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Greeting Cards vs Invitations – What is the difference?

February 18, 2010 on 10:05 am | In Just for Fun | No Comments

You’re probably thinking.. “Everybody knows the difference between Greeting Cards and Invitations… what’s this guy talking about?”. Short and simple… We all know that greeting cards are given to people to show affection and invitations are given to people to invite them to an event.

OK. But what about their physical appearance? Is there any difference? The answer really is not clear. Many people consider invitations to be flat (non folding) cards. But others beg to differ. All agree that a greeting card has a fold. At least that clears up the problem a little!

As the web designer for all Desktop online stores, sometimes I find myself wondering if I should list a product as an Invitation or as a Greeting Card. It seems that the content and the creator’s personal preference is really the only thing that makes a product either an invitation or a greeting card. Here at Desktop, most of our products are blank- leaving it up to the consumer to make the decision!

It looks like all we can really do is let fate put our products in the right hands!

Stationery or Stationary – Which is Correct?

June 27, 2008 on 6:36 pm | In Just for Fun | 2 Comments

So I decided this would be a fun thing to cover since it is such a big deal in our industry. Read on to find some interesting things about this controversy!

Ever since we began in the paper business this has been a question. We have people emailing us saying we spell stationery wrong on our web site and it should be “Stationary.” We also have the opposite. That is why you probably see both spellings on our website, especially on DesktopPapers.com.

So heres a few things you may not know about the two words.

Definitions (couresty of dictionary.com):

• Stationery – “writing paper”
• Stationary – “standing still; not moving”

Obviously “stationery” is the correct way to spell it. But how many people really spell it right?

Here are some shocking statistics brought to you by a neat gadget that tells you just how popular a word is on the internet – Google Trends (Of course something this cool had to be made by Google!).

Stationery = Blue | Stationary = Red

Pretty shocking huh? Most Americans spell stationery the wrong way! It’s ok though, you can spell it whatever way you want! I just did some research and figured I would share my knowledge with you! Thanks for listening!

- Mike