awoke to snow drifts
four wheel drive could not compete
billowy and deep
four wheel drive could not compete
billowy and deep
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
Source Codes
If you’re a Luscious Verde retailer, you should have received an official L.V. holiday card a few months ago. Along with a picture of all the stunningly attractive people who work here, you got a nifty little 2007 coupon book to use at your discretion. After about a month and a half, we’ve received some feedback about the book, both positive and, uh, not-so-positive. We have an idea of what we can and can’t offer in the future, but here are some proposals from the official Luscious Verde drawing board:
- For each order over a certain dollar amount, a designer will drive to your house and cook you dinner (note: you must pay gas money, put the designer up at your house, and buy the food).
- Once a month, we will have our newest proofreader, Ted, create a paper-mache object of your choice to display in a place of honor for your store.
- For all orders placed today, we will hand-sketch a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the back of each card.
- Valentine’s Day Special: I will personally seal all your envelopes with a kiss – although you’ll probably have to pay us not to do that.
-- Rob @ L.V.
- For each order over a certain dollar amount, a designer will drive to your house and cook you dinner (note: you must pay gas money, put the designer up at your house, and buy the food).
- Once a month, we will have our newest proofreader, Ted, create a paper-mache object of your choice to display in a place of honor for your store.
- For all orders placed today, we will hand-sketch a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the back of each card.
- Valentine’s Day Special: I will personally seal all your envelopes with a kiss – although you’ll probably have to pay us not to do that.
-- Rob @ L.V.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Winners Never Quit
About a month ago, we included a retailer survey with our seasonal newsletter. As a token of how seriously we take these surveys and how much we appreciate feedback, we entered all the surveys into a random drawing for a $250 Luscious Verde gift certificate. We’re pleased to announce that Papers and Presents in Wellesley, Massachusetts, has been selected as our winner. We congratulate them and thank everyone who participated. (Everyone else will receive a copy of the Luscious Verde home game.)
As long as we’re talking about winners, production artist Rachel recently won an internal “Make Your Own Comic Strip” contest. The strip had to focus on the travails of working here, and hers won by popular vote. (It has been edited for content as, frankly, we have way too many in-jokes around here.) Congrats, Rachel.
-- Rob @ L.V.
Monday, February 5, 2007
On the Job
At any business, you usually talk to a multitude of people every day, usually the same people you’ve talked to a million times before. Have you ever wondered about the hopes, dreams and aspirations of those phantom people behind the phone or card? Maybe they’re excellent tuba players, maybe they can eat a whole box of corn dogs in one sitting, or maybe they once built a hovercraft from scratch. (That’s right – some of us have weird hobbies.)
Or maybe you haven’t wondered. Anyhow, we’re introducing a new feature to our blog: the bi-weekly Luscious Verde employee profile. You may talk to us on the phone every day, or you may see our name on the “Made By” tag that comes with each order – but we’d like you to know a little more – whether you care or not.
Takin’ Care of Business – The Story of Liz Oakes
On a common day, operations manager Liz Oakes puts out fires (not literally) and generally makes sure that the behemoth juggernaut that is Luscious Verde keeps on running smoothly. She also drinks a lot of tea and makes sure our lead designer Jason doesn’t play too much vulgar music that can be heard over the phone.
Originally hailing from Chicago, she attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville because she “wanted to go somewhere where I didn’t know anyone,” she says. Her parents were supportive of the move. “Once you make friends, college gets easier. I loved Nashville,” she says.
After graduation, she moved to Cleveland with her boyfriend, who studies biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Sorry fellas!
One fateful day, she saw an ad on Craig’s List for an artistic production worker at Luscious Verde. Bored with her then-job at a rental car company, she decided to apply and was accepted instantly.
“Everything we gave her to do, she did it so fast. It was wonderful,” says Wendy, co-owner of Luscious Verde. “At that time, there was basically no training, but she learned really fast.”
Liz recently celebrated her two-year anniversary at Luscious Verde and was treated to a delectable all-expense-paid lunch at Bravo. She has an amazing memory, loves olives, and she tends to shy away from the human touch. Until recently, she didn’t know the difference between the producer Dr. Dre and the co-host of “Yo! MTV Raps!” – also named Dr. Dre.
ALL ABOUT LIZ
Sign: Aquarius
Favorite food: Pizza with pepperoni and mushrooms
Favorite Journey song: “Don’t Stop Believin’”
Favorite office supply: “My giant red Sharpie.”
Favorite Monkee: “I don’t know any Monkees except Davy Jones.”
Favorite rapper: Chingy
(Part of this interview was conducted through assistant operations manager Lindsay Bruner.)
-- Rob @ L.V.
Or maybe you haven’t wondered. Anyhow, we’re introducing a new feature to our blog: the bi-weekly Luscious Verde employee profile. You may talk to us on the phone every day, or you may see our name on the “Made By” tag that comes with each order – but we’d like you to know a little more – whether you care or not.
Takin’ Care of Business – The Story of Liz Oakes
On a common day, operations manager Liz Oakes puts out fires (not literally) and generally makes sure that the behemoth juggernaut that is Luscious Verde keeps on running smoothly. She also drinks a lot of tea and makes sure our lead designer Jason doesn’t play too much vulgar music that can be heard over the phone.
Originally hailing from Chicago, she attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville because she “wanted to go somewhere where I didn’t know anyone,” she says. Her parents were supportive of the move. “Once you make friends, college gets easier. I loved Nashville,” she says.
After graduation, she moved to Cleveland with her boyfriend, who studies biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Sorry fellas!
One fateful day, she saw an ad on Craig’s List for an artistic production worker at Luscious Verde. Bored with her then-job at a rental car company, she decided to apply and was accepted instantly.
“Everything we gave her to do, she did it so fast. It was wonderful,” says Wendy, co-owner of Luscious Verde. “At that time, there was basically no training, but she learned really fast.”
Liz recently celebrated her two-year anniversary at Luscious Verde and was treated to a delectable all-expense-paid lunch at Bravo. She has an amazing memory, loves olives, and she tends to shy away from the human touch. Until recently, she didn’t know the difference between the producer Dr. Dre and the co-host of “Yo! MTV Raps!” – also named Dr. Dre.
ALL ABOUT LIZ
Sign: Aquarius
Favorite food: Pizza with pepperoni and mushrooms
Favorite Journey song: “Don’t Stop Believin’”
Favorite office supply: “My giant red Sharpie.”
Favorite Monkee: “I don’t know any Monkees except Davy Jones.”
Favorite rapper: Chingy
(Part of this interview was conducted through assistant operations manager Lindsay Bruner.)
-- Rob @ L.V.
Friday, February 2, 2007
Black Coffee
With each package we’ve shipped out in the past six months, either directly to retailers or customers, we’ve included at least one Luscious Verde stainless-steel tall mug. OK, we got a good deal at a mug manufacturer, and we went a little crazy. We have so many of them at our headquarters that we’ve taken to making little forts with the little white boxes in which they come.
We embrace all feedback, whether good or bad, rain or shine. And one of the things we’ve heard about most in the past six months isn’t our painstakingly made cards, our intense typesetting, our kreftik Hebrew skills – it’s the damn mugs. That is, people are getting too many of them. Therefore, what follows is a public service message from Luscious Verde Cards.
WHAT TO DO WITH EXTRA LUSCIOUS VERDE MUGS
10. Drill a hole in the bottom to play a hilarious practical joke on a co-worker.
9. Smuggle alcoholic beverages into a concert or sporting event (Luscious Verde does not assume responsibility for getting kicked out of said event).
8. Glue mugs upside-down to top of car. Sell car for inflated price, calling mugs “special wind-resistance items,” imported from Europe.
7. Start a rock band called Luscious Verde. Give mugs to adoring fans.
6. Use as props in magic and/or juggling act. Make extra cash by performing at children’s birthday parties.
5. Bury in front yard to see if you can grow a mug tree.
4. Give to spouse as 25th anniversary present (silver).
3. Punch a hole in rim to fashion a stunning necklace.
2. Help teach a child about nature by growing a fairly small potato.
1. Give them to friends, family and customers.
-- Rob @ L.V.
We embrace all feedback, whether good or bad, rain or shine. And one of the things we’ve heard about most in the past six months isn’t our painstakingly made cards, our intense typesetting, our kreftik Hebrew skills – it’s the damn mugs. That is, people are getting too many of them. Therefore, what follows is a public service message from Luscious Verde Cards.
WHAT TO DO WITH EXTRA LUSCIOUS VERDE MUGS
10. Drill a hole in the bottom to play a hilarious practical joke on a co-worker.
9. Smuggle alcoholic beverages into a concert or sporting event (Luscious Verde does not assume responsibility for getting kicked out of said event).
8. Glue mugs upside-down to top of car. Sell car for inflated price, calling mugs “special wind-resistance items,” imported from Europe.
7. Start a rock band called Luscious Verde. Give mugs to adoring fans.
6. Use as props in magic and/or juggling act. Make extra cash by performing at children’s birthday parties.
5. Bury in front yard to see if you can grow a mug tree.
4. Give to spouse as 25th anniversary present (silver).
3. Punch a hole in rim to fashion a stunning necklace.
2. Help teach a child about nature by growing a fairly small potato.
1. Give them to friends, family and customers.
-- Rob @ L.V.
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