Well this season definitely did sneak up on most of us, and the deadline to order holiday cards and receive them by December 19th is tomorrow. Thanks to everyone that ordered early and to those that forgot, hurry, hurry. You still have today and tomorrow to pick out the perfect card this year!

Delivery by the 19th is still enough time to get them out to your friends and family before the big day! We can even send you your envelopes early so that you can start addressing them.

For all those last minute shoppers; right now we are running another sale; 15% off any order of $50 or more & Free Shipping on orders of $100 or more!

If you don't think that you will make the deadline, send out a New Years card. We all love receiving cards from loved ones, especially photo cards!

Have a great Holiday!

November 25, 2009

We have to give a big thank you to New Hampshire, their # 1 Parenting magazine featured our "Naughty Kid" note cards in their Hot Mama section. Sending lots of traffic to our web site from that area, which we just LOVE!

We were approached by Parenting New Hampshire about a month ago and asked if we would like to be featured, of course I screamed yes!!!

Here is a picture from copy they sent us of the latest issue, December 2009, that has our note cards featured!



Want to buy yourself a set or give a set for a funny holiday gift that will make your friends laugh, click here!

Thanks again Parenting NH!

Its wonderful to see our products being mentioned and people excited about them, it makes all of our time & hard work worth while!

PS - Don't forget to order your holiday cards during our great sale!

November 24, 2009

Well, the holidays are just around the corner and sending out beautiful holiday cards is a tradition that is going strong. It's a wonderful and inexpensive way to send a thoughtful hello to people we dont always get a chance to talk to.

Sending photo cards is an even a better way to show those friends just how your children and family are doing. Kids grow up so fast, a photo holiday card is a great way to treasure the memories of their youth and share them with friends and family.

Our Photo Cards are not printed on "picture paper" or light weight photo paper found at your local mega-store, we use premium, photo quality, heavy weight card stocks. Our Standard is 110lb and our deluxe Pearl Card Stock (which creates a stunning visual effect, giving a luminous, pearlescent appearance) is also 110lb.

I had the pleasure of working with a wonderful family in California on their Holiday Cards, they upgraded their paper to the Pearl Card Stock and the final result was breathtaking. The black & white photos look almost silver and pearl, the upgrade is well worth it. (this photo doesn't do it justice, but I wanted to share)

Be sure that you submit your chance to win 50 Free Holiday Cards! Enter here...

Double your chances by becoming a fan on our Facebook page! click here

Good Luck to everyone that enters....

Be sure to take advantage of our 25% off your $75 purchase offer as well!

• Right now you can receive 25% off your entire order of $75 or more. Right now there is now expiration date, we are feeling the holiday spirit a bit early. But be sure to take advantage of it soon...code is SAVEMOOLA
  

• You also have the chance to win 50 FREE Holiday Cards, that is a $99 value. Be sure to enter...and in our generous mood of giving, if you become a fan of Tan-je-reen on Facebook you get entered twice!

• For the introduction of our Double-sided cards we are offering them to you at the same low price as single sided cards!!!
  

• 110 lb Smooth Matte Card Stock
• 100 lb "Green" Smooth Matte
• 90 lb Linen Card Stock
• 110 lb Pearl Card Stock

All of our holidays cards will be ready for ordering on Monday the 12th, but until then I wanted to give you another sneak peek at another design that will be in our new collection...I am just loving these new designs. We hope you are too!

This also comes in blue. The back space can be used for any message or for another photo....the choice is your. Be as creative as you want!

October 5th, 2009

This is my most favorite time of year! The weather is just one part, I LOVE the colors, how it can be a brisk 68 degrees outside but the brightness of the sun and the golden & burnt hues of the leaves all around, can warm us instantly.

Please be sure to come out and visit the Tan-je-reen Design Tent at this years Haddonfield Fall Festival on October 17th, 10am - 5pm. We will have wonderful fabric pieces as well as our note card & imprintables collection. We will post our location when we receive it!

I wanted to just post a few of my favorite pieces in our collection that brings Autumn right into your stationery collection.

This item is so versatile, it can be used as an engagement announcement, save the date or engagement party invite. My FAVORITE part of this piece, the initials carved onto the tree. I have shown the card used in to different ways. All of our stationery can be customized to fit your needs.

I also think that the Winter Holidays should be the only time to send out cards, why not stand out from the crowd and send Halloween, Thanksgiving or just Happy Fall cards. It's a great way to put a smile on someone face, an unexpected card will brighten anyone's day.

September 29, 2009

So as some of you know I have been crazy busy planning a fundraiser for Chiari Malformation, a Neurological Disorder my son has. So I haven't been blogging or designing as much as I should or want to. Now that the fundraiser is over I can focus more of my attention on Tan-je-reen, and since the holidays are coming up on us fast, it couldn't be more perfect timing! I wanted to unveil some of the new Holiday Card designs that we will be featuring this year and as promised last year, we will also have a few back and front designs as well. I really do feel like the back of the card is just wasted space!

None of these are ready for purchase yet, but I hope they get you in the photo taking spirit. If you haven't made your appointment with your photographer yet, hurry up, the sooner you get your photos taken the faster you can get your Holiday Cards and avoid any rush charges or expensive shipping charges.

If you are on a tight budget and many of us are, I found a great site that gives some tips, guidelines & ideas for shooting your own Holiday Card photos... Keith Pitts Photography was nice enough to post a blog about this very subject last year!

Without further a due...ta-da! The newest additions to the holiday card family at Tan-je-reenDesign...

Please leave some comments about what you think about them...

The 1st is "Classic Elegance" Can be used for a wedding photo, family, pet...anything

The 2nd Design is "Snowflake Frame", this available in 5x7 & 5x5. Black and white work great with this, but colors can also look great!

The 3rd is going to be so popular...I just know it. This trend has grown more and more popular over the last couple of years...this is called "Just Damask"...

The 4th is a unique design with unique colors. With so many other holidays to celebrate besides Christmas...I wanted to provide a variety of colors. Not to mention, who says you have to use green or red around the holidays...

Hope you like the first of many designs to come...we are also releasing the design we used for our personal cards last year for purchase this year. We got compliments from every single person that received it or saw it...wow your recipients too! It is the first of the double-sided cards we will be offering!

August 29, 2009

As many of you know, I started a fundraiser to help raise awareness of Chiari Malformation, the rare neurological disorder my son Mason has. It is called Mason's Mission. All of the money raised goes to the American Syringomyelia & Chiari Alliance Project, Inc. (ASAP,Inc), an organization that is dedicated to providing research, education & support for Chiari Malformation patients.

Well, this month (September) is Chiari Awareness Month and in honor of it, I have designed 3 Note Cards in the colors of Mason's Mission. I think I designed something for everyone,

1. This design is very posh and stylish. But includes the fundraiser colors to show your support!

2. This design uses the burst that is in the logo, it is layered making this design fun and exciting!

3. Our third design actually uses a piece of Mason's Artwork. He loves to draw & color. It only seemed fitting to use a drawing from the inspiration behind the fundraiser.

August 4th, 2009

Well, I have MIA once again from my blog. This summer has been a blur and I cant believe that it is almost over.

The events over the summer are slowing down but the Mason's Mission Family Fun Day is quickly approaching so I am sure that will be claiming most of my attention over the upcoming weeks.

I did want to pop onto the blog to write about one of the many orders we have received, I recently (a couple of weeks ago) finished up wedding invitations for a great couple! She, with a doubt, is the most laid back and calm Bride I have ever had the pleasure of working with. it rubs off on me, she is a lot of fun to be around, her mom is the same way. By the end of the initial wedding consult we were laughing and drinking wine! Great business meeting!

Here are some of the photos I took of the finished product, its hard to see but the dark color is a beautiful dark metallic green! Great color choices for this wedding!!!!

Leave a comment and tell me what you think!

I have really absent from my blog...I am back. I have been very busy with my little boy, trying to enjoy every moment!

But this blog entry is about the wonderful event this weekend. The 17th Annual Haddonfield Fine Arts and Craft Festival, its the largest outdoor event in Haddonfield. Kings Highway & Tanner Streets are shut down to traffic and replaced with rows of tent containing beautiful handmade goods. Every corner has live music and the local restaurants come out and have food and cafes along the sidewalks. It is a great time to enjoy this beautiful, historic town.

We are lucky enough to have been invited to this event after we were accepted to attend the Fall Festival last year! Please make sure come out and visit us and enjoy the beautiful summer day while shopping, eating and relaxing....

Some details;

Saturday, July 11th - 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Sunday, July 12th - 12 noon - 5:00 pm

Tanj-je-reen Design -Kings Court, Booth 271

Hope to see all of our friends there!

5% off all of our sales this weekend at the festival will be donated to Mason's Mission - a fundraiser to help raise awareness and fund research for Chiari Malformation - a neurological disorder that is a congenital anomaly in which two parts of the brain, the brainstem and the cerebellum, protrude through the opening at the base of the skull.

We will also being selling tickets to the Family Fun Day fundraising event being held Sunday, September, 20th at Kid Junction in Mt. Laurel, NJ.

See you there!

The wonderful blog Sage and Savvy wrote about our ever so popular "Naughty Kid Note Cards". She is also giving away a set, make sure to head on over and enter in the drawing.

You can also find some discount codes for the great sale we are having! Make sure to head over to our site and check out whats new!

Pick up a set of the "Naughty" Kid Note Cards....they make a great gift, or a funny way to say sorry....

June 3, 2009

Jessica over at www.funkyfinds.us was gracious enough to post a feature about us on their way cool blog! Check out what she had to say over at the Funky Finds blog.

May 19, 2009

We had a bride that loved 2 of our Save the Date designs and couldn't pick between the 2, so what did we do? Combined them to make a unique Save the Date!

This Save the Date has so many details that were customized for the bride & groom! The magnet is removable so it serves as a friendly reminder to your guests, but while the magnet is attached, it gives the look of a flat card.

My favorite part of this Save the Date is the tree trunk; in the trunk of the tree you will see their initials carved, it's such a cute addition.

We are so excited for this couple and wish them nothing but the best!

Click here to see the original "Fall in Love" save the date

or click here if you are interested in a custom order

May 19, 2009

Shari over at Spearmint Baby has an awesome blog. She finds and writes reviews on some of the most fabulous & unique things on the web. And I am happy to say, we made that list! Click here to read the post.

Our "Not so Naughty" cards have been a huge hit and am happy that we aren't the only ones that love them!!!

She also mentioned our "Warhol Inspired" invites, a personal favorite of mine! Check out her blog, at www.spearmintbaby.com, I promise you'll get hooked!

May 12th, 2009

I couldn't wait to get started on these invitations, the colors this couple chose for their wedding are just stunning, so it was extremely fun to work with these great hues.

May 11th, 2009

Hey everyone!

Our blog was overdue for a much needed facelift!

Leave some comments and let us know what you think!

We are very excited to spread the word about a company based out of Wilmington, DE that contacted us to join them for a ladies night out.

Shopmamie is an awesome online boutique that has fabulous fashion finds, one of the best parts....everything is under $100. YES, you read that right. Nothing on their site has a price tag higher than $100. Check them out at www.shopmamie.com

These great girls are hosting an event called "Girls Night Fit for a Recessionista!" (love the name), with vendors from all over the area. The proceeds and profits from this event all go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a great cause!

Make sure to put this event in your calendars;

When:
June 10th
5pm - 9pm

Where:
1308 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, DE

For all of our New Jersey friends - come on down, it will be worth the drive!

We just got our acceptance letter in the mail!

Tan-je-reen Design will have a booth at the nationally ranked 16th Annual Haddonfield Craft & Fine Arts Festival. This is a juried event so we had to submit examples of our work along with an application to be accepted.

This will be our first year attending this festival, we were at the Fall Festival in Haddonfield but the size of this one is almost 10 times larger!

We are so excited and have already been preparing, sewing, designing and planning the booth layout!


Here are the details;

When:
Sat., July 11, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sun., July 12 noon - 5p.m.

Where:
Kings Highway
Haddonfield, NJ


I hope that everyone can make it out for the festival, there are so many activities for the family as well as great shopping! You can visit this link to learn more about the event as well as parking.

http://www.haddonfieldnj.org/eventscrafts.php

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This design came to me in one of those horribly embarrassing, mommy moments.

I was at a playdate with one of my closest friends, the kids were eerily quiet. All of a sudden an explosion of screaming & crying, we run as fast as we can to them. My son sitting looking guilty, hers, red in the face from pain. Mason had just bit him...and this was the 2nd time.

After ensuring her son was OK, I scolded Mason, then of course mortified, break down into my own tears. They were tears of embarrassment, apologies, feeling like a bad mom...all wrapped in to one sobbing woman.

I know my son isn't a bad kid, in fact, he usually isn't rough at all and is more likely to be the kid at the bottom of the pile instead of the top. But, that is no excuse and I was still angry that this was how he chose to act out.

Thankfully I am surrounded my understanding, nurturing woman, who ensured me that this was just one of those "spirited" things that kids do...

I wanted to say sorry, but also be able to hopefully giggle about it one day with my friend, I have to send her one of these cards!

Sorry Tina, and thanks for being so understanding!

15% of the profits from the sales of this card will go to "Mason's Mission", please learn more about this fundraiser here www.masons-mission.com

I am sure mothers and fathers of teenagers graduating High School just cannot believe this day has come, I am sure I will be in denial when my son gets to that stage in life...not to mention dealing with how old that will mean I am! But seriously, this moment is such a momentous occasion, it is a time to grow up, leave your old life and start taking the final steps into becoming a young adult and being more responsible for yourself. Some on to college and some to trades, whatever path they choose the memories that they have from these years will be with them forever.




It seems the Seniors today are much more mature and fashionable than I remember being, so I have started designing a line of "couture" graduation announcements & invitations. On most I am utilizing the backs of the cards as well, making the front all about the graduate & the back about the event details. I have shown 2 here that have a more feminine feel, and will post the more masculine designs shortly.


They will be available for purchase by this Sunday along with the rest of the line.

We will also have available Senior Calling Cards, its a fabulous way for seniors leaving for college to make sure that all their friends and family have the right contact info. Here is an example of one....

coming soon...stylish mommy cards, because we need business cards too....after all we do have the most important job in the world!

I was approached with a very unique challenge, a graduation invitation about airplanes for an adult. Well, when I think of airplane images, I automatically envision little boys 5 year old birthday party invitations. When I found out it was for a graduating commercial airline pilot, I was excited about getting to create something sophisticated but fun.

The graduating seniors mom, who is bursting with pride about her son finally attaining his dream, wanted to incorporate the colors of his college as well as an a image of a commercial airplane.

We came up with this design and her son helped us with getting the "pilot" lingo right under the airplane. I also designed some matching Thank You cards that tied the whole design together.

Joanne was a pleasure to work with, her excitement for her son was something that I felt pouring out right from her emails. I hope to work with her again in the future.

Congratulations Joanne & Jonathan!

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I was so excited when my very close friend asked me to design her youngest son, Brandon's Baptism invitations. Her son is one the most adorable babies I have had the chance to design a photo card for. He makes this simple, yet classy design come to life!

I liked the design so much that I decided to use it again for another friend of mine, it just so happened that their Baptism Ceremonies were only a week apart at the same church. Gavin is the happiest baby, his smile just lights up the room!

I just wanted to let everyone know what a great night we had last week being a vendor at Otherhood's event at Swanky Bubbles! It was a huge success! Met some great people and also had a lot of fun. Its great when you can actually say that you love what you do for a living, I DO love owning Tan-je-reen! Not only do I get to use my creative talents every single day, I get to meet great people and experience great things!

We unveiled some of our new items from our Sweet Tanjereen line of fabric pieces. We got great feedback and sold more of them than the stationery....hmmm is that a good or bad thing? It's a great thing! I enjoy working in all facets of design and hope to keep bringing you more unique pieces.

I wanted to congratulate Tina & Colleen for hosting a great night out! People really enjoyed mingling and the pampering! I cant wait for the next Ladies Night Out!

I was lucky enough to be asked by the wonderful women over at Otherhood, LLC, to be a guest blogger and to occasionally write about the lastest trends in Stationery, Accessories, Gifts and Party Planning. I couldn't help but scream yes, and then I of course answered in a much calmer and more sophisticated tone.

Please check out this wonderful organization as well as their blog! I hear they are going to have some great guest bloggers, hehehe!

http://otherhoodllc.blogspot.com/

FaceBook is all the craze! We jumped on the bandwagon awhile ago and we are hooked, I even made a page for the Store. And just today we started Advertising on FaceBook as well! So, if you are a FaceBook junkie too, or just an occasional user, come by our page, check us out and become a fan of the store.

Being an online boutique definately has its advantages, like being open 24 hours a day, but one MAJOR disadvantage is not meeting and getting to know our customers face to face. But now, with a little help from FaceBook, I can meet some of my customers and shoppers.

I hope you stop by, if you do please become a fan!

Here is a little preview of what the Ad on FaceBook looks like - small but it is worth 15% off your Personalized Note Card purchase.

Don't forget, visit the blog and leave some feedback on the new site between now and March 25th, and you will receive a 15% off Coupon Code!

Click here to visit our FaceBook page and become a fan!

We are so happy about the new site that we wanted to pass on the feeling to you! Come over to the new site, browse around, come back to the blog and leave a comment telling us what you think of it! You will then receive an email with the 15% discount code good for all Personalized Stationery purchases now through March 25th, 2009.

http://www.tanjereendesign.com/

Just our way of saying thank you!

If you do not have a google account or blogger account please also send us your email address after you have commented on our blog to receive the 15% Discount. email info@tanjereendesign.com include "new site" in the subject line.

We have just shut down our site temporarily to update and refresh. Sort of a spring cleaning! We are sweeping out the old site design and blossoming into a crisp, clean, easy to navigate site. This was a HUGE undertaking and glad that it is finally ready to be unveiled. I hope you guys like the site as much as I do. In the next few days when you come back to check it out, if you notice any glitches or "oops" please let us know. I acknowledge the fact I am not perfect so i am sure that there may be a few hiccups here and there. But bear with us, I am sure you will think its worth it.

Thanks so much for all of your support! See you soon!

PS - Don't forget about Ladies Night Out, March 26th, Swanky Bubbles!!!!!

Hey everyone!

I wanted to write about a great event coming up that Tan-je-reen will have a table at. The event is called "Ladies Night Out", and is being held at the very cool, Swanky Bubbles in Cherry Hill! It is sure to be a great night! Along with Tan-je-reen there are going to be some really, creative and unique vendors.

5% of our profits from this event will be donated to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Here are the details;

Ladies Night Out, hosted by Otherhood, LLC
Thursday, March 26th
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Click Here to read more and register

We will also be unveiling some more of our "Sweet Tanjereen" products. Bags, burp cloths, bibs and more. Along with our new handmade line we will also have our unique note cards and printable invitations for sale.

Our note cards are our number 1 seller, we are trying to save the Handwritten Note from becoming extinct. Email and text has become the fastest & easiest way of communication, but there is nothing like getting a touching, handwritten note in the mail from a close friend or family member. Help us save this fading tradition, purchase a pack of note cards and write your loved ones a little something, you will brighten their day!


Ladies Night Out is being hosted by an Social Event company that is very close to my heart. Otherhood, LLC is a company that is helping to fill a void in mom's and women in the South Jersey area by giving us great events to attend while meeting other inspiring women. Their events range from Infant massage classes, play time at My Gym to How to keep a clean "green" home & everything in between. I really recommend this group to not only new moms but to mothers of toddlers and up as well.