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Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday!

It's been one year since we changed our name to Dotty about Paper. So, while we celebrate 14 years of business, we also celebrate Dotty's 1st birthday on 21st July! A huge thank you to our team, our lovely suppliers, and most of all - you! We wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for our customers' support, so we'd like to say an extra special thank you for choosing Dotty!

Dotty about Deals!

We've got some exciting special offers running from 16th to 20th July - check back here every day for a new deal! One lucky winner will also receive a Big Birthday Giveaway bundle of goodies. Click this link for details on how to enter our competition! (This giveaway is open to UK residents aged 18 and over. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by or associated with Facebook.)

Monday 16th July - Get 20% off wedding stationery orders over £30! 16th July 2018 - Monday - Offer

Tuesday 17th July - Get a special half-price desk stationery bundle - available for one day only! 17th July 2018 - Tuesday - Offer

Wednesday 18th July - Get 20 free ready-to-write thank you cards when you order 20 or more birthday invitations - just add your chosen designs to your basket!

Thursday 19th July - Get a 15% off wedding stationery voucher when you order free wedding samples today. We'll email you the discount code, which is valid for 6 months.

Friday 20th July - Get a half-price Glitter Journal of your choice with any order over £25 - just add your goods and chosen journal to your basket, then apply the code!

We thought we'd take a look back at what we've accomplished in the past year. It's been a busy year, so here are our top moments!

Changing Our Name to Dotty about Paper

Before our 13th year of business last year, we changed our name from The Card Gallery to Dotty about Paper. We'd been planning this for a while, and the months leading up to the big change were so exciting! Our logo, website, and even the Grade 2 Listed studio all got a makeover... Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Makeover

Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Makeover

Our new name fit like a glove! It was the perfect way to start our 13th year of business. The name and logo not only reflect the modern stationery company we've become, they have also helped us increase our visibility. Lots of people wanted to hear about our experience and the things we've learned since the change, while others just loved our new look! Overall, we've really seen how careful planning and research - along with a lot of teamwork - pays off in the end. Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Studio Exterior

Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Studio Exterior

Desk Stationery

As 2018 began, we released an all-new product range - our beautiful desk stationery collection. Since we're dotty about all things paper, it made sense that we'd have a stunning range of journals, notepads, and other goodies available. And it looks like everyone loves them as much as we do - the desk stationery range has been a hit! In fact, it wasn't long before we started adding more designs. Keep an eye out this year for our next desk stationery designs! Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Desk Stationery

Launching into Trade

While many businesses start in wholesale and move on to selling directly to customers, Dotty about Paper was the other way round. In 2018, after lots of preparation and hard work, we finally launched our new trade website! We also created printed brochures for our products, which is something we had never done before.

Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Brochure

Packed with ready-to-write invitations and thank you cards for weddings, birthdays, and more - not forgetting our desk stationery, too - our trade site opened up a whole new market. And with that market came trade shows! Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Trade Stall

Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Trade Stall

Spring Fair 2018 was a daunting but fun experience, and we learnt so much from the suppliers we met. Our logo was even chosen to appear on the main hall plan! We're planning more exhibits down the line - the details will be posted on our Trade Shows page! Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Hall Plan

Dotty about Paper's 1st Birthday! - Hall Plan

More to Come!

It's been an exciting year, but there's plenty more to come! The team are always busy working on the next project, and thanks to all the experience we've gained during our 13th year, we're ready to take on any challenge. Planning, research, hard work, and lots of motivation really can work wonders.

Made in Britain - celebrating our marque

The Card Gallery is in the mood for celebrating this year, not only are we toasting our 10th birthday but we are also toasting that we are now officially members of ‘Made in Britain’ which we are extremely proud of … chink chink! Over the past few months we have been working very hard on gaining this important marque and now we have got it we are going to fly the flag and celebrate with a new look website ... so watch this space. Our new look will be in keeping with our existing design but will have a more modern feel with a new logo supporting our new ‘Made in Britain’ status. So what does all this mean? The ‘Made in Britain’ logo identifies products that have been made in Britain thus making it easier for the public to identify British products. The logo was created after Stoves launched a competition for students at British universities to design a logo that people could easily recognise following research saying that consumers were confused about the origin of the products they were buying. The winner was unveiled in July 2011 and companies making products in the UK were invited to apply to use the logo and by October 2012, 600 companied were using it. Are all of our products made in Britain? Unfortunately not all of our products are made in Britain but a very high percentage of them are. There are just a few guest books and photo albums currently in our range that we are working on phasing out and replacing with a British made alternative, please bear with us while we work on this. To read more about ‘Made in Britain’, click here.

The Card Gallery is celebrating being 10 years old!

It seems hard to believe that The Card Gallery is 10 years old! In March 2004, the concept of The Card Gallery was formed, and by June 2004 we had become a limited company and sales had begun! It had all begun in September 2002, my husband and I had married, and I'd been shocked at the cost of wedding stationery and the lack of colour and style choice. Some months later after a rather extended back-packing round-the-world honeymoon adventure, a doodle pad on a train journey became filled with ideas for what later became The Card Gallery. A trusted friend and business advisor had told me when I had decided to set up my own company, after years of dreaming of doing so, that it would be much easier to purchase an existing company than to start a new one from scratch. Statistics said that up to 50% of companies would fail in the first 5 years, but no, head-strong and enthusiastic, I forged ahead. Looking back at all that we have achieved (I'll allow this just for today rather than beating myself up for all the things I haven't yet got to), I have to thank all of our wonderful team of staff (there are 8 of us), our lovely customers, of which there have been thousands, and our suppliers, without all of whom we would not be here today. Over the next 10 months, we'll be sharing our birthday celebrations with you, with 10 giveaways, 1 per month. Visit our Facebook page today, share us and like us to enter our first giveaway to win £100 to spend on anything from our website. Thank you for reading my ramblings, Lisa Forde xx

Lisa Forde becomes expert advisor for Wedding Planner

We are really proud to announce that Lisa Forde our company director has been asked to become www.weddingplanner.co.uk's expert advisor. Wedding Planner is an online company that has been established since 1989 and has helped over 250,000 wedding couples over the years. They have recently rebranded and relaunched their website giving it a whole new look and currently have around 10,500 registered brides. Lisa was truly honoured when she was asked to become Wedding Planner’s leading wedding industry expert for invitations and stationery – Congratulations Lisa! So what does all this mean? Lisa will be writing monthly articles offering help and advice on wedding invitations and other wedding stationery which will be found under Wedding Planner’s ‘inspiration’ section. She will be sharing tips from her knowledge and experience gained from running The Card Gallery for the past 10 years, which I am sure many brides will find useful. To read some of the articles that Lisa has written so far, click here.

We didn't win but we're still celebrating!

Firstly we would just like to say a massive ‘thank you’ to all of our customers that voted for us, we were over whelmed by the response we received. Unfortunately competition was tough this year so we were not shortlisted to win a regional award, but nevertheless we were delighted to read some of the comments that were said about us and the marks out of 10 we received for our products and services.

Here is how you scored us;

Here are some of the amazing comments you left us;

“Very good quality quick service with minimum fuss” “they helped chose colour and style by sending proofs via email and samples thought the post. When ordering they were sent well packed not to damage any of them.” “I wanted to have personalised cards that offered a great choice of design without the expense. Searched many wedding sites & retailers and found Card Gallery to be most competitive with what I wanted. It was easy to do on their website. Secure site, and the order was free and came very quickly.” “They were value for money with excellent customer service. Delivery was good and top quality save the dates to set tone of wedding. Will use for invites next march repeat use speaks more than words” “Excellent range of products and customer service was excellent when I was worried about having made a typing error.” “I wanted to have personalised cards that offered a great choice of design without the expense. Searched many wedding sites & retailers and found Card Gallery to be most competitive with what I wanted. It was easy to do on their website. Secure site, and the order was free and came very quickly.” “Very good quality quick service with minimum fuss” “I cannot fault the card gallery, they were excellent. The Website was very in depth, the lady I spoke too on the phone was very helpful and my order arrived the date as promised. The stationary I ordered looked stunning and everyone was impressed by the quality.” We believe in what we do and look forward to entering in wedding competitions again in the near future ... watch this space!

The winner of this months competition is ...

We are pleased to announce the winner of this months competition to win £100 worth of stationery & accessories is ... Carley Parsons! Well done Carley!
Thank you to everyone that liked us and entered. Please look out for our new competition coming soon.

We have been nominated for The 2014 Wedding Industry Awards!

We have been nominated for The 2014 Wedding Industry Awards so we need your help! Please spare a couple of moments to vote for us. We have worked really hard to get us where we are today so it would mean so much to us if we were to win or even to come runner up in this prestigious competition. For those who have already voted for us … A massive big Thank You! We will keep everyone updated on our progress in the competition, so please watch this space!

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Win £100 of Stationery & Accessories

We are offering you the chance to win £100 worth of Stationery & Accessories by... 1) Like us on Facebook 2) Tell us how many different wedding invitation designs we currently have on offer on The Card Gallery website! https://www.dottyaboutpaper.co.uk//section.php/945/1/wedding-invitations 3) Email us with your answer to info@dottyaboutpaper.co.uk with the subject title Competition October 2013 The closing date for this competition is 30th October 2013. By entering the competition you are agreeing to all the terms and conditions mentioned below. 1. To enter the competition, please e-mail your answer to info@dottyaboutpaper.co.uk 2. You must be a permanent resident of the UK to enter 3. Only one entry per person allowed. 4. Entrants must be 18 or over 5. No purchase is necessary. 6. The winner will be drawn by The Card Gallery. 7. Entries submitted after the closing date will not be counted. 8. By entering the competition the winner agrees to be featured on social media sites and will be willing to take part in any promotional work that The Card Gallery may require. 9. The prize has no cash value and may not be changed for any other prize. 10. The prize is not transferable & is subject to availability. 11. All incomplete entries will be discarded. 12. Entrants must not be employed by The Card Gallery. 13. Any personal data relating to entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation. Data will only be used by The Card Gallery, and will not be disclosed to a third party without prior consent. 14. The Card Gallery reserves the right to amend/cancel the competition due to unforeseen circumstances. A notice will be placed on our website in the unlikelihood that this may happen.

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