Galison Outlet Shopping!

You know how when the holidays roll around you always say to yourself, "I wish I bought all my Christmas cards last year when everything had it's after-Christmas discount"?

Well no more excuses!  Take a look at our wide variety of Holiday Cards that are all on sale!

Warhol - Rudolph - Nativity - NYC - Paris - There is sure to be something that you'll want to send out next year.  Stay in the holiday spirit for just a little longer with these holiday cards:

     

     

And many more to choose from!

 

Home Office at Our Office

You know what they say about stationery manufactures: if you walk the walk, you better use your own products. A spot check of our Midtown New York office confirmed that our home office merchandise isn’t just for show. All of our departments make use of our file folders, memo mousepads, pencil holders, and other handy desktop accessories.

 Think we’re tooting our own horn and running to Staples when you’re not looking? Nah. Here’s some pictures to prove it.

There’s so much stuff in use throughout the office that you have to wonder: what would a spot check of our employees’ homes yield? We bet we’d find all sorts of stuff smuggled out from our giveaway bin.  Click on the picture for more info on the products!

Choosing the Perfect Quote

At Galison, we like to add interesting touches to our products to make them special. One helpful device is the careful use of the quotation.  The duty of finding the perfect quote to suite the product falls mainly upon Julia Hecomovich, Editorial Director for Galison.  She's taken the time to talk a bit about this process.

The right quote can add spark to the side of a boxed notecard set or the title page of a blank journal.

Take, for example, the quote on the spine of our Andy Warhol accordion organizer:

"Cash. I just am not happy when I don’t have it."

A perfect quote that captures Warhol's humor and compliments the product - which has a pocket to hold coupons for those interested in hanging on to their extra cash.

In a less mercantile vein, I also like the inspiring quote from Vincent van Gogh that we’ve used on several of our stationery products:

"If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced"

 

               

           

            Finding the right quotation isn’t always easy. The ideal quote must be short as we don ’t have a lot of space to work with. It should also be pithy, offend no one, and have some sort of relation to the artwork on the product. The search for acceptable quotes for our New York City Portfolio Notes was one of the most challenging tasks in this regard.

            As hard as it was for an avid New York fan like me to believe, many quotes about this vibrant city aren’t especially flattering. One of the less damaging statements came from Le Corbusier who noted that: "A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe, and fifty times: It is a beautiful catastrophe."  This is not as derogatory as others I uncovered, but still it did not evoke the effervescent excitement that I was searching for. The winner came from Bette Midler:

          

       When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.  

Oh, how I love New York!

Galisonize your holidays

Holiday dinners tend to involve the following three things:

--Delicious, seasonal treats (GINGERBREAD!)

--Anticipatory merriment (I hope he got me the Lucie Summers Writer’s Notebooks.  And if he didn’t…it’s over.)

--A haphazard smattering of friends and family, many of whom may not really know each other…

And in light of that last curve ball, here’s an idea for putting together harmonious tables of pals + relatives: a holiday table “dressed” with simple homemade Galison place cards.

Here’s what you’ll need:

--Galison Social Notes (one for each place card)

--A computer and printer stocked with plain printer paper

--A glue stick

Here’s how easy it is:

--Type up the names of your holiday guests in your favorite font and print them out on plain printer paper.

--Cut out the names in strips to fit the Social Notes width-wise.

--Fold the Social Notes in half and glue on the name strip.

--Arrange at the table as you see fit.

Thanks to Jenny, from Binghamton, for this ingenious and simple idea!

*Bonus idea: Write sweet and inspiring holiday quotes on our Memo Notes

'Tis the Season to Save $$$

Question:  What starts with a Z, ends with an I, and will save you 25% on some perfect holiday gifts?

Answer:  The Galison/Mudpuppy Coupon Code!

~ ZZZI ~

For a limited time (until December 13th), use coupon code ZZZI on our website, www.galison.com, for a 25% discount on Galison/Mudpuppy Products* :

 

So much to choose from, where will you start?  The Galison Green Line? Mudpuppy Puzzles? Holiday Note Cards?  The world is your oyster...and by world, we mean the Galison/Mudpuppy website.  And by Oyster, we mean... well you get the idea.

Happy Shopping!

*Unfortunately, the discount does not apply to Mudpuppy Children's Books.  Lucky for you, there are hundreds of products the discount does apply to!