When to send a greeting card

Anytime is the answer.  Anytime is an excellent time to send a greeting card.  There are many excuses you can use to let someone know you are thinking about them, or to make them feel special.  A greeting card is the perfect medium to say hundreds of different things to someone.  They don’t necessarily have to be nice – check out our insulting cards.  But, mostly a greeting card is a way of showing sincerity and caring towards the recipient.

Sending a greeting cards adds a personal touch, it gives the recipient something tangible to look back at in months or years to come.  So what are some of the reasons to send a card.

Common Reasons

1. To say Happy Birthday
2. To thank someone for something they did for you and to show your appreciation
3. To wish some Get Well, let them know you are thinking about them
4. Anniversary, can’t let a year go by without acknowledgment.
5. Hello Baby, a small keepsake for parents when the new addition arrives
6. Wedding – well, goes without having to say anything about this occasion
7. Engagement, send a card to make sure you make the wedding invite list
8. Friendship, a perfect excuse to just say “hi”.
9. Sympathy, not always nice to have send one of these, but they are important in that they let the recipient know you are thinking about them.
10. Valentines Day

More Reasons to send a greeting card

1. Sorry, OK, you stuffed up, send a card to mend the bridges you broke.
2. Congratulations – on anything – driver’s licence, passing exams, scoring the dream job, the long awaited or not promotion
3. A new furr baby has joined the family
4. Just to let someone know you are thinking about them – no reason, just send a card
5. Send a card because you like the design, better to send it to someone that leave it online or on the shelf.
6. Anyone owe you money?  Send a card and remind them.  (Contact us – we can help organise that for you).
7. To remind them they are not a spring chicken anymore or to start acting their age.
8. Send a card to tell someone about something great that has happened to you.
9. To come clean about something you did years ago, maybe a nice greeting card will soften the reaction.
10. How about sending a greeting card to wish someone good luck.

11. Send a card to the neighbour who is driving you nuts, by sending a card, it takes a bit of the whinging overture off the message you are trying to convey.
12. Send a card to admit that you were wrong.
13. Send a card to someone to let them know their birthday is coming up soon.  So, why send a pre-birthday card?  They might just need reminding that their birthday is coming up and you can let them know that because it is their birthday soon, it is their shout.
14. Congratulate the happy couple on their pregnancy.
15. Send a card to a long lost friend – rekindle the friendship.
16. Send a card to Mum or Dad and let them know you miss all the things they used to do for you – cooking, cleaning, washing.  Let them know they  are welcome to come to your place and continue those traditions.
17. Send a card to say hi to the new neighbours.
18. Send a card to say goodbye to the neighbours that are leaving.
19. Send a card to a child who has just started school.  Make it a really special time for them.
20. Send a card to ask someone for a coffee date or dinner date.  Don’t forget to put an RSVP in (nothing worse that organising a date and only you show up).

And the list of reasons to send a greeting card could be never ending.  There are a million reasons to send a card.  Sending a card is like giving someone a special paper hug when you can’t  be there.

Why not send a card today, just because you can.  Surprise someone.  Even better, get us to send it for you, just add a personalised message and we can do the rest.