Wedding Invitations

An interesting article I ran across on CBSNews.com regarding gift cards, sparked the topic of today’s blog. Although the article was bad news (which I’ll go into in a moment), I wanted to share some good news first.

If you ever give people gift cards as wedding presents, you may be interested in knowing that some companies will actually let you make photo gift cards.

For example, two years ago my son received a Toys R Us gift card with a picture of him and his Auntie on it. She apparently went online, ordered the gift card and uploaded the desired picture she wanted on it. Talk about a great idea! That makes the gift cards so much more personal. Your gift may not be from Toys R Us (or maybe it will be, depending on the couple), but there are other places that offer this service as well. – Just a thought for you :0)

Going back to today’s article….
It turns out that Sharper Image gift cards are currently worthless. The company apparently filed bankruptcy and announced they are temporarily suspending the acceptance of gift cards. But don’t throw them out yet, just incase they start accepting them again (which has been known to happen with other companies).

That brings up a good point though. If you have gift cards, it may be in your best interest to use them right away, just in case company goes out of business. Also, if you buy a gift card for someone, make sure it’s a store that doesn’t show signs of going out of business.

Be sure to view tomorrows wedding etiquette blog, as I will have some interesting tips for you on regarding gift cards.

You can see the full article at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/03/business/main3902646.shtml