Paperless Post Review

Full disclosure: this is a sponsored post. I have been a customer of Paperless post for many years and was happy to accept this opportunity because I already love the product, and their cards feature some beautiful artwork.

Paperless Post is a digital greeting card service. As a resident of Japan with family in the United States, it's a great way to send a last-minute greeting with a lot more personality than an email. I know my card will arrive within seconds rather than weeks, and it saves paper.

Here's a look at the card editor.  I enjoy getting to tweak details such as envelopes, liners, stamps, and even a postmark (I'd love to see a Tokyo postmark someday, hint hint). The designers did a great job making their service feel like real paper. It's a refreshing change from fast-paced texts and emails, and taking a moment to accessorize a card gives a nice personal touch.

Selecting an envelope color

When the recipient gets the card, they follow a link from an email to a viewing page. It's quite skeuomorphic, with animations of opening a card through an envelope, and the reveal of the card inside. 

A preview of a thank you card

Paperless Post partners with some of my favorite card designers, including Hello!Lucky, Rifle Paper Company, Kate Spade, Jonathan Adler, and Oscar de la Renta. Here's a few examples of cards I like. To keep it on theme with my blog, I've selected a few that have lots of lovely ornamentation.

Rose Floral Ikat Wedding Invitation by Oscar de la Renta

Birch Monarch Suite Invitation by Rifle Paper Co.

Hammertime by Hello!Lucky

Shiny and Sparkly by Jonathan Adler

Moor Heather by Anthropologie

The site has expanded quite a bit since I first began using it years ago. Now you can order cards in paper. While this is a bit ironic given their name, for something significant like a wedding invite, it's good to have the option to make it more permanent. I also notice they have Company holiday cards. In Japan, sending New Year's Greetings (年賀状 Nengajo) is bigger than sending Christmas cards, so I'd love to see more international offerings in the future.

 Final praise: their logo is a carrier pigeon. Great product and great mascot.