Direct mail that serves up a noteworthy experience, every time.

Campaigns

During the holiday season, we love to send our clients something a little different– a self-promo pieces that go beyond the usual greeting card. Our goal is simple: to surprise, delight, and leave an impression that lasts long after the seasonal decorations are packed away. From playful concepts to thoughtful keepsakes, our holiday cards are a chance to showcase our creativity while sharing joy with the people we’re grateful to work with.

Ideas That Move (2024)

Inner Workings (2023)

Ready to Play? (2022)

Ignite a Spark Holiday (2021)

Don’t Get it Twisted (2020)

Make a Splash (2019)

Part of Our Bunch (2018)

2024

Great ideas don't stand still.

A black folder with pixelated white text partially covered, revealing the words “pts.” Below, an arrow curves around the phrase “Keep moving forward.” The background is bright pink.

A moving card? Yup! This interactive scanimation brings the text to life as you pull the tab, a playful nod to the creative process, where ideas don’t stay still—they evolve, adapt, and make a difference.

Printed on luxe black paper with precision laser-cut details, the card is more than a greeting—it’s a celebration of the creativity that drives us forward.

A diagram showing a sequence: a folder with a semicircular notch, the folder opening to reveal several sheets of paper inside, and a top view of the open folder with the papers stacked unevenly.

2023

Take a peek behind the curtain at our creative process.

A colorful printed card with abstract designs and text, a black envelope, and a pair of paper red-cyan 3D glasses are arranged on a bright blue background.

A white paper with blue and red abstract illustrations is placed on a blue surface. Red-tinted glasses reveal hidden designs on the paper. The text

To mark our 15-year anniversary, we invited recipients to peek behind the curtain and see how creativity turns challenges into opportunities.

We followed up with a playful campaign, letting recipients create their own hidden-message artwork, revealed through the included glasses.

A pair of white cardboard glasses with red lenses rests on a card that reads

2022

Nostalgic design adds playfulness.

A person holds a colorful paper fortune teller decorated with retro illustrations, including cassette tapes, a donut, a drink, and a

A colorful paper fortune teller with numbers 1–8, playful illustrations of bags and a cassette player, and motivational prompts.

After a post-pandemic year of twists and turns, this holiday campaign was aimed at bringing play back into our clients’ lives.

Whether back at the office or working from the living room, we could all use a break to do the time warp again back to simpler years. This custom cootie catcher is chock full of colourful illustrations, nostalgic patterns, and provides ideas on how to take that much-needed pause.

We make a lot of decisions each day, but with this cootie catcher, how to take a break isn’t one of them. With an attention-grabbing colour palette and illustrations of gone (but not forgotten) office technology from the 80s and 90s, the card combines work and play in a fresh way. With prompts ranging from: ‘Dance like Ain’t Nobody watching’ to ‘Hold On. It’s time for a snack break’ the cootie catcher encourages you to have fun, embrace randomness, and remember how it felt to be a kid again. Music lovers note that the break prompts each contain an oldie song title (which hints at another layer to the piece).

Curious recipients who unfold the cootie catcher discover a hidden QR code on the back with a little surprise— a link to our retro throwback playlist.

An open accordion-style booklet with colorful pages, featuring motivational quotes on each section. The center page displays a yellow smiley face and the phrase “Design is Yummy.” The booklet stands on a black background.

2021

A guided journal to inspire, spark curiosity, and cultivate a creative mindset.

A journal with a white cover features a hand holding a sparkler, surrounded by the text

Open notebooks on a colorful background. One page has a cute taco cartoon saying

After another rollercoaster pandemic year, we wanted to gift our clients and supporters something special.

Our 2021 holiday card took the form of a guided journal, full of colourful custom illustrations, writing prompts, and delicious puns to help recipients be inspired throughout the coming year.

This project allowed our team to flex our creative muscles and discover joy in the process, something that had become more difficult during the pandemic with the team continuing to work remotely. Our custom ‘Oh Crepe’ stamp poked fun at the current pandemic mood (humour is healing, right?).

As the card was released, many of us entered another holiday lockdown. It turned out to be the perfect reminder to find joy in the little things, look after ourselves, be kind, and celebrate all the small wins.

A sheet of Canadian postage stamps features a cartoon crêpe character with arms, legs, and a surprised expression, saying

2020

2020 was an absolute sh*t show, but we're all in this together.

A sheet of Canadian postage stamps featuring a simple illustration of a single yellow carrot on each stamp, arranged in neat rows on a white background.

Our 2020 holiday card didn’t shy away from talking about the how challenging the pandemic year was. We also wanted to let our friends and supporters know that through it all, we’re in this together.

Lucky supporters received a beautiful hand-lettered card with subtle rainbow foil stamped message (referencing the ‘ça va bien aller’ campaign). This card was intentionally designed flat so it could be used as wall art (in a time when we were all staring at the same 4 walls). Included with the card was a custom-illustrated heart-shaped pretzel magnet – a reminder that no matter how salty things might get, showing continued kindness to ourselves and those around us keeps life sweet. The piece was completed with a custom mustard postage stamp.

This card was a feat of collaboration. With our crew all working remotely, it presented an opportunity to show how well we work as a team. The different elements of the card were assembled and hand lettered in different locations with pieces going back and forth between us to make it all come together.

We know our clients and friends loved receiving these special messages of hope and kindness during the most challenging of days.

Three white square cards with colorful gradient text that reads

2019

Celebrating 10 years with a splash.

A black card with wavy pink lines and text reading

A single black metal tube, possibly a pipe or rod, is suspended against a dark, gradient background. The tube appears hollow with a visible opening at one end.

With 2019 marking our 10-year anniversary, we wanted to gift our clients something special.

Custom engraved with “Make a Splash”, these stainless-steel reusable straws served as a reminder to be bold and that together we can make an impact. We also went that extra mile by designing custom postage stamps and hand lettering each envelope (to add that personal touch we’re known for).

A black poster with metallic purple and white text in English and French holds a silver metal straw in the center with two black bands. The poster reads, “Cheers to a decade of design that packs a punch.”.

2018

Business can be bananas, but no matter how you slice it, we love what we do.

A black envelope with gold lettering beside a white card featuring a banana illustration, decorative border, and text. Small banana-shaped pins are scattered on a light mauve surface.

A yellow enamel pin shaped like a bunch of three bananas is displayed against a plain gray background.

We’re totally bananas about design and our loyal customers.

For this holiday card, we sent a blush letterpress-printed card with a custom banana enamel pin, in a hand-lettered envelope. These cards serve as a reminder that we’re thankful to have them in our bunch. We love spotting our clients and supporters (still!) wearing them proudly.