Does your birthday fall in the month of May? Backyard Letters have a special Free Backyard Letter gift to give to one lucky person who will be celebrating their birthday in May.
If not already, simply become a 'fan' on our Facebook Page and leave a comment telling us it is your birthday !
We will contact the winner near the end of April 2010!
Congratulation to Myra Davies form the UK who was our 'April Birthday' Winner
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Special Days to remember each month
Here are a list of Special Days to remember in 2010:
April
1st - April Fools Day
2nd - Good Friday
5th - Easter Monday
25th - ANZAC Day
May
9th - Mothering Sunday (NZ & Aus)
June
7th - Queen's Birthday
July
August
September
5th - Fathers Day (NZ & Aus)
27th - South Canterbury Anniversary Day
October
22nd - Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day
25th - Labour Day
November
1st - Marlborough Anniversary Day
12th - Canterbury Anniversary Day
29th - Westland Anniversary Day
30th - Chatham Islands Anniversary Day
December
25th - Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day
April
1st - April Fools Day
2nd - Good Friday
5th - Easter Monday
25th - ANZAC Day
May
9th - Mothering Sunday (NZ & Aus)
June
7th - Queen's Birthday
July
August
September
5th - Fathers Day (NZ & Aus)
27th - South Canterbury Anniversary Day
October
22nd - Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day
25th - Labour Day
November
1st - Marlborough Anniversary Day
12th - Canterbury Anniversary Day
29th - Westland Anniversary Day
30th - Chatham Islands Anniversary Day
December
25th - Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day
Friday, March 19, 2010
March Competition
Do you have an April Birthday? Backyard Letters have a special Free gift to give to one lucky person who will be celebrating their birthday in April.
Simply become a 'fan' on our Facebook Page and leave a comment telling us when your birthday is!
If your birthday is not in April but you know someone who has - simply forward them this link or send our facebook link to them so they can enter!
We will contact the winner near the end of March 2010!
click here to become a fan
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Trendys Stationary Awards
We have three entries in this years Trendys Stationary Awards.
"The Stationery Trends Awards - "The Trendys" - grew out of a desire to provide retailers with a voice on the latest trends in greeting cards, gifts and all things stationery. These awards recognize the best in the industry - through the eyes of the retailers, who are in tune with the consumers' desires."
The winning designs will be exhibited at the National Stationary Show in New York - there are some wonderful entries so if you want to see what is happening in the Stationary world head off to cast your votes. Our entries can be found here:
Baby Entry
Bridal Entry
Greeting Card Entry
"The Stationery Trends Awards - "The Trendys" - grew out of a desire to provide retailers with a voice on the latest trends in greeting cards, gifts and all things stationery. These awards recognize the best in the industry - through the eyes of the retailers, who are in tune with the consumers' desires."
The winning designs will be exhibited at the National Stationary Show in New York - there are some wonderful entries so if you want to see what is happening in the Stationary world head off to cast your votes. Our entries can be found here:
Baby Entry
Bridal Entry
Greeting Card Entry
People actually pay to hear us TALK
Yes - I know - it seems crazy that people pay to listen to Maria and I ramble on when we do it for free everyday!
But last week that is exactly what happened when we gave a short presentation to the local business woman's network, sponsored by Diva Business Solutions Ltd.
This was a first for Maria and I - and having little time to prepare - we had been exhibiting at the Trade Fair prior - we barely had time to pull on a new pair of pants - but managed to put together a colourful powerpoint presentation telling our story to date. We included weird and wonderful facts like:
The venue was a delight - Just Heaven Lodge - bare it in mind for your next event/meeting- 10/10 - The first part of the evening was spent dipping our toes in the swimming pool whilst drinking wine and nibbling cheese & grapes before we moved to the comfort of the 'Barn' - nothing 'stuffy' about this venue - in fact I think ALL business meetings should be held in this way from now on!
But last week that is exactly what happened when we gave a short presentation to the local business woman's network, sponsored by Diva Business Solutions Ltd.
This was a first for Maria and I - and having little time to prepare - we had been exhibiting at the Trade Fair prior - we barely had time to pull on a new pair of pants - but managed to put together a colourful powerpoint presentation telling our story to date. We included weird and wonderful facts like:
- our favourite letters
- our most embaressing letters
- iconic NZ letters
- most requested words etc
- as well as how we got ourselves in this mess in the first place!
The venue was a delight - Just Heaven Lodge - bare it in mind for your next event/meeting- 10/10 - The first part of the evening was spent dipping our toes in the swimming pool whilst drinking wine and nibbling cheese & grapes before we moved to the comfort of the 'Barn' - nothing 'stuffy' about this venue - in fact I think ALL business meetings should be held in this way from now on!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
We did it!
Well we survived the Gift Fair and all the greeting cards stayed up! The plastic strips we used to display them requires a little 'tweaking' to stop the cards falling 'forward' - but all in all we were very pleased with the effect and received some positive comments about our display. A few exhibitors mentioned they would like to copy the idea so it must have looked OK!
It is funny to watch people walk past - they either totally 'get the concept' or totally 'don't' or casually glance and are about to walk on by when they have the 'light bulb' moment !!! Had to laugh at one lady - she said she was given a 'LOVE' block for her birthday about 3 months ago by her brother (wasn't he lovely....) but it was only recently that she realised it actually 'spelt' a word!! But that is what I love about the letters - they aren't immediately obvious to everyone - which is actually quite endearing....
Loads of people said they had seen our products in other shops and had purchased for their own use - which is a HUGE compliment - and then they hunt out our stand to make a purchase for THEIR retail store.
Took us no time at all to dismantle our stand - and gave us time to stop off for a well earned piece of chocolate cake and debrief...
One of the highlights for me was meeting Celia from 'Cecily' Greeting Cards - I am a HUGE fan of Cecily Cards and a keen supporter of NZ artists.
photos coming soon xx
It is funny to watch people walk past - they either totally 'get the concept' or totally 'don't' or casually glance and are about to walk on by when they have the 'light bulb' moment !!! Had to laugh at one lady - she said she was given a 'LOVE' block for her birthday about 3 months ago by her brother (wasn't he lovely....) but it was only recently that she realised it actually 'spelt' a word!! But that is what I love about the letters - they aren't immediately obvious to everyone - which is actually quite endearing....
Loads of people said they had seen our products in other shops and had purchased for their own use - which is a HUGE compliment - and then they hunt out our stand to make a purchase for THEIR retail store.
Took us no time at all to dismantle our stand - and gave us time to stop off for a well earned piece of chocolate cake and debrief...
One of the highlights for me was meeting Celia from 'Cecily' Greeting Cards - I am a HUGE fan of Cecily Cards and a keen supporter of NZ artists.
photos coming soon xx
Friday, March 5, 2010
Exhibiting at the Autumn Gift Fair...
Tomorrow morning we are up to Auckland to set up our stand at the Autumn Gift Fair (Trade Show). This will be our third time exhibiting - and each time we become a little more fine tuned. Found some fantastic 'plinths' on Trade Me - four of them - which is great as we have a corner site and this will stop punters 'taking a short cut' through our stand like last time!
I thought the plinths were made of wood - but when we collected them I discovered they were made from corrugated plastic - like the realtor for 'sale boards' - so really really light and fold right down - which anyone who has done shows will realize is a God send!
This year we are promoting our greeting cards. Thought long and hard about how we were going to display them 'on the cheap' as we have no spare dosh (it all went on actually paying for the site!) and went to Mitre 10 for inspiration! Delighted to find some plastic strips with a 'lip' - which means the cards can 'sit' and not fall off - they are super light - which means they will stay up with some velcro - and best of all, only $5 for a metre strip - so only paid $60 all up to display over 200 cards - wicked!
Will get some photos tomorrow of our progress...
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