Suzanne,

Thanks for the wonderful tips!
I do have a Merry Blog which you can find on my contact page on my website. I've been offering useful info there but I always think about the direction it takes... useful for the small business person like myself, instead of a focused driven blog about stationary, and offerings. Fruitless are my searches for stationary news letters and such info. Maybe I can begin there. Your idea about having "guest" bloggers is interesting to me as well.

The thing I'd like to investigate more it the "strategic alliance" with not only wedding vendors, but I'd like to promote holiday cards (coming soon in boxed form) as well as Thank you notes (also to be in box form). I thought that this would propel people to buy a "gift" of stationary for someone and well if there are people like me who love to send holiday cards!

In any event thanks for your time and thoughts! Any other thoughts are welcomed! This year will be a good one! Positive thinking too!

Kristine
The Merry Bird...pen,ink and design
http://www.themerrybird.com