National Stationery Show

Emma J Cards, my greeting card company, will officially be in the 2009 National Stationery Show at Javits Convention Center in New York City. It runs May 17-20 and is open only to wholesalers (stores and companies that sell cards, stationery, paper goods and the press). I am super excited, but I have a crap load of work to do before it. I not only have to have a really great product line ready, but I have to market my biz beforehand. Send out postcards to a million companies, design and produce a gorgeous booth, make business cards for up to 15,000 BUYERS, make press kits, press releases, and a million other little things. Very scary, but it could be a HUGE start for my business in the wholesale market. Hopefully by the end of 2009, I will be in stores across country. Many small card companies, just like me, run by one or two people, have done the exact same thing, so we'll see.

I will keep you updated on my dealings with the National Stationery Show!!!!

BOOTH 1550! Yippey!

a new favorite

I discovered a new site today that I fell in love with.

Its Design Sponge- www.designspongeonline.com

If you go to their website and click on GUIDES....they have these wonderful city guides with great places to eat and shop. Then, if you scroll down, they have these fabulous GUIDES to different items and ideas. So fun! I found a bunch of great new gift ideas and such.

love it.

I LOVE THIS.

My sister, Andrea, sent this card to me for my Birthday and it was just so beautiful that I had to find it online and then post a picture. It's letter-pressed and printed on this amazing, thick bright green paper. SO cute.