To welcome someone new to your company and increase employee retention, this week’s “Design of the Week” is the perfect selection. Printed on 100% recycled brown Kraft card stock in green ink, show your company’s appreciation for the new employee as well as your concern for the environment in style.

Each week throughout the holiday season CardsDirect selects an exclusive recycled card design to wear the Design of the Week green sash. Each card is printed on recycled card stock and comes with your custom imprinted verse and personalization along with a matching recycled envelope. You will find the perfect design to promote your environmental awareness from a selection of Holiday Cards, Thinking of You Cards, Sympathy Cards and New Years Cards among other categories.

This week, a Welcome Card is featured. To see all the exclusive card designs that have won this honor in previous weeks, type Design of the Week in the search box on the CardsDirect website.

Attractive and earth friendly, a CardsDirect exclusive Design of the Week is an easy choice for all of your greeting card needs.

A lovely floral sympathy card is this weeks Design of the Week card exclusive from CardsDirect.  Printed on 100% brown Kraft recycled card stock, your thoughtful expression of sympathy in shades of aqua and burgundy share your concerns in style.

CardsDirect selects a different card each week through the holiday season to be named the Design of the Week.  Printed on recycled card stock, the winner wears a green sash signifying it as the winner with the date included.  Type “Design of the Week” in the search box on the website to see each weeks winning exclusive card design.

All cards come with your custom imprinted verse and personalization and a matching recycled envelope for a selection that is not only attractive, but earth friendly as well.  Check back each Monday to see which new design wears the green sash.

We are pleased to announce a new promotion, our “Design of the Week.” For the next 16 weeks, from now through the Christmas holiday season, CardsDirect will be releasing a new card design made exclusively for this promotion. Each design is printed on 100% recycled paper and is one sure to be popular with consumers and businesses alike.

Here are our first two releases. Each week another will be added. You can find them all by typing “Design of the Week” in the Search box on the website. Card categories represented in the promotion include Thanksgiving cards, holiday and Christmas cards, new years, Sympathy, Congratulations and Thinking of You cards. As always, all will include custom imprinted verse and personalization.

The first four cards are Thanksgiving themed. You can beat the holiday card rush by sending Thanksgiving cards. These thoughtful and unexpected greetings will be warmly received and displayed for weeks throughout the holiday season.

Environmentally friendly, all of our designs of the week cards are sure to be popular choices this year and CardsDirect is proud to be a leader in offering these earth friendly formats.

The promotions will continue with a range of holiday and Christmas cards and Sympathy, Congratulations and Thinking of You cards. Order plenty so you will have cards on hand for use at a moments notice.

Check back every Monday to see just what the next “Design of the Week” selection will be!

Dear Ms. Cards Etiquette,
Can a sympathy card be hand delivered or is mailing it best?
Trudie Ellis

This is a good question and one that can be debated. The purpose of a sympathy card is to let someone know they are in your thoughts. You are offering empathy and comfort by expressing your concerns for them during a difficult time. Often a card can say what spoken words cannot.

A sympathy card should be sent as soon as possible. Mailing such a card is certainly appropriate and correct and easier for both the sender and the receiver. At times a card can be hand delivered at a wake or viewing where often a basket or table is provided. However, if such a setup is not available, you may end up carrying the card back home with you and mailing it anyway.

What is important to remember is that the family is grieving and although your intention is to offer condolences, to drop by unexpectedly to hand deliver a card would not be wise. And it would also not be appropriate to hand a card to someone and expect them to open and read it immediately or to have to keep up with it.

A card received in the mail can be opened and read when the time is right. Your thoughtfulness will be appreciated and your card kept as a reminder of your warmth and compassion. A short hand written and heartfelt message on a nice sympathy card shows you care.

Dear Ms. Cards Etiquette,

The Mayor’s brother passed away. How do I address the envelope for a sympathy card to him (mayor) and his wife?
Denised

You are kind to offer sympathy and for caring enough to get the address right. In this case, go ahead and address the envelope to The Honorable (full first name and last name) and Mrs. (last name). For example: The Honorable Robert Smith and Mrs. Smith.

Send the card to their home address. I do not know how well you know the Mayor or his wife but a short note offering your sympathy is really all you need to send and your thoughtfulness is sure to be appreciated.

For suggestions on expressing your condolences, click on Sympathy Cards under Blog Categories at left.