A "Bride's Guide to Gratitude"
I was very honored to recently be asked to write a guest post on a fellow wedding professional's wonderful blog. Shayna Walker, wedding coordinator and the owner of Williamsburg Wedding Design,...
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Fandangle Jewelry
We are pleased to announce the arrival of Fandangle Jewelry to our store. Fandangle Jewelry designs are beautifully crafted statement pieces, created by local Richmonder, Claiborne Mason.Claiborne was...
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Ellen Murphy Jewelry
Many of our customers are already familiar with local jewelry designer, Ellen Murphy, whose beautiful lampwork glass bead jewelry we have featured during Friday for the Arts and during trunk shows at...
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Do You Regreet?
Don't just receycle - reuse and reduce with regreet! regreet is an exciting new way to continue passing on greeting cards you receive from friends. We are thrilled to now carry regreet supplies at our...
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Artwork by Andrea
Andrea Danner-Schultz is a Richmond based jewelry designer and artist, who graduated with a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1995. Her work is inspired by nature. Her love of birds, sea...
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Little Lamb Designs
Another of the fabulous new vendors we formed a relationship with at the National Stationery Show. Little Lamb Designs albums for birth announcements, labels and note pads have already arrived at our...
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Personalize Your Cupcakes!
A few months ago we wrote about our wonderful friend Marie from The Paper Menu sending us the most adorable personalized cupcake wrappers with our store logo on them for our Spring Fling party. Those...
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Our Book & My Son's "Notable Gift"
As many of you may already know, I published my first children's book at the end of April and my 7 year old son, who loves art, illustrated the book's cover. Our family discussed giving a portion of...
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Did You Use An Invitation Expert?
I recently read a wonderful article written by a fellow stationer that explained in such an eloquent and realistic way why brides & grooms should work with an invitation expert on their wedding...
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My New Favorite Petite Party Dessert
Today has been a very good day! No, we didn't win the lottery here, yes, the store's been busy, no, it still isn't any cooler than 98 degrees outside, however...we were the lucky recipients of samples...
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To Market, To Market...
Many of you have probably heard of or even attended the "market" as it's referred to by store owners. It's the largest gift trade show on the east coast and takes place in Atlanta, every January and...
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What Beckons You?
My family has been vacationing for the last few days in the wonderful, quaint beach town of Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. We rented a beautiful home, whose owner has worked hard to...
View ArticleBook Review and Giveaway!
One of my dear friends Mindy Lockard of Manner of the Month was cordial enough to give our new children's book The Cordial Cricket a review on her blog today. She even had her two young daughters chime...
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Wedology 101 - The Reality of Being a Bride
If you're a bride in the Central Virginia area, you don't want to miss this upcoming event which will be bringing Style, Sanity and Swag to brides. Read more about this one-of-a-kind bridal seminar...
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Scenes from Our Latest Bridal Show
We recently attended our first bridal show of the summer season. We debuted a gorgeous new booth design that attracted lots of attention from brides and wedding industry vendors alike. We are very...
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2010 ICON Honors Awards Results
During our recent trip to the Atlanta Gift Market last weekend I had the wonderful honor of being recognized at the first annual ICON Honors Awards event sponsored by AmericasMart, Home Furnishings...
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Personalized Pewter Gifts Have Arrived
We are pleased to announce that we are now a Salisbury, Inc. retailer and have a beautiful selection of their reputable gifts in our store. Salisbury, Inc. is a family owned company of proud and...
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Guest Blog Interview: Courtney Dial of Pizzazzerie
We are pleased to introduce Courtney Dial as a featured guest on our blog today. She is the style genius behind the entertaining blog Pizzazzerie, which she launched as a guide for entertaining...
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We Have THE Best Customers In The World!!
We have the BEST customers in the world!! Why do we say this, you ask? Because once again this year they came out in droves to support and show their love for our business at our Annual Birthday Party...
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We're A Jane Marvel Retailer!
As seen in Lucky magazine's October issue, on news stands now and now available at our store, Jane Marvel believes it is every woman’s right to have great style and not go broke getting it.Their bags...
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These Little Guys Make Me Happee!!
You can now find these awesome little clips at our store! Stop in soon to get yours and clip whatever you need to just about anything!Finally, products that grip to stainless steel refrigerators,...
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Guest Blog Interview: Chris Nease of Celebrations at Home
We are pleased to introduce Chris Nease of Celebrations at Home as our guest blog feature today. Chris began entertaining and planning parties 14 years ago and fell in love with the idea of making it a...
View ArticleHoliday Open House Sneak Preview
We hope that you can join us tomorrow, Saturday, October 23rd from 10-6 for our annual Holiday Open House. We will unveil all of our new holiday merchandise and cards, and will accept donations for the...
View ArticleVisit Our New Blog!
Our blog has found a new home and it's address is http://blog.thecordialcricket.comPlease visit and take a look around soon. Add it to your list of favorite website or your blog reader and share it...
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