Best of … ways to stay in touch

Contributed by Denise McGill, Catalogs.com Top 10 Guru

Staying in touch can be as fun as you want to make it.

With the assortment of themed stationery, quirky note cards and personalized invitations to match every occasion imaginable, keeping tabs on family and friends has never been easier.

For anyone who still loves to sit down and write a note, you can choose the color or themed stationery that complements your personality. For the more digital personality, have fun personalizing your correspondence with photos, designs, or your own verses.

Here are five online stores that offer fun solutions and ways to stay in touch.

Personalized greeting cards

Buy in bulk

Cards Direct lets you buy in bulk and has every card for any occasion that comes your way. Start off with choosing your quantity, size, paper, and envelope. Then create your own personalized verse for a truly custom card. Someone in your family have a birthday coming up and can never find a store bought card with a verse you care for? (We can all do better, right?) Show your clever wit and let Aunt Martha know you are thinking of her.

Pretty papers

Express yourself

Pear Tree Greetings makes keeping in touch a party for everyone. Choose the paper for your theme and then write your own invitation or program and add your own photos for your special event. In a hurry? Then keep it short and sweet with a customized postcard. Whether you are planning a wedding, baby shower, or Halloween party, Pear Tree Greetings has the supplies you need to invite everyone on the list. What better way to stay in touch than to announcement an event to bring everyone together.

Custom printing

Put your message everywhere

This online store has a little bit of everything…personalized checks, memo cubes, stickers, cards and more. Current offers unique stationery sets and note cards for gifts. Start the kids off right by writing a note of thanks to grandma for the annual pair of pajamas they receive every Christmas. Current even has gift wrap so you can send a special someone a gift that says, “lets stay in touch.”

Design a calendar

Make each month special

Not just for business, but for personal correspondence as well. Personal Creations has templates allowing you to choose your own photos for memo pads, note cards or mom’s “To Do” list. However, if you want to remind family members or friends of all the good times you had together; send a calendar with customized photos for each month of the year. Whether you choose a photo of the family dog or a picture of the latest addition to your growing family, a calendar with personal images is a great way to share with family or friends month after month.

Moving messages

Don’t just disappear

Have neighbors and friends who promised they would write when you moved to a new home? Family Labels lets you take the initiative to keep in touch by sending personalized cards customized with your new address. Let everyone know where you are so they don’t have to track you down. Family Labels can also supply you with return labels, stickers, gift tags…anything you can possibly want to label to make it easy to stay in touch.