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Holiday Postage Update 2025: USPS Shipping Price Increase + A Reminder to Mail with Gratitude
Holiday Postage Update 2025: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has announced a temporary price increase for the 2025 holiday season. These changes will affect Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage, and Parcel Select services.As we step into the holiday season — full of crafting, wrapping, and joyful mailing — I wanted to share a quick USPS holiday postage reminder to help you plan ahead. 📦 Dates to remember:🗓️ October 5, 2025 – January 18, 2026 💌 What this means: About $0.40...
World Card Making Day and Handmade & Heartfelt Kit – the amazing duo
If you’ve ever tried to stay on top of birthdays, thank you notes, and all the little life moments that deserve a card—you know it can feel a little overwhelming. You’ve got the best intentions, but life moves fast, and your beautiful stash of cards sometimes ends up... just sitting there. I get it. That happens to me too. And now I am working to find a better rhythm. A simpler way to actually make, sort, and send cards with more ease and less guilt. Let me introduce you to something I’m going...
New Exclusive Online Card Kit – Road to Christmas
I got the Road to Christmas kit the other day and I couldn't wait to put it together. I love a couple things about this kit that to me stand out.I love how it was designed so the packages and the tree slide into the back of the truck. It's such an awesome kit and it goes together in a flash. I put the entire kit together in less than 40 minutes. You could create loads of holiday cards with the Road to Christmas Kit. And, you've gotta love the vintage-inspired kit featuring a nostalgic...
Create A Sampler using Painted Petals Paper Pumpkin July 2024
Created a Sampler using Painted Petals Paper Pumpkin kit from July 2024 on the last Think Creatively Sunday Live. Did you see it? Here is a link to the Live on YouTube if you missed it! https://youtu.be/PgoJZCMl3hw This kit has brought together an beautiful array of colors. A sampler is a great way to show the beautiful color coordination of a kit while also making something that can be displayed for all to enjoy! I truly love how this Sampler came together and how easy it was to change up the...
May 2024 Paper Pumpkin – The Best There Is Masculine cards
You love making cards to send to your family and friends, when it comes to the men in your life it isn't so easy, is it? Finding materials or products geared toward masculine card making is few and far between. The May 2024 Paper Pumpkin kit The Best There Is offers something card makers will love because so much of the items included in kit will work great for making masculine cards for all the reasons, Father's Day, Birthday, Thank You, Happy Graduation and more! And, even better, this kit...
