Happy New Year!

Instead of mailing out holiday cards before Christmas this year, I decided to send out New Year's cards. That way my card wouldn't be lost in the holiday mail. I like to thank my vendors for their referrals and their support of my business throughout the year and a card sent in the mail is the perfect way. Isn't it nice to actually get something in the mail and not as an email?!

This year, I designed a secret message card. My message was hidden and could only be revealed with the decoder glasses that I included. The banner printed on the top of my card said "Reveal the magic of the season." By putting on the glasses, you can reveal the following: "The Inviting Pear's New Year's Resolution: To see more than you! Merry Everything. Happy 2012." The text was shaped as a Christmas tree and the design image included partridges in a pear tree...a fun play on my company's name, The Inviting Pear.

I hope all enjoyed receiving these in the mail. Everyone loves a little secret message and it's always fun to remember your childhood with decoder glasses, right?!

Happy New Year, everyone! I can't believe it's 2012 already.






This Photoshop file shows how the card looks once the glasses are worn and the message is "decoded". Of course, I couldn't completey recreate it but this gives you an idea.
Graphic Design by The Inviting Pear

The Inviting Pear is a graphic design and stationery studio, specializing in custom, made-to-order wedding invitations & stationery, birth announcements, holiday cards, and corporate logos & branding.

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Holiday Cards

We just received The Simplifiers holiday cards in the mail. It was so fun to see as they purchased the design from our new Etsy storefront at  http://www.etsy.com/shop/theinvitingpear. We customized the design slightly by including The Simplifiers wording and logo.

Did the holidays sneak up on you this year? If you ran out of time and didn't get your holiday cards in the mail, consider purchasing one from us and customizing it to say "Happy New Year's!". Or contact us if you'd like a custom-designed card. We'd love to help you out. It's fun to send at least one piece of snail mail every year (although, we encourage you to send lots more...isn't it nice to get a real note in the mail rather than another bill?!).

Happy holidays to all!


Design by The Inviting Pear

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