Did you know that greeting cards date back to societies from over 500 years ago? The Chinese and Egyptians would exchange messages of fortune and goodwill on pieces of papyrus. It wasn’t until the 1400’s that the Europeans caught on to this type of social expression. Due to the cost of these hand-delivered cards only the wealthy got to partake in their exchange. However, by the 1840’s and the invention of the postage stamp greeting cards became mainstream. As the printing process became more advanced cards became available to both the elite and lower classes.Fast forward some 150 years and the art of writing a thank you card is rapidly being lost. In the age of electronic media we are becoming all to accustom to writing thank you emails instead of sending out the time honored hand-written thank you card. I too am guilty of being slow to get out my thank you cards or forgetting all together and just emailing a thank you. But even I know nothing can truly replace the hand-written thank you card, which is why my New Year’s resolution was to get better at writing them. I mean really we all love getting mail. Our daily ritual consists of walking out to the mail box, smiling, wondering what arrived today to only be disappointed that we have more bills, magazines and junk mail. I love getting hand-written cards but if I don’t send anything out then I shouldn’t expect any in return. Besides, isn’t it just good manners to send a thoughtful note of appreciation and thanks?
At Cali Cards let us help you make your hand-written notes more personal by creating a unique design that will tell them you truly care. Your thank you cards will reflect your personality and make receiving them a memorable experience…a card the recipient won’t want to throw away but instead show it to others and keep it on display. What could be better than that?
