For Day 3, my loves should send me: fabulous Christmas cards.

For my birthday, Claire gave me Amy Sedaris' book I Like You: hospitality under the influence. I love it, and it has started me thinking about being a slightly more gracious and hospitable person. So, on that note, I have been perusing the world of stationery for the perfect Christmas cards.

My lovely friend Aly featured the company Positively Green on her blog, and their cards are amazing. Beautiful images with inspired quotations, the company endeavours to leave as small an ecological footprint as possible and donates 10% of their profits to "organizations that protect our environment and fight global warming" (a touch vague). They are understated and fabulous. I almost had mine all chosen out and ready to order when I realized that, by the time I received the cards, I would barely have enough time to get them to their final destinations.

So, since my friends can be assured that, sadly, they will not be receiving a Positively Green Christmas card from me this season, here are some of my favourites - if you do have a stationery store near you which carries the brand, I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't be touched to receive one of these.

Outside reads: "Friendship? Yes Please" - Charles Dickens

Inside reads: Happy holidays, dear friend. 

 

Outside reads: "Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." -Hamilton Wright Mabie

Inside reads: Much love to you. Happy holidays.

Outside reads: "Here's to the season of goodwill, cold weather, and warm hearts!" -Holiday Toast

Inside reads: Here’s to you. Happy holidays.

Outside reads: "Wherever you are, it is your friends who make your world." -William James

Inside reads: You make the world better. Happy holidays.

Outside reads: And now let us welcome the new year--full of things that have never been. -Rainer Maria Rilke

Inside reads: Here’s to the endless possibilities. Happy New Year.