SmashLAB Christmas Goodies
I got a nice little surprise this morning, as I walked up the stairs to the the office. Amongst all the bills and receipts I found a small envelope from smashLAB. All the way from Vancouver! “What might that be?” I thought. I didn’t remember ordering anything – could it be one of their guides they have online… no.. that was a PDF I looked at. Hmm… funny envelope- looks homemade. That’s cool…uhhhooooo!! Cards!
I took a little second here to check myself. I started to feel a little grumpy – (it’s Monday, afterall. Grumpy day.) We haven’t sent out cards yet – firstly because we’ve been too unorganized right now, and I feel burnt out for some reason. Secondly, I’ve been uninpired this past week (-burnt out?). Lastly (but not least importantly) – cards are trees. I like trees. Not very “green” of them, I thought, for Canadians…
But that faded. Turns out they were very green- having made the cards on recycled paper- and adding instructions to recycle them if you don’t use them yourself. The grumpiness faded. Moreso when I found there was even a hand written “hello” from Peter inside. “All the way from Canada!” I thought, with a smile. There you go. Why did I get the package? Because I check out their blog. And we link to that blog from here. (Talk about a sweet payoff for doing that!;))
SmashLAB rock, I have to say. Many a time I have found myself riding my bike home and mulling over- or recalling some passage I’d read on their blog ideasonideas.com. Eric Karjaluoto writes some very intriguing pieces, and you can tell he puts a lot of thought into his thoughts about design, the creative business, creativity and family. Nice reads.
Nice CARDS!
I can’t see who Peter is – on the site – but thanks got out to him for sending the pack, and more to all the folks at smashLAB.
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