Planning a Graduation Open House party takes a lot of time, effort, sweat, and maybe tears. Making food, buying supplies, sifting through every single photo to create a scrapbook, creating a board of your honors and awards, and displaying your new college or university gear. It’s such an exciting way to celebrate our graduates’ accomplishments and wish them well as they venture into a new journey of life. The party should be all about them, and should show off their personality and style. American Stationery has some unique, must-have items for the open house celebration. The first is our Designer Ice Bucket, which comes in a variety of patterns and colors. You can choose to personalize it with your name or your initials. The bucket holds one and a half quarts, stands nearly seven inches tall, and comes with serving tongs. It is designed for easy cleaning, too. You can combine the ice bucket with a Designer Serving Tray, which features the monogram. This 11” by 17” tray will be a great addition to the drinks table at your open house! Of course, what’s an open house without personalized napkins and plastic cups? You can order a variety of sizes...Read More
It’s Graduation Day! Well, almost. Decorated caps, silky gowns, tassels, stoles, and chords—the uniform that signifies the culmination of an educational journey. Photos are taken, tears are shed, and graduates reminisce on those precious years, filled with memories they will hold with them forever. Graduation Day is irreplaceable for the graduate, family, and friends, and it’s time to send out those invitations for the big day. American Stationery has a great graduation invitations and other accessories, if you’re looking for something more personal and creative to send to family and friends. The Grad Corners Invitation features black caps against a damask background, which can be customized to feature your school’s colors. You can personalize the invitation by changing the border color, the cap and tassel color, and the damask design color. You can also choose from a variety of font styles to personalize your message. You receive 20 cards in one set, and they come with plain white envelopes. You can also order the Grad Corners Return Address Labels and customize them to match the invitations! The set includes 60 mailing labels. Of course, you have to seal your envelopes in style with the Grad Corners Stickers. You have choices...Read More
It’s that time of year where many bright young minds are on their way off to college for the very first time. It can be a scary time for students and parents alike. But, this is also an exciting time where you get to learn new ideas, ways of life, and even more about yourself. While, there is no way to just relax, American Stationery has items to help make the new transition easy on everyone. Consider purchasing the Cheery Dots Calendar. Item 3057_07 is an adorable blank calendar with 52 pages for you to fill in. They are pre-printed with the days of the week at the top and blank columns ready to be filled with all of your important reminders and tasks. For only $3.95 you can help yourself stay organized! If dots aren’t your style search item 3057 and several different available styles will be shown. So, browse the different style options and find the one that suits you and your new adventure best. Unfortunately, the friends we make in high school don’t always get to go off to college with us. Some go to different colleges and some join the work force right away. So why...Read More
This time of year graduations are all around us. From college, to high school and even from pre-school. Many people have a graduate in their lives and are putting together a graduation party for the special person in their lives. Planning a graduation party isn’t much different than planning any other party. You need to as always think of the invitations, the food, and the decor. The rest is typically easily put together. The invitations: If your school doesn’t provide something for you, American Stationery is sure to have something that will meet your needs. Before ordering, make sure you have all the information written down in front of you that you will need to include.  Fear you have become a little wordy? When in doubt, leave it out! Invitations should be straight forward. You want to state what is happening, ask your guest to join, give a date, time and location. Any other information should be kept to a minimum. From young and whimsical to staunch and classy. Just check out the invitations tab on our website. A drop down menu will appear, from there simply select graduation. With pre-set templates, you can delete the generic information and add your own...Read More
The time of year is creeping up on us when we start thinking about graduation. Many of us are graduating or know someone who is about to graduate from something, somewhere. Whether it be High School, College, or Preschool. This recognition of completion is an important and joyous occasion. When you think about purchasing a gift for yourself or for the graduate in your life, think about stationery. Many High School students will soon find themselves in the adult world of  meetings. Whether this is with their new counselor at the local university, or a prospective employer. It is important for students to understand the importance of sending a follow up note to the person with whom they met. Your graduate will definitely stand out when they not only, show the initiative at following up, but do so with their own personal stationery. American Stationery offers a broad selection of many different correspondence cards and folded notes. It can be difficult to decide on which one. There are two different things that we suggest people consider when purchasing stationery. So be sure to think about the following before making a selection: Your personality- First and foremost it is important to...Read More
Now is the perfect time to start thinking about graduation announcements! Whether you are looking for a more formal way to spread the news, or a casual and fun option – we have you covered! Graduation ceremonies and parties happen throughout the year but the majority of events are being planned now for May and June graduates. Here are some points of graduation etiquette to consider when sending out your graduation invitations, announcements, party invitations and thank you cards.   Graduation Invitation: Often the numbers of guests you are allowed to invite to the actual ceremony are limited, especially if your graduating class is large. Make sure you are not inviting more guests that you are allowed. If not enough room for all at the ceremony, consider hosting an after-party. Mail your invitations two weeks in advance of the event with all of the who, what, where, and why details printed on them.   Large Date Graduation Invitations have the class year appear in White against a bold Black background.   Graduation Snapshot has your favorite snapshot printed on the right side of the card, while the invitation words are printed on the left.   Damask Graduation Cap Invitations has a cute pink...Read More
Perhaps one of the largest milestones you will face is a graduation. How fitting is the word commencement (or beginning)? It’s kind of the epitome of what defines a milestone, isn’t it’? Graduation certainly does close the door on one era and begins a new one. Graduation signifies a time of completion, a successful end to an academic era culminating with a ceremony, in which you are handed a diploma. Perhaps in the past the most celebrated graduation was high school. Now, however, there is significance placed on preschool and college graduations as well. College Graduation College graduation is not a feat all can accomplish. Many have left behind school friends, family and hometowns in an endeavor for higher education. College is where dreams start to unfold, relationships blossom and careers take birth. It is a catapult into the unknown. It is an opportunity to achieve greater financial stability, an opportunity to embrace a specific field of study and to take personal flight into higher elevations. College graduation is often a push away from the world of academia and a lunge onto a focused pathway.   Read:  Pre-School  |  High School  | College  
Perhaps one of the largest milestones you will face is a graduation. How fitting is the word commencement (or beginning)? It’s kind of the epitome of what defines a milestone, isn’t it’? Graduation certainly does close the door on one era and begins a new one. Graduation signifies a time of completion, a successful end to an academic era culminating with a ceremony, in which you are handed a diploma. Perhaps in the past the most celebrated graduation was high school. Now, however, there is significance placed on preschool and college graduations as well. High School Graduation: The tune of "Pomp and Circumstance" almost resonates in your ear, yes’? High school graduation is the dream everyone strives after. Year after grueling year has been put in to achieving this high honor. It is an achievement that one works towards from kindergarten forward. A child faces many obstacles, challenges, and advancements in working towards this goal. It is an honor and one to be celebrated and acknowledged. It is the stepping stone into the military, working world or higher education.   Read:  Pre-School  |  High School  |  College    
Perhaps one of the largest milestones you will face is a graduation. How fitting is the word commencement (or beginning)? It’s kind of the epitome of what defines a milestone, isn’t it? Graduation certainly does close the door on one era and begins a new one. Graduation signifies a time of completion, a successful end to an academic era culminating with a ceremony, in which you are handed a diploma. Perhaps in the past the most celebrated graduation was high school. Now, however, there is significance placed on preschool and college graduations as well. Pre-School Graduation A pre-school graduation is a celebration for your little one as they prepare for greater achievements in their academic development. One day the achievement of learning their A-B-C’s and 1-2-3’s and writing their name will seem quite insignificant to them. But, as a parent, it’s a huge milestone! You should be proud of how well your little one is learning. They are completing the ground work for a successful education experience. Celebrate, honor and cheer them on in their future endeavors. It will be the confidence builder they need to push them into the next stage they will face. Read:  Pre-School  |  High School ...Read More