This just in! Our handy First Class postal rate chart is now available for download. Please feel free to share. And, if you need some help with your next design, print, addressing, or mailing project, visit our home page to find out how we can help! Call or e-mail anytime.

Physical mail is more effective than e-mail. Empirically proven. Thank you, Science! From Ellen Paul’s terrific piece in the DMAW newsletter: In the end, the researchers found three significant differences in perception: 1. Direct mail generates a deeper emotional response in the emotional centers of the brain. 2. The brain sees physical mail as more [...]

Good piece in today’s Wall Street Journal. Interesting observation: Only 1.4% of households made a purchase, opened a checking account, or otherwise responded in 2010 to advertising mail sent to potential new customers, according to the Direct Marketing Association, a trade group. That’s down from 1.7% in 2005. I’d argue that the less people use [...]

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This post is offered mostly for those who have a wedding or another social event on their hands and aren’t sure how to format their file for the addressing and mailing.  But the advice works the same for anyone. So, let’s start with file formats. Here at The Elegant Envelope, we’re pretty flexible; we can [...]

Unfortunately, it’s that dreaded time again.  As of April 17, 2011, postage rates are going up.  Since the vast majority of the work we do here at The Elegant Envelope is First Class (retail) mail, that’s what this post will focus on. The good news is: if you’re just sending out a 1 ounce letter, [...]

It’s that time of year again, when we’re starting to get a lot of calls about addressing wedding invitation envelopes.  If you’re looking for calligraphy on your invitations, I’m going to be putting up a number of posts on this topic, and sort-of walk you through the process. As an overview, though, I just did [...]

Ellen Paul has a great post on her blog today about the state of the USPS and where all the money goes.  Enjoy!

Whether you’ve been using our services for the last 18 years, or you’ve just stumbled upon our site, welcome to The Elegant Envelope’s new blog and website.   We are here to help when you need, or just have questions about: Graphic Design Print Personalized envelope addressing – (handwritten, calligraphy, or more typical business-like fonts) [...]