Emergen

Helping young professionals succeed in work and life

Hey there,

I wanted to hear your opinion on this one. One could call it market research..

 

When you buy a greeting card - what do you look for:

 

- Simplistic modern design?

- longer/personal messages pre-written inside?

- blank inside with space to write your own message?

- Quirky and original?

- just typography?

- inspiring/appropriate image?

- humour?

- oversized or undersized?

 

Do you buy from mainstream shops (like a newsagency) or boutiques?

 

Feel free to elaborate on your choices...

Views: 42

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Medium sized, Inspiring / original / artistic cards, preferably blank (no writing on the front or inside).

I prefer to go to boutique gift / card stores as news agencies usualy have a pretty poor range to choose from.

I'm known to be incredibly anal with my card choosing - the card needs to scream of the person I am buying it for (And yes - I've kept almost every card I've ever had).

It all depends on the purpose of sending the greeting card and the card itself should reflect how much the person meant to you. Get a card that reminds you of the person who is about to receive it.

I tend to buy cards that have some words written, but I love receiving notes, and I feel like a personal written message has so much more meaning too.... 

 

With the ones that have humour...those are obviously for people who can take a joke and like a laugh...

 

Kind of agree with the comments, it very much depends on the person who is recieving the card....

 

and there are no limits in terms of what you can do with design and layout. greetings cards can be an art form too...thats what me thinks :) hope that helps you Suzanne

 

Fayann

for different situations i will choose a different card. 

however, humour will be a good choice. 

something simple, and photographic. i pick it from some convinient place . does that help?

RSS

Latest Activity

Profile IconAlexandra Lawson, Alisha Ryans-Taylor and Ben Thomas Adams joined Emergen
21 hours ago
Minh Tran replied to Suzanne Curtis's discussion 'Greeting Cards - Your thoughts??'
23 hours ago
Minh Tran commented on Minh Tran's blog post 'Creating jobs for the blinds and disabled people in Australia?'
23 hours ago
Minh Tran commented on Minh Tran's blog post 'Do you have an itchy heart?'
23 hours ago
Minh Tran and Sahra Mohamed are now friends
23 hours ago
Minh Tran replied to khadija Gbla's discussion 'Marketing help needed'
23 hours ago
Ben Thomas Adams and Alicia Curtis are now friends
yesterday
Sidney Kapesa updated their profile
Monday
Kapesa Singogo commented on Kapesa Singogo's blog post 'If I had $30million ...'
Monday
Kapesa Singogo posted a blog post
Monday
Sarah May Sharp posted a status
"Just read the most recent issue of the AIOP magazine. The theme was success, i really enjoyed the variety and depth of the articles! pg 6!"
May 25
Sarah May Sharp updated their profile
May 25

© 2012   Created by Alicia Curtis.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service