GCA Members in the News & Industry Updates
The Target Report: Letterpress, Greeting Cards & Feminism Who knew? A quiet movement has been afoot in the resurgence of artisanal letterpress printing. Mixing politics, feminism, and current events with creative, upbeat, and often downright edgy greeting card messages, a network of women-owned businesses has emerged as the voice of the small-shop letterpress trade. Read the full article here.
Expanded Resources at Summer Atlanta Market Showroom expansions and temp resources at the summer Atlanta market will be near pre-pandemic levels. Read the full article here.
Letterpress, Greeting Cards, & Feminism. A quiet movement has been afoot in the resurgence of artisanal letterpress printing. Mixing politics, feminism, and current events with creative, upbeat, and often downright edgy greeting card messages, a network of women-owned businesses has emerged as the voice of the small-shop letterpress trade. Read the full article here.
World’s First Collectible Greeting Card NFTs: Pandemic Edition. NFTs are non-fungible tokens, or unique digital assets traded and stored on the blockchain. Mathematically impossible to forge or duplicate, they are the digital equivalent of a signed original artwork or an authenticated archaeological artifact. Read the full article here.
Start-up Combines Chocolate with Greeting Cards – How Sweet! Sweeter Cards offers a selection of greeting cards combined with gourmet chocolate bars. Founder Stacy Stahl launched the company in early 2019, partnering with a local chocolatier and a handful of female graphic designers around the world to develop more than 30 options. Read the full article here.
There’s Nothing Funny About Ageist Greeting Cards. Learn more about Changing the Narrative’s non-profit mission and Anti-Ageist Birthday Cards when Janine Vandenburg shares her story at *Noted: The Greeting Card Expo on May 21, 2021. Read the full article here.
From ‘Holi Ka Dabba’ to Diwali ‘Beej Patakha’: Reinventing Indian festivals with sustainable practices like seed embedded paper Sustainability is a buzzword in 2021. But how do you reconcile it with the celebration of much loved and popular festive occasions? This is where the impactful reach of seed embedded paper paves the way for expanding the scope of sustainability among corporates. Read the full article here.
BLACK GREETING CARD COMPANY PARTNERS WITH GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Voices, a service of Black-owned greeting card brand Culture Greetings dedicated to elevating social justice causes, proudly announces a new collaboration with The George Floyd Memorial Foundation. Read the full article here.
London Woman Turns Plastic Waste from Beaches into Stunning Greeting Cards Every piece of waste that she collects from the beach prompts a special design to her. Read the full article here.
Local entrepreneur shares her journey that has landed her inspirational greeting cards nationwide. Shannon Cohen launched her blog, Tough Skin, Soft Heart, back in 2014. Since then, it has evolved into a leadership book, podcast, product line and now greeting cards, which will be making their debut in Target stores nationwide beginning Feb. 19. Read full article here.
Greeting cards side hustle turns into pandemic success. Julie Reif created The Good Snail to keep people connected and provide positivity during the pandemic. Read full article here.