Reminiscing about your favorite childhood memory is a classic letter writing strategy.

The perfect Mother’s Day card is within reach. The answer is right in your hand…and your heart. Pull out a pen and write a sweet letter on a beautiful piece of stationery. It will be a keepsake Mother’s Day message she’ll treasure for years to come.

You don’t need to be a professional writer to craft a heart-felt Mother’s Day message. Try these approaches, from easiest to most difficult.

5 Ideas for Writing Mother’s Day Messages

A simple list of thank-yous. Write the reasons why you are grateful to her. Sometimes it’s nice to number them, as in “5 reasons I love you” or “10 reasons why you’re the best mom ever.”  Mention the simple things: “I love your beautiful smile.” And, include the deeper reasons: “Mom, you’ve always been a role model for me, showing me how to handle myself when life gets hard.”

The embossed Circle Monogram Note gives a modern spin to the traditional monogram. From www.giftsin24.com

The year in review. Here’s another list idea: Go back in your mind through the past year and jot down some of your favorite moments with her: “taking Jack and Olivia for a walk in the park, baking gingerbread together last Christmas, helping me come up with plan B when I burnt John’s birthday cookies, opening up my birthday present and finding that gorgeous quilt you made for me….”

Wishful words. Tell her all the things you wish you could do for her, if only you had enough money and time. “I’d buy you a castle and a horse-drawn carriage. I’d hire a sky writer to write you a love poem in the clouds. Or, I’d take you on a world tour of Paris, London, and Tokyo like we’ve always dreamed of…”

Go down memory lane. Write a story about your favorite childhood memory with her. It can be funny, sad, touching, sweet or all of the above.

Discover your inner poet. Write a short, free verse poem. The beauty of free verse is that it doesn’t have to rhyme!

Mother, you are my inspiration,
Showing me what it means to be a woman,
Handling life with courage and grace.
I feel so happy when I’m with you.
You share your warm smile and ready laugh
And go-get-’em attitude.
I’m so grateful that you are in my life

A Work of Art… and Love

Writing out your thoughts on a beautiful blank card can bring so much meaning to Mother’s Day. Crafting a touching letter takes just a few minutes, but it can give your mother many moments of quiet joy whenever she takes it out and peruses it.

Choose giftsin24 for colorful and fun Easter basket ideas. Our personalized gifts will delight and amuse everyone. But first…

Fun Easter facts:

• Easter is the second best-selling candy holiday in America, after Halloween.

• The largest Easter egg ever made was over 25 feet high and weighed over 8,000 pounds. It was built out of chocolate and marshmallow and supported by an internal steel frame.

•  Hares and rabbits have long been symbols of Easter. In Germany, people began incorporating these soft furry creatures in Easter customs. Over the centuries, they told tales of an “Easter hare” who laid eggs for children to find.

Easter Basket Gift Ideas

The traditions of Easter include colored eggs, lots of chocolate and candy, and of course, Easter baskets.  If you’re looking for fun and creative Easter basket ideas this year, take a look at Giftsin24. You’ll find colorful, useful and personalized gifts that go beyond the usual Peeps and jelly beans.

How about a set of personalized notes, cards or tablets?  Imagine their delight when they find this unexpected treasure, nestled in among the treats in their basket.   Personalized with their name, a gift of stationery makes a thoughtful and loving present for all the special people you want to remember on this holiday.

Children especially will enjoy writing notes to grandparents and friends on their very own stationery.  Browse our Youthful Gifts category for personalized gift ideas for that special boy or girl.  We have bright and colorful designs in notes, memos and tablets.

Remember your loved ones this Easter with personalized gifts. They will enjoy them long after the holiday is over.

This Easter holiday, decorate your dinner table with beautiful, personalized Easter napkins and guest towels.  With a wide variety of paper and foil colors to choose from, you can customize your napkins to match your place settings and add color and sparkle to your celebration.

Easter is a special time to celebrate the return of spring with family and friends.  Flowers begin to bloom. Trees start to bud. Everything is new and fresh. It’s the perfect occasion to invite friends and family to share a meal and welcome the season’s renewal.

Favorite Easter Napkins and Guest Towels

Derby Napkin. With their simple design and colorful foils, these napkins are always a favorite. Use them to serve treats and candy as well as beverages or snacks.

Enjoy the arrival of spring with the Lavish Foil Frame Napkin   Personalize three lines with your own festive message. Adults as well as kids will appreciate the pretty combination of embossing and foil.

The Religious Embossed Guest Towel can be tailored with up to three lines of text. Each guest towel features the same powerful image to complement your celebration.  Highlight the season with an inspiring message.

Take time this Easter to enjoy the holiday with special food, family traditions and pretty decorations.

Serenity Personalized Napkins give wedding showers or engagement parties that little extra something that says Help Us Celebrate Our New Life Together!

Spring wedding showers should have beautiful napkins. And, it’s so easy to add that touch of elegance.

Giftsin24.com offers a wide array of napkin colors and inks. Choose a combination that coordinates with your table, add the lucky couple’s names, and we’ll ship them in 24 hours.

Here are our top 5 wedding shower napkins…

Blissful Napkins: The typeface says, “modern couple,” while the foil-stamping gives the table a hint of shine.  Choose from 27 napkin colors and 15 foil colors.

Serenity Napkins:  These foil-stamped napkins feature a single script initial and one line of text. Choose from 27 napkin colors and 15 foil colors.

Pearl Color Mist Declaration Napkins: These napkins come in an array of beautiful spring colors. The design is created with a combination of foil-stamping and embossing.

Wedding Embossed Napkins: These napkins offer you three lines of text and a choice of lettering style, motif and paper color, affording you endless opportunities to create the perfect napkin. Images include wedding bells, rings, love, love birds and hearts.  Also offered in a foil-stamped version.

Nuptial Foil-Stamped Napkins: A foil-stamped napkin lends elegance to an engagement party.  Includes up to three lines of personalization and a choice of font, motif, foil ink color and paper color. Motifs include wedding bands, Mr. & Mrs., To the Moon and Back, bow tie, diamond ring and xoxo. Also available in an embossed version.

Find more choices at giftsin24.com…or visit our Pinterest page.

Preparing for a wedding is an exciting and busy time for engaged couples.  There are so many things to think about and organize.  The days fly by in a whirlwind of plans, appointments, and happy social events.

Whether there will be many casual get-togethers or one formal wedding shower, there are plenty of occasions for gift-giving and wishing the couple future happiness.  Showing off their new name as a married couple for the first time is always thrilling and Giftsin24 has a wide selection of personalized gift ideas, including notes, cards, tablets, notepads and napkins.

Here are our favorite gifts for engaged couples:

Couples 7 Tablet Set:  The perfect gift! Both their first names combined with their new family name, on seven tablets of various sizes.

Family Photo Memo Square:  They can show off their favorite photo as they jot down notes and reminders.

Traditional Monogram Note:  Classic and understated, the ideal notes for writing wedding thank yous.

Family Pride Note:  Their family name surrounded by first names.  This is especially thoughtful for families that are blending through marriage.

Personalized Napkins and Guest Towels:  Always in style and always impressive.  They’ll enjoy using these at their first “official” get-together as Mr. and Mrs.

California Classic Frame Monogram Note updates the classic embossed monogram with a punch of color.

Embossing, which is a little like printing, but without the ink, makes stationery or napkins special.  Nothing says, “style, class and tradition” more than an embossed monogram or name on a piece of stationery.

That’s why embossed items make memorable and heart-felt gifts.

In this process, paper is squeezed between two molds, or dies, to create a raised impression on the paper.

How can you tell high-quality embossing from poor-quality embossing?

• Look at the front of the paper. The edges should be crisp. This crisp quality is harder to achieve with thicker paper (but, of course, we’ve got that figured out.)
• Now, look at the back of the paper. You should see a deep texture change in the embossed area. The paper should have been squeezed up and into the embossed pattern or lettering. If there’s just a shallow impression, then the embossing is inferior.

Giftin24’s Damask Note is one of our finest examples of embossed stationery.

Fine Printing Since 1978

GiftsIn24 and its parent company, Embossed Graphics, have been embossing stationery since 1978. Needless to say, we have perfected our technique over the last 36 years. In fact, we create the highest quality embossed personalized stationery out there.

One other thing you should know about our process, according to Richard Pauling, owner of GiftsIn24: We take the time to get the embossing done right. “Our operators have no quota to perform each day,” says Pauling. “They spend as much time as they need to on an order, even on the most demanding embossing projects.”

So, if you want to send a gift that says “wow” to someone special, consider these five embossed products, recommended by Richard. Pride and craftsmanship go into every product:

Classic Frame Monogram Note. A traditional border expertly embossed frames a gracefully winding monogram. Matching envelopes included.

Banner Card. The embossing stands out on this creamy, triple-thick paper. Matching envelopes included.

Blossom Note.  This note features a combination of exquisite embossing and raised ink printing. Matching envelopes included.

California Classic Frame Monogram Note. Your choice of six colors will give a modern spin on the traditional monogram card. Matching envelopes included. 

Damask Note.  The embossed pattern on these notes is truly a work of art. Names appear in ink. Matching envelopes included.

Nighttime visits from the tooth fairy are a memorable family tradition. And when she tucks a short message under the pillow for that sweet little lost tooth, it’s even more exciting for children. Because children typically lose 20 baby teeth from the age of 6 through 13, there are lots of opportunities to write creative notes. Save these along with other childhood keepsakes. Attached to a picture of your child sporting an adorable, missing-tooth smile, these notes are perfect for scrapbooks, too.

The tooth fairy can be as creative as she wants to be. She also often can use beautifully printed stationery – in diminutive dimensions, of course. Here are some of our favorite messages:

Dear Susie: Thank you for the sweet tooth you left under your pillow last night. It’s perfect for my collection! From, the Tooth Fairy

Dear Juan: Thank you for the tooth–it’s so shiny and white! Keep on brushing.  Signed, the Tooth Fairy

Dear LaTisha: What a fine tooth you’ve left for me! Please take care of the next ones that grow in. After all, you’ll have them for the rest of your life! Kindly, the Tooth Fairy

Dear Lindsay:  I’m so sorry I’m late in picking up your tooth. It was a busy week, and I got tied up across the world in France, where there was an epidemic of lost teeth for some reason, I can’t figure out why. Please accept my apologies. It’s a terrific tooth and will go nicely with the others. From, the Tooth Fairy

Dear Marni: My, what a pretty little tooth you’ve left me! And this is the second one this month! You are keeping me busy! But it’s always a pleasure to visit you. Keep brushing! Signed, the Tooth Fairy

Tooth Fairy Stationery

Consider several giftsin24 stationery sets that can be customized with her name. Here are our top three ideas:

Highland Enclosure:  Tiny cards for a tiny fairy. Personalize them with “Tooth Fairy” and you’ve got the perfect card-and-envelope set sized just right for a fairy. And with 50 cards to a set, there are enough for two children.

Roman Name Gift Enclosure: The matching envelopes, included in this set of 50 cards, easily accomodate a coin or dollar bill, perhaps even some glitter. Simply personalize with “Tooth Fairy” and she’s good to go. Happy note-writing!

Dream Squares Refill:  A simple, inexpensive solution. The Tooth Fairy can add her name to these eye-catching star-themed memo sheets. Just roll them up with a ribbon and perhaps a coin taped to the center or a bill tucked inside.  With 300 pages, she won’t run out.

Looking for tween gifts? It’s especially difficult to find that special gift for a tween (9 – 12 years old). You want something that’s colorful and fun.  You want something she’ll enjoy sharing with her friends and something he won’t be embarrassed to use.  But you may also need some help choosing the right colors, and you don’t want it to break the bank.

Terrific Tween Gifts

Here are a few great ideas for $25.95 or less from Giftsin24 for all those special tweens on your gift list:

Caprice Notes make great tween gifts. They ship in 24 hours.

Anthony Memo Square with CrystalClear Holder – Our most popular memo square, organized in a holder, is perfect for a desktop or in their locker at school.
Caprice Note – A fun 4” x 5” foldover note with colorful personalization.  The envelopes are available with optional lining patterns and colors. Ideal for writing thank you notes or pass a note to a friend.
Billboard Desk Slab – A 6” x 6” tablet of 250 sheets in a choice of 8 personalization colors.  She can doodle, write notes and share messages with friends.
Family & Friends Tablets –8 tablets of 100 sheets. Each tablet can have a different name (perfect to share with his or her friends!) or a different creative message on each one
Sport Note – For the sports enthusiast!  Choose from 6 different sports motifs, 6 lettering styles, and 10 raised ink colors.  Your athlete will love these notes.

Browse our online selection of notes, cards, tablets and memos.  You’re sure to find the perfect gift at the perfect price.

Our Modern Mocha Card helps your guests save the date for your upcoming event.

Even though snow may be falling and the winter feels endless, spring is just around the corner.  Summer won’t be far behind with summer parties and outdoor entertaining. Give your summer party guests a heads up that fun is on its way with Save the Date cards.

Do you have a wedding shower or baby shower to plan?  How about an anniversary celebration, birthday party or graduation party?  If you want to make sure that your guests will save the day for your special celebration, send them a Save the Date card.

Alert Your Guests so They Can Plan Ahead

Sending your guests a personalized Save the Date card helps ensure that your special day or party will be attended by the ones you want to share it with.  A simple personalized card with the date and particulars of your get-together will keep guests informed and up-to-date on details.   They can mark their calendars, make their travel arrangements, and look forward to your event with happy anticipation.

Guarantee that your guests will keep your celebration in mind. Choose one of Giftsin24’s convenient and stylish Save the Date cards.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Use personalized notes to tell people you love them all throughout the year, not just on Valentine’s Day.

Remember the cute Valentines we swapped in grade school (hoping to get one from our secret crush!) and those little pastel-colored conversation hearts?  Or the first “real” Valentine’s Day you shared with your new love?

Romance is wonderful at any age, but what about all the other special relationships in our lives?  We all have people that are dear to us.  There are our children, our parents and grandparents, friends, siblings and relatives. It’s important to let them know that they’re loved and appreciated as well, not just on Valentine’s Day, but any day of the year.

Great reasons to send a personalized note or card

– Just because you thought of them today
– You haven’t seen them since the holidays and you miss them
– A friend or neighbor is recovering from an illness or surgery and a written hello will lift their spirits
– Share good news – about your upcoming wedding, new job or a baby
– Say thanks for the get-together they hosted or the lunch date you shared
– Tell them how much a small act or word of kindness from them meant to you
– Brighten the day of someone in the military – they’re far from home

There are so many ways to stay in touch, to say thanks or you’re welcome, to acknowledge an achievement, share a milestone, offer congratulations and best wishes.  Take a few minutes out of your day to write a personalized note.  It may mean the world to the recipient. You never know – it may arrive right at the moment they need it most.  So if you’re thinking of someone, let them know.  Express your love and appreciation to those in your life any day of the year.