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A followup of sorts to the previous stationery post
I opened the mail for an office where I worked. We had a memorials program: people would send in donations in someone's memory. There were special sympathy cards from our agency, "In Memory of (space for deceased's name), (space for donor's name) has made a donation to (agency name)". After I receipted the donations, I filled out the sympathy cards and addressed them by hand. We kept the notes that came with the donations for reference. However...
Perhaps you're not surprised that particularly beautiful notecards had their backs, with the relevant information, lopped off and filed. The front, with the miniature artwork, got framed, and many got given as presents for coworkers' birthdays, wedding or baby showers, or Christmas presents. I have more than a couple on my own walls.
I've also been guilty of lopping the gorgeous front off a card I'd received and sending it out again, to someone I knew would appreciate it, as a postcard. Um, this also works with the card you misspelled more than a couple of words on -- start again, and use the messed up one as a postcard. Or if it's too small to go safely through the mails, one can always use another bookmark. I've folded and glued gorgeous envelope liners over card stock to make bookmarks. Goodness, it's a sickness.
We also had occasional art prints donated by local artists to fundraising events, and what we presented at an auction or as an award was the call card. The winner would bring the call card (a miniature of the artwork, with the artist's info) by the office to pick up the print. Many of the call cards got framed, as well.
We once had a donation arrive in a raspberry colored envelope of soft, heavy, hand-pulled paper, postmarked Amsterdam, with Dutch stamps. My supervisor was at the time on bedrest with a difficult pregnancy. I took the envelope to her, and as I'd known she would, she appreciated it. She propped it up where she could see it and dream of faraway places.
Perhaps you're not surprised that particularly beautiful notecards had their backs, with the relevant information, lopped off and filed. The front, with the miniature artwork, got framed, and many got given as presents for coworkers' birthdays, wedding or baby showers, or Christmas presents. I have more than a couple on my own walls.
I've also been guilty of lopping the gorgeous front off a card I'd received and sending it out again, to someone I knew would appreciate it, as a postcard. Um, this also works with the card you misspelled more than a couple of words on -- start again, and use the messed up one as a postcard. Or if it's too small to go safely through the mails, one can always use another bookmark. I've folded and glued gorgeous envelope liners over card stock to make bookmarks. Goodness, it's a sickness.
We also had occasional art prints donated by local artists to fundraising events, and what we presented at an auction or as an award was the call card. The winner would bring the call card (a miniature of the artwork, with the artist's info) by the office to pick up the print. Many of the call cards got framed, as well.
We once had a donation arrive in a raspberry colored envelope of soft, heavy, hand-pulled paper, postmarked Amsterdam, with Dutch stamps. My supervisor was at the time on bedrest with a difficult pregnancy. I took the envelope to her, and as I'd known she would, she appreciated it. She propped it up where she could see it and dream of faraway places.
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Ooh! Handmade cards? You made my heart go pittypat!