Archive for July, 2008

post thumbnail

Tesco Value Downloadable Christmas Cards

These tongue in cheek Tesco Value christmas cards made me chuckle. They certainly are value for money because you can download them again and again from Code-D and not pay a penny. If you write your greeting in pencil the recipient can rub it out and resend it their friends. Truly recyclable [...]

Popularity: 54%

29Jul2008 | Matt | 1 comment | Continued
post thumbnail

Personalised Violent Veg Calendar

I have been a fan of the Violent Veg creation for as long as it has been around and they are always my first choice for birthday cards for friends and family. Apart from being hilarously funny my parents have worked in the fruit and veg trade since I was a kid so that [...]

Popularity: 37%

24Jul2008 | Matt | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Off the shelf marketing christmas card promotions

Guess who ordered the above christmas card last year? I’ll give you a clue …. you can p..p..p.. pick any penguin you like. I think it is great when a company finds an off the shelf card that fits their product or business theme perfectly. This parade of penguins looks just [...]

Popularity: 48%

22Jul2008 | Matt | 1 comment | Continued
post thumbnail

Cute Christmas Cards

Now, I dont usually go for the cute christmas card look but I have to say that some of the designs in the recently released Cool Yule collection from Corporate Christmas Cards gets full marks for cuteness. If it had not been for the film ‘Babe’ I would never have thought a piglet could [...]

Popularity: 33%

21Jul2008 | Matt | 1 comment | Continued
post thumbnail

New 2008 Christmas Card brochure from CCA

CCA Occasions 2008 Christmas Card Brochure
Here is the first sneak preview of the CCA Christmas Card brochure for 2008.  We are only showing you the cover at the moment but we will be featuring all the new designs over the coming weeks.  I have had a good flick through and the designs for this year [...]

Popularity: 74%

16Jul2008 | Matt | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

The Most Expensive Christmas Card Bought

I started this blog back in January with an article on the origins of the first christmas card sent by Sir Henry Cole and designed by J C Horsley.  It comes as no surprise to learn therefore that the record for the most expensive christmas card is indeed also the most famous christmas card.
The card [...]

Popularity: 24%

6Jul2008 | Matt | 1 comment | Continued
post thumbnail

Christmas Greetings in German

I kicked off this series of articles a few months ago with Christmas Greetings in French and I have to confess that I completely forgot about it.  So installment number two is Christmas Greetings in German.   It is common for companies to print christmas wishes in different languages if they have overseas customers but sometimes a company [...]

Popularity: 11%

3Jul2008 | Matt | 0 comments | Continued