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(Bella Ink Gift Card Mailers, Clockwise: GC-22, GC-26, GC-24, GC-32)The National Retail Federation predicts that gift cards will be the #1 gift purchase this holiday season ...

It's Friday the 13th! Some people are on high alert today, keeping an eye out for bad omens or impending doom, but others feel the day is actually lucky. One of Bella Ink's fabulous employees, Sue Ann, swears up and down that really good things happen to her on this day ...

Pictured above, EF-78, "Anna," is today's featured folded note card. This card, printed on a cream stock, was Bella Ink Designs' top selling card for the week of November 2, 2009 ...

This month's Shop Girl Focus featured retailer is Sheryl of Stationery Station in Highland Park, Illinois ...

(Photo: Inside Vintage: Get Well Card)This Friday we had to put up a get well card because it seems that EVERYBODY is coming down with the flu or a case of the sniffles. Remember to wash your hands, eat well and get lots of rest ...

Sweet Paul is featuring pumpkins all this week on his blog. If you haven't bought and carved a pumpkin, yet, we highly suggest this Louis Vuitton design. No knives required. To learn how he did it, visit Sweet Paul'sMonday Pumpkin Week entry!

Looking for a last minute Halloween costume for you and/or your daughter? Disney Family Fun has an entire list of suggestions, including this Spa Princess look. She reminded us of Tootsie, featured in PT-67, our spa party invitation. This costume couldn't be easier ...

With Halloween fast approaching we thought it would be appropriate to show you some vintage Halloween postcards by the Stecher Litho Co. circa the 1900s. We found these, amongst many others, at the Emotions Greetings' card museum ...

If you're reading this blog you know how important social networking has become for most businesses. Stationery Trends, one of the leading stationery industry magazines, decided to explore this phenomenon in their Fall 2009 issue ...

This Folded Note Card Friday we're going to keep up with the "Think Pink" theme since it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month ...

(Pictured above: SF-15 "think pink" by Bella Ink Designs)Bella Ink Designs would like to give "Hope" to the fight against breast cancer with a little help from our friends... YOU ...

Today we're reaching into the way back when bin with this new feature, Folded Note Card Friday. On December 26, 2004, Bella Ink Designs shipped their first cards to Handle with Care in Chicago, Illinois ...

Shop Girl Focus is back! This month we're featuring Sandy of AliKat Boutique in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. We love stopping by AliKat whenever we're in need of a fabulous and affordable gift for the fashionable women in our lives. Don't tell anybody, but we often end up gifting ourselves as well ...

You may feel it's a bit of a stretch to start thinking about Halloween already, but October is here. Tomorrow! You're actually a little late if you haven't put any thought into your Halloween party, yet. But that's OK. There's still time ...