Ruination & Despair http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog Archelaus takes a relentlessly upbeat look at operating a small greeting card business in Washington, DC. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:19:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Six more stores order Archelaus cards! http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/23/six-more-stores-order-archelaus-cards/ http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/23/six-more-stores-order-archelaus-cards/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:19:07 +0000 Alethea Oglethorpe http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1778 And here they are:

And that’s not counting the re-orders from our existing customers!

]]> http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/23/six-more-stores-order-archelaus-cards/feed/ 1 And another independent bookstore is on board! http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/19/and-another-independent-bookstore-is-on-board/ http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/19/and-another-independent-bookstore-is-on-board/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:30:18 +0000 Alethea Oglethorpe http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1773 This time it’s Bookworks in Albuquerque. Apparently they found out about us when a helpful customer suggested they should carry our cards. Word-of-mouth is a fine thing. Thanks, whoever you were!

]]> http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/19/and-another-independent-bookstore-is-on-board/feed/ 0 Another independent bookstore opts for Archelaus! http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/17/another-independent-bookstore-opts-for-archelaus/ http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/17/another-independent-bookstore-opts-for-archelaus/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:09:09 +0000 Alethea Oglethorpe http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1770 Bookstores are among our best customers, perhaps unsurprisingly, so we’re always delighted to welcome more of them to the ranks of fine merchants carrying our cards. In point of fact, we’ve got several such orders going out in the next few days, but today we got a big one underway to Collected Works Bookstore and Coffehouse in downtown Santa Fe. They asked for a nice selection, so there will be lots of stuff to choose from!

]]> http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/17/another-independent-bookstore-opts-for-archelaus/feed/ 0 Archelaus heads south of the Equator http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/14/archelaus-heads-south-of-the-equator/ http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/14/archelaus-heads-south-of-the-equator/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:30:48 +0000 Alethea Oglethorpe http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1764 All the way to Australia! We shipped a first order of cards to Paperpoint in South Melbourne yesterday. So, if you happen to live down there, among the marsupials and monotremes and things, you’ve got six to ten business days to prepare yourself.

]]> http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/14/archelaus-heads-south-of-the-equator/feed/ 0 More new outlets for our cards! http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/12/more-new-outlets-for-our-cards/ http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/12/more-new-outlets-for-our-cards/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:52:15 +0000 Alethea Oglethorpe http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1756 I apologize for the long pause in blogging, for which there is no excuse. There has been a fair amount of activity to report. Indeed, five more stores are now carrying Archelaus cards:

And there are more to come! We have orders going out to three new customers in the next week alone.

]]> http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2012/01/12/more-new-outlets-for-our-cards/feed/ 0 Branching out http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2011/11/05/branching-out/ http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2011/11/05/branching-out/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:13:03 +0000 Alethea Oglethorpe http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1752 The latest retail outlet to demand our fine cards is an art supply store, namely Art Things, Inc. (“family owned and operated since 1966″) in West Annapolis, Maryland. The order went out today, so with any luck the cards should be on their shelves by Tuesday.

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