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Who is the card giver in your life! Hallmark Giveaway

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Hallmark t shirt There are 3 women in my life that I can always count on to send card,  this is a post to highlight my Hallmark card loving secondary family and friends.  (Note: my mother and mother in law always send a card.)  These 3 women who love buying cards and graciously send them.  Preserving the beauty of snail mail, and creating smiles on the faces of people who receive them.

My oldest friends Dr. Dawn-  she always send me a card that brightens my day for my birthday every year, I am always impressed because she has 2 little boys and an busy practice but she always remembers.. and always is understanding that I forget.  Dawn has been my friend since birth,  she grew up accross the street from me.  She was always with my sister and I.  I think of her as a family.

My Aunt Alice – she sends cards several times a year.  She remembers my kids and my husband.  We always look forward to getting the most beautiful cards from her. I love Alice because she is supportive and connected to all us and keeps tabs. When I had my babies Alice loved the fact I breastfed my kids, she made me feel very accepted when not everyone was accepting of my choice and thought I should hide. She took pictures and celebrated my nursing.  She is also a reader of my blog.. so Shout out to Aunt Alice!!!

Carol- She is actually my mother-in laws bff and she send a card for every occasion even our anniversary.  Carol became a good friend when I first had my son she had a grandchild around the same time and we use to talk and compare notes.   The thought of Carols smile makes me happy, she is always such a pleasure to be around.  When I visit my inlaws I hope I can see Carol because she feels like family.

These 3 women are the card lovers in my life.

Guess what ?  I love getting card .. who doesn’t. So when Hallmark asked me to attend their Hallmark Tour event in Philadelphia, I jumped at the chance  to meet with Hallmarks Designers and writers. We got to meet to the designers and spend time learning how the card design process evolves.

First: They had us run through an exercise  of taking a picture and and coming up with the card.  Then the choose one as the best.. They choose mine.  Here is the card:

baby on a swing not looking happy
Picture courtesy of Hallmark

“Bundle Up Baby, Sometimes Life leaves you hanging.” -was my card

Then they told us about the background of the designers.. most of them come from various back grounds.  They are all not writers or arts.  Hallmark hires to the fit or feeling of a card creator. The one designer we meet had a background in music,  she write the cards,  but then the people at Hallmark  realized she could sing/theatrical and added her to the voice overs the cards. Nurturing Talents – I was impress that Hallmark looks beyond training for  is right for the company.  Many of the employees are with the company for many many years.

Also many of the products are Made in the USA!!!

Check out the video  Hallmark made from the mom’s who were in attendance.

Like any hallmark commercial.   Did it make you cry?

I want to share  some of Hallmarks has some great new items for this fall and back to school.

Text bands–  you children can put in a message in and them bumb fist with a friend and share the message.   My kids are having a blast they come in all different colors and you can switch bands.. they even have Star Wars. a little girl holding the Hallmark Text Bands

I also love the New lunch notes for kids- which make it easy to bring a smile to a kids day while at school.

My favorite is Nugget Interactive Story Book and Story Buddy.  Nugget reads the with you and que’s off of some of the phrases you say. So cool for a starting reader like my daughter who is in 2nd grade or for a parent to share with a child.hallmarks stuffed animal nugget

 

Hallmark has provided me with a Discount code so you can honor your children and family for 30% off at Hallmark.com Use code : BLOG30

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Who is the Hallmark card giver in your life?

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Disclosure:  The lovely people at hall mark provided me product for review,  this post is how I love there product and the emotion is really true, I am sap and cry all at Hallmark commercials.

17 thoughts on “Who is the card giver in your life! Hallmark Giveaway”

  8. My grandmother is the Hallmark person in my life. She always was there with words of encouragement.

  14. I have several faithful card-givers in my circle. My mother-in-law even gave me a card for a promotion a couple years back, talk about sweet! My mother makes cute little cards now for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day. She still gives Birthday cards and even Anniversary ones, again… so so sweet. My Great Aunt is another and her daughter (my Godmother) NEVER forget birthdays. Me – yeah I suck at cards, which is ironic since one of my absolute favorite jobs was working at a Hallmark store. I love poetry and the simple statements cards make, not to mention the warm loving feeling when received. I hoped to write for Hallmark as a teen – and yet, I find it so hard to stay on top of – although I try with the oldest generation in the family. I have to find one of those card organizers, then buy all the cards at once and place in the corresponding pockets. Great post – LOVE your card above, so precious.

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