A Beautiful Mess Happy Mail Subscription Review: August 2015

I am looking for the cross stitch map if anyone wants to do a swap. Thank you so much!

I emailed them last month about the number of significant other cards – maybe if we all flooded their inbox with that same request we’ll get more useful ones!! I love the designs but mine are also starting to pile up – and still end up buying cards (like get well soon)

Maybe some of the SO cards could be used as a distraction from a subscription box addiction?

For example:

SO: “You signed up for another subscription? How many [insert subscription box type here] does one person need?”

Happy Mail Subscriber: “Lots of them! Here you go; [hands Happy Mail SO card] I love you!”

See… so useful. 😉

Some of the flat wedding themed
cards are more suitable for wedding showers, bachelorette, etc. than a formal wedding card. I framed the “I love you berry much” card for my stepdaughter’s room. Sometimes it takes me a couple of months to find use for the cards, but there are always one or two cards/prints that work wonderfully framed. There are always a couple of cards that will be useful as well. It’s just enough to feel like I’m breaking even with the subscription. I’m always a little disappointed when the designs seem a little sloppy or the grammar is a little off.

I love this subscription, but yes, the SO cards are getting a little out of hand. I now have a box full of them and my husband does not need a card a week. I would love some general use cards that I could send to people that live out of state. More “thinking of you” cards.

This is my third month of Happy Mail. I love how beautiful and fun the cards are. The quality of the cards and envelopes is great. I appreciate when they send a birthday and thank you card. I use these more than any other card. My Grandmother is 93 and loves to get mail. I always pick one out of the box and send it the day I get the box. I can usually use one of the more significant other oriented cards (in July I used the “I love you berry much” card) but even with doing that and giving my husband a card a month I have a few to many mushy ones. But despite that problem, I still can’t decide on a favorite this month…. succulent? paint chip? bananas? birthday? Thank you? 5 cards I love, an adorable note pad, and a print I can’t wait to frame is pretty reasonable for the price I paid (and then I have some stickers and four more cards I can probably use). Overall, I am pleased with Happy Mail.

Yes, fewer versions of ‘I love you’ and more birthday cards would be more useful. I’m not the type to give soppy cards to my husband every week. He’d wonder what I was up to if I started now!

Totally agree re: way too many significant other cards. Every once in a while is fine, but I feel like there are several each month. Even though some of them could possibly be given to close friends and family – the SO slant is pretty strong. There should be a wider variety of cards like: congratulations; good luck; thinking of you; thank you; etc. Love the subscription – just hope it begins to vary its offerings…

I still feel like there are too many SO cards. Yes, the value is great and the cards are gorgeous, but I subscribed to give cards away and I will have to cancel if I can’t find a use for them. As it is, my ABM cards are piling up and I am still having to purchase birthday cards on top of the subscription.

The birthday card is one of the coolest I’ve ever seen. I think a few people were complaining about a lack of wedding cards, so they included some extras during the summer months when many people get married. Hopefully they taper off though, because none of my friends are married or engaged, or switch to a more general congratulations card. In general, though, I feel like the cards are pretty multi-purpose. I was thinking the flat ring card would have been more of an engagement card, but I think that’s a good point about a lack of fold. I also wish the thank you card had an envelope, though.