Thank You

To our loyal Gramberry customers,

Thank you so much for all of your support.  We've been so glad to watch Gramberry grow over this past year, and have appreciated sending each and every card.  This service began with a tiny idea and a typewriter, and has proceeded to send more cards than we ever dreamed of.  

During our time at Gramberry, we encountered new opportunities, and as a result, unfortunately can no longer send greeting cards.  As we move on to new endeavors, we want to honor all of the connections that we provided correspondence for, and appreciate that you allowed us to help you connect.

We hope our paths cross again. Until then, keep connecting.

Best,

Gramberry Team

One last good memory - 

Office Ninjas Tech - Wednesday, 8/1

We're proud to announce that we'll be at the next Office Ninjas Tech mixer on Wednesday, August 1 in Downtown SF!  Along with a few other startups including Hipmunk, Munchery, and Exec, we'll demo our startup on stage and take time afterwards to mingle and answer questions.


We hope you'll join us!  The event is aimed at office managers and admin who are looking to leverage technology and meet other office professionals.  Join office ninjas from TechCrunch, Github, Klout, Yammer, Indiegogo, Salesforce, Redfin, TaskRabbit and more! 


Register today - http://www.officeninjastech.com/register.html
(There will also be sweet prizes, drinks, and food!)

Introducing Snow & Graham

We're very proud to announce we've added Snow & Graham to our online collection!  

For those of you unfamiliar with the shop, Snow & Graham was founded by Ebony Snow Chafey in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois.  After studying sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago, she decided to found her own stationary and design firm, which has now blossomed into a bustling team of seven!  Known best for their elegant motif-driven artwork, Snow & Graham strives to put good design in everyone's hands.

Below are a few of Snow & Graham's designs, all of which can be found in our online shop!

 Birthday Blossoms

Cute as a Button

Cheers Beers

What's Up Buttercup

Gramberry looks forward to helping you spread happiness with our newest collection!

Introducing Rifle Paper Co.

We're very proud to announce we've added Rifle Paper Co. to our online collection.  Now it's easier than ever to send Anna Bond's whimsical designs.  Select a card, type a message, and we'll typewrite the message and send the card for you.

Since we love Anna's designs so much, we wanted to share more about this talented artist with you.

Rifle Paper Co.


Rifle Paper Co. was founded by Anna Bond and her husband, Nathan.  Previously an art director and freelance illustrator, she decided to launch her stationary line in 2009.  Below is a wonderful video about Anna and her whimsical designs from The Panic Room Videos. 


Do What You Love- Anna from The Panic Room Videos on Vimeo.


Here are a few of Anna's whimsical cards we offer on our online store - just click the photo to learn more about the card, and how to purchase. 

Over the Moon

Golden Thank You

Birthday Mermaid

Heart

Gramberry looks forward to helping you spread happiness with our newest collection!

Our Father's Day Collection

To celebrate Father's Day, next Sunday, June 17, and we happily present our collection!!

(Tip: Click the photo enlarge it!)

To see each card in detail, please see the links below (arranged from left to right, top to bottom) -  

1. Dad, You Rock
2. Cars, Cars, Cars 
3. Ties, Ties, Ties
4. Classic Father's Day
5. Thanks for Guiding Me
6. Happy Father's Day, Pops

How Letterpress Printing Works

I was lucky enough to visit the Hello!Lucky studio last week and learn more about the art of letterpress.  Thank you James + Max (pictured), Christina, and the rest of the Hello!Lucky team for your time!

Max + James 

1. Create the Film

The process of letterpress printing begins with a special piece of film that has the artist's illustration on it (the film is transparent where the illustration is). The film is then placed on a golden polymer plate.

A piece of film is placed on top of a golden polymer plate

2. Create the Plates 

The film and plate are then placed together in a UV light machine.  Any part of the plate that is exposed directly to the UV light (i.e. where the film is transparent), the plate will harden. The plate is then washed in the same machine so that the softer parts fall away, leaving a raised design that will be used as a stamp.

The UV light machine

The golden plate (cut to a smaller size) with the raised design

3. Prepare the Letterpress

The rollers are inked, the stamp is put into place, and the blank cards are loaded into the machine.  

The rollers are inked

The stamp is put into place

The blank cards are loaded

4. Run the Letterpress

Next, the letterpress is turned on and the rollers spread the ink.  The paper is pressed against the inked stamp, creating the design on the card. 

The letterpress is turned on

5. Trim the Paper

The cards need to be cut to size, so the edges are trimmed by a vintage paper cutter.  

The cards are cut to size

6. Enjoy the Finished Product 

Fold the card in half, and voilà!  The card is finished!

The finished product

Thanks for tuning in, and thanks again to Hello!Lucky for your time!

To include a special message in your own Hello!Lucky card, visit our online store.