Feels like it has been ages since I have posted anything on the blog. The holidays have come and gone and I hope everyone had an enjoyable season with friends and family.

Blue Dress Press will start getting ramped up again with new designs towards the end of January 2010 with some Valentines postcards to boot!

Also I am hoping to get up more product pom pom’s — which I missed for the holiday season.  One of my favorite’s is Angela Flynn’s Simply Silouette wrapping paper – but this product can be purchased for any occasion!

http://www.simplysilhouettes.com/Holiday/wrappingPaperSilhouette.html

May your New Year be filled with many memorable moments!

Kell~

New Blue Dress Press Holiday Cards

Wow, can you believe only 6 weeks away to Christmas and Kwanzaa and even less time to Hanukkah. 

Below we have composed a list of tips and tricks for your 2009 holiday card. Regardless whether you are hiring a professinal photographer we can guide you on a holiday card that captures your friends and family’s attention!

What can you do to make your card stand out:

- Include a short personal message

- in selecting photos for your photo card, why not send a “fun photo” instead of the traditional pose?

- send your cards early!  it’s a well known fact that the first received holiday cards make it up on the fridge!

- send a card with a photo collage option, including photos from throughout the year or a fun family vacation

- include a matching return address sticker

If a professional photographer is not in the budget this holiday season, what are a few tips and tricks for a great photo?

- make it FUN!

- Snap away!  Digital camera’s provide you the opportunity to take lots of shots!

- in dressing for photos, avoid matching everyone’s clothing. instead, try coordinating within a color family.  if all else fails, you can always trn your photos black and white!

- borrow a neighbor or a tripod and set up your photo shoot for early evening.  the lighting is flattering, but still light enough that you can turn off the flash.

- rather than using a traditional “holiday photo” gather some favorite shots from throughout the year.  we have many photo collage options!

Fun alternatives to a traditional holiday letter:

- include a favorite holiday recipe card with your holiday card (grandma’s famous peanut brittle, mom’s homemade apple pie recipe)

- share your family favorites:

        – christmas carols

        – holiday treats

        – wishes for the new year

        – a favorite quote or verse

        – funny kid quotes from throughout the year

At Blue Dress Press – we are able to assist you make your holiday card spectacular! Call or email us for special requests.  Customization runs as low as an additional $20.00 per order.

sales@bluedresspress.com or 206-931-2542

We have added a bunch of new designs on our site AND have brought our prices down so we hope you can continue sending out fun and hip cards to your friends and family even in this tough economy! 

A new line of holiday party invites have also been added to the site. Designs from both Blue Dress Press and Amy Cooper Designs.

If you would  like to add a little more to your card – another photo, different text, or perhaps something on the back?  We can even customize your greeting!  Call or email us with your ideas, and we’ll work to keep your design within your budget and deliver a terrific product for you to share with your friends and family. You can directly contact kelly@bluedresspress.com or call 206-931-2542, Monday thru Friday PST.

Hi everyone!

We have been busy working on the website, getting fabulous new Halloween invitations and return addy’s to boot UP for your Halloween Parties! So who is this new talented designer Amy Cooper you ask?  She is a Seattlite who is super creative, energetic and looking forward to bringing more great designs to our website, what more can I say!

What else is new at Blue Dress Press?  We have arranged our pricing to meet many other online stationary stores! Knowing that we many are keeping a closer look at finances these days, we wanted to make sure that we are keeping you in line with budgets this holiday season!

Enjoy your fall days!  More to come!
Kelly 

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