For a reaction to the invitation by an admiring invitee, see this blog post by designer Traci Zeller.  For photos of the event, see the post Brock Moran says ‘Welcome Home’ by the highly talented and ever-joyful Drea Cunningham of Casey Cunningham Photography.

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