Our Story
Life is short, tell people what they mean to you while you can!
Have you ever felt like this…
- You want buying a greeting card to be an enjoyable and meaningful experience, but somehow it always turns into a mad dash at the last minute! You want to pick the perfect card, write the perfect message and send it to arrive at the perfect time! Instead, you find yourself grabbing one out of guilt and obligation, rather than from a place of appreciation and love. What a card conundrum!
- When it’s time to sit down and write, you often feel uncertain and overwhelmed by the pressure to craft the perfect message that sums up all your feelings in just a few sentences. No pressure, right?
- You feel creatively blocked, uninspired and rushed off your feet most days. You want to make more of a connection with your friends and loved ones but you just don’t have time!
We may be in the ‘age of connectivity’, yet more and more people are feeling alienated and alone. Can you relate?
There’s nothing quite like the joy of receiving an unexpected message.
Whether we are the ones sending or receiving it, it reminds us that we are not alone.
But how often do we make that small leap? How often do we reach out, send that message, that card, or share a simple thought? Many of us worry that sharing our thoughts and feelings (even the good ones) may weigh others down. Many of us see too many obstacles in the way: work, time, distance, and daily chores—all of life’s ordinary tasks seem to conspire against us.
Celebrating occasions like birthdays or anniversaries can create added pressure: What should I say? How can I ensure my words are meaningful and significant?
At this point, many of us give up, write something uninspired, or decide not to reach out at all. After all, if we don’t make an effort, we won’t be rejected, right?
Make a connection and start sending cards now!
ThanksGreeting is about creativity.
We believe you are CREATIVE. Each day you are creating your life as you listen to the whisperings of your heart. When we listen to ourselves and let our intuition guide our actions, we are walking a creative path. We are creating a resonance between our feelings and our actions, and we begin to feel that we are living a connected, authentic experience.
We believe that everyone is wired for connection.
Technology has created a false sense of connection that we know in our hearts is not authentic. We are craving true connection, to know that we are seen, that we matter, that what we do is enough.
When we take time out of our busy schedule to truly reflect on our lives and share how we feel with others, we feel a deep sense of gratitude for our existence. Imagine if your gratitude practice wasn’t just a solitary task recorded in a journal, but rather something that could brighten someone else’s day as well.
That’s what ThanksGreeting is all about. ThanksGreeting brings creativity, connection, and community into one place, where you can build a practice that fosters meaningful connections with others – simply by sending delightful cards!
ThanksGreeting is more than a digital card company,
An Opportunity to Slow Down
More than Occasional
We believe in sending birthday cards…and every day and every way cards! Here you will find an every thought card! With ThanksGreeting, sharing how we feel can become easy and fun, done from a place of inspiration not obligation. It’s always a great time to send a message to someone important to you.
Hassle-free Cards
ThanksGreeting takes the hassle of having to go to the shops and buy a card, stamp and envelope. We help you write in your card and since you don’t have the extra step to physically post it – you will never miss another birthday (or any other celebration)!
Create a Gratitude Practice!
It’s a fun, easy, accessible and affordable way to receive the happiness benefits of a gratitude practice while delighting and uplifting the lives of those you care about. Join us, send out small messages and help create ripples of light and love. Let’s spread love all over the world!
Hi, I‘m Karen Booy,
founder of ThanksGreeting.
I’ve spent my entire career in the arts and crafts space!
From the age of 16, I was encouraged by a teacher to sell my crafts through local festivals. I went on to grow my handcrafted ornament business until I was selling to high-end stores. I started a pattern company, wrote and designed for major American craft magazines, became a professional speaker and teacher on crafts as a business, published a magazine called Craftlink for 13 years, was a craft designer for a tulle company in New York and was a content creator for a website during the wild and crazy times of the internet’s early days.
Through all of these experiences, I learned that imagination is the key factor. You can always figure out the HOW later!
So what led to ThanksGreeting?
In 2017, my father died and rather than creating a traditional funeral program I created a “postcard from Heaven” to hand out at his memorial. I decided that would be more meaningful as my dad always sent a postcard while away for work as a flight engineer. Looking back I realize that the postcards were his way of connecting and showing his love for us. The process of creating the memorial postcard was healing, it was therapeutic. It gave me more pleasure, peace and purpose than the response from the people who received it. It was in the DOING that I found comfort.
In July of 2019 my Mom passed away. Now I had lost both of my parents to cancer. My mom was a DIYer and fixer UPPER before the terms were coined. It was through her many creative pursuits that my love of crafts, creating and home design began. My mother taught us “anyone can just go and BUY a gift, but it takes something extra special to MAKE a gift.”
In 2003, I lost my best friend Lisa Julson Cahoon to ovarian cancer.
Lisa was a creative visionary, always creating out on the edge of what was possible. Lisa and I travelled throughout the United States with her company, In Stitches, and then she launched her own web design company. Lisa created my websites and helped me to embrace technology. When she died, a part of my creative dreams died too.
So this is the company that Cancer built! Losing these three people made me realise how truly short life is and how we need to tell the people we love what they mean to us before it’s too late. From there, the seed of ThanksGreeting was born.
Ready to change your life?
If you feel called to create and connect, if infusing more gratitude and mindfulness speaks to your heart – then I’d love to personally invite you to sign up for
a FREE one month trial.
No credit card required.
Start sending cards and see how your life, and the lives of those you care about, change for the better!
