What your dollars support when you buy from us

We have a few customers who have told us recently that they are choosing to support small businesses this year for Christmas, and let me tell you: it really makes a difference to my family.

I admit, I’ve been a bit frantic recently. It’s a lot to be married to someone who is also an entrepreneur, have a three-year-old, a baby on the way, and be a paraplegic.

My husband is in the field of energy research, and I’d love for him to be able to pursue that further. (We are so opposite in that way — his brain is science, my brain is art. But we get along really well in one respect: we believe in each other’s entrepreneurial dreams and want to impact people and the planet in a positive, healthful way.)

He’s been working on his PhD again, but I know all he really wants to be doing is research and production.

Tiny and Snail means that it’s possible that I  might  be able to make enough money for our family so he can “quit his day job” and go all in on furthering along sustainable alternative energy solutions. (We’d need to be *very* mindful of where each dollar is going but luckily we’re scrappy people!)

So big companies might not feel your support this winter, but we will.

You're also supporting Grace/Snail and her husband and two little boys too! 

• Go to the USPS.

• Support our packager Carolyn, and several women who work with her too.

• Purchase paper made in Wisconsin from a paper company that emphasizes sustainable forestry (also happens to be the nicest paper we can find).

• Support people at a printing facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (also happens to be some of the highest quality printing we can find).

It is so cool to get to serve such a mindful, generous audience. Trying to convince people to buy something they are going to give away is an interesting proposition (although many customers complain that they want to hoard our cards!).

You’ve been my reason to wake up in the morning every day, excited to work. You’ve supported our families while choosing to support the people to whom you send these cards.

And it’s a beautiful exchange of support.

Black Friday Sale Week Details

We’re excited to be offering some deals on greeting cards this Black Friday. We can’t sustainably run discounts like this all year round, but last year lots of customers sprang for some cards because of our sale and said it made a huge difference for them – so we’d like to offer as generous of a deal as we can afford.

We’re adding a couple “mini-packs” this year that will be good for giving gifts, and also as just a manageable way to put some love in the mail this winter — sending a little light in the deep dark of this season.

We’re going to launch this sale starting THIS Friday. It will go through Cyber Monday. (Nov. 22-Dec. 2)

Tell your friends and family about it! 😊 (Which helps support our dreams and a more sustainable, healthy future for all of us!)