Just the other day we had a family get together with some cousins who were back in town and we haven’t seen them in a few years. I also measure time by the number of kids they have had since our last visit. So we all got together on a Sunday afternoon for a luncheon at my cousins house. We jammed all the kids in the car, a Mercedes wagon, which is entirely too small, but that is a post in itself, gave the dog a few scoops of food and headed do to meet everyone. It was about 10 am and I was really looking forward to that bloody mary at around 12 especially after an hour in the car! I realized I had forgotten to get gas, so we had to make that extra stop and then traveled on from there.

We had a great lunch and were able to catch up on everything and job situations and even tell a few old stories and have some laughs. So two hours later we pack the car again and head back home, quietly, hoping that baby number two will nap for the hour ride. The next day at the office it popped in my head a few times that I should write a thank you note to our host. After all she was nice enough to let us use her house and eat her wonderful food. So I pondered what to say over the next few hours while I worked. I then sat down and picked up some notecards out of my desk and wrote a simple thank you card. What I needed to say only took a few sentences but it would mean a lot to my cousin Cary and all the work she had invested in the day. It also meant something to me, it may me feel good inside when I wrote it. So I knew I was doing the right thing.

I also like writing on my decidedly different stationery I had made exclusively for me by a company named Page Stationery. Not only does Page have custom stationery they have many types of amazing stationery products and are very affordable. If you haven’t heard, they are offering digitally printed cards now at a much lower price point in addition to their premier line of letterpress wedding invitations and stationery. Digital photo cards for holidays, baby shower invitations, birth announcements and save the date cards are just a few of the new digital products they are creating. Their quality is second to none and customer service for them is the most important part of their business. They still can work with you one on one or, if you like or you can get your job done fast with their 3-5 day turn around. Their work has been used by celebrities and featured in many publications and websites like realsimple and Martha Stewart. Using Page Stationery this year will make ordering your holiday photo cards, Christmas cards, New Years cards a piece of cake. Don’t forget they can easily customized with a photo! Also, the personal stationery like I use. There are so many ways to utilize this and it makes such an impact. They even have thank you baby cards for baby stationery in those early years when you need to a note for a birthday or shower present.