Story Behind the Gift

I love hearing unique stories behind my customers' purchases - it really emphasizes the personal quality of my products. With permission from the customer, I'd like to share her story; it's super fun!

Anniversary and Secrecy:
"Hi :) I'm very interested in ordering this item for our upcoming 3 year anniversary. When we got married my husband and I actually created our own invitations using our thumbprints as hearts on the invites. I think this would make a perfect third anniversary gift.

I'm going to get my husband's fingerprints tonight and then send them to you in the mail (along with my fingerprints). My scanner is currently disconnected and this is supposed to be a surprise for my husband for our third anniversary. So I came up with this crazy story (which he seems to be buying) that I'm experimenting on a graphic program and I need a fingerprint to work with manipulating. When he asked why I can't use my own I told him it's because he has bigger fingers, lol. When he asked how I'm gonna get the picture on the computer since our scanner is disconnected I told him I'd e-mail it to myself, lol. And I guess it's not that far fetched because I enjoy doing graphics and I designed our wedding invitations with our fingerprints as hearts. I know he's gonna love this :) "

Hiding the Goods:
"Hi!!! I got the poster today and it is sooo amazing! I LOVE IT sooo much!!! Thank you for doing such an awesome job! I got an amazing frame for it and right now it is hiding at my mom's house. I'm very bad with surprises so hopefully I can wait until our Anniversary to give it to Justin. Thanks again!"

Happily Ever After:
 " I wanted to let you know that I gave my husband his gift early (I'm so bad with surprises!). He LOVES it and immediately hung it up in our living room. Thank you so much again! This was such the perfect Anniversary gift :) ~Joanie"


It was really fun sharing Joanie's excitement for her gift, and I'm so happy she shared the details with me!

Posters in Action!

I've been eager to see some customer photos of their custom thumbprint posters at the wedding. I'm excited to share these photos submitted by happy customers recently!

Johnna's color combination is so fresh and bright. I LOVE the lemons in the water. This picture gives a good idea of how many signatures the 13x19 poster holds when the guests want to write a personal message with their signature.

Iman needed her order rushed, and luckily we had time to work it out so that she could have the poster at the wedding. Her idea of having guests sign the frame is great, if down the line you want to re-hang it without out the writing.


Thank you for sharing your photos! It is great to see the many creative ways the posters can be incorporated into the wedding.

Best wishes to you both :)

Great Teacher Giveaway

As I was sitting next to some parents at my children's gymnastic class, the subject of teachers came up. One mother, a teacher herself, began talking about a co-worker she really admired.

The teacher had been working with her young student as he learned to read, and during the course of the year had come to realize that the child's father was illiterate. She began coming in early before school to tutor the child along with the father and they both learned to read together.

It was a very inspiring story, and got me thinking that I'd really like to highlight some of these great stories. Please submit your teacher for my Great Teacher Giveaway! Post a short message about why your teacher is great, and she or he, will be entered to win a set of custom stationery (any size/design - a $20 value). Because there are so many great teachers, the winner will be chosen at random.

Education has brought us all the great modern lives which we live today. Teachers do so much for the future of our children, and the world. Please share their stories! If you don't know a teacher, please pass this on to someone who might!