Branded holiday cards in every client's mailbox - without your team touching an envelope.
- Premium cards with your message and customizations
- Every envelope addressed with a real pen
- Dropped at USPS on your schedule
- You approve a proof. We do the rest.
Pick from about 1,000 holiday designs. We add your logo and message.
Made for firms that run on relationships.
For nearly twenty years, professional service firms - advisors, CPAs, law firms, consultants - have used Cards for Causes to stay in front of their best clients, with premium cards, real-pen handwriting, and done-for-you fulfillment.
Professionals from these firms send with us
Trusted since 2006.
Let us take it off your plate.
Most firms burn hours on designs, printers, and vendors. Then comes the worst part - an afternoon (or two or three) lost to folding, stuffing, stamping, and hand-addressing hundreds of envelopes.
We handle all of it. One team, design to mailbox - and you never stuff a single envelope.
Design your card
Customize it yourself, hand it to us, or anywhere in between.
We handle the hard part
Print, real-pen envelopes, stuffing, stamping - all done for you.
Mailed on your date
We drop it with USPS by the agreed date.
What's Included
Design & Planning
Printing & Materials
Handwriting, Addressing & Mailing
Support & Reporting
Premium, branded, unmistakably yours.
Designed to look like your firm sent it - because it did.
Your branding, built in
Your logo, colors, greeting, and printed team signatures - designed to look like your firm.
Premium materials
Heavy, high-quality card stock and premium coordinating envelopes - the kind a client keeps.
Designed your way
Pick a design and make it yours, or send us your logo and we'll take it from there.
Real-pen handwriting. At scale.
Handwritten envelopes get opened and remembered. Software fonts that mimic handwriting don’t fool anyone - they look like junk mail and get treated like it.
Our handwriting robot writes with real ballpoint pens, with the natural pressure variation of a human hand - so every envelope looks personally addressed.
Mailing Guarantees
On-Time Mailing Guarantee
We agree on your mail date up front. If we miss it by more than 2 business days on our error, we upgrade postage at our cost and credit 20% of your campaign fee.
Quality & Accuracy Guarantee
You approve a proof before we print. If your cards arrive misprinted, damaged, or different from that proof, we reprint and re-mail free.
Terms and conditions apply. See details.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's the timeline from signup to mailing?
What's the timeline from signup to mailing?
Most campaigns run 3-4 weeks from order to mail date, depending on revision rounds and list size. Once you approve the final proof, cards typically mail within 3-5 business days. Our booking window closes in November, and earlier confirmation locks your preferred mail date - handwriting capacity is limited in peak weeks.
What format do you need for my client list?
What format do you need for my client list?
A simple spreadsheet works - Excel, Google Sheets, or CSV. We'll format and validate addresses on our end. If you export from a CRM, that's usually perfect as-is.
How do you handle my client data?
How do you handle my client data?
Name and mailing address - that's all we collect. Your list is encrypted at rest, only Smarty (USPS CASS address validation) and USPS ever touch addresses, and we purge your list 90 days after mailing. We never market to your clients and never share, sell, or rent your list. NDA available on request. Full details: How We Handle Your Client Data.
Is there a minimum order?
Is there a minimum order?
This mailing starts at 100 recipients. Most firms send 250 or more, and the per-card price comes down as the count goes up.
Can I make changes after I've approved a proof?
Can I make changes after I've approved a proof?
Yes, as long as we haven't started printing. Once cards are in production, changes require a reprint. That's why we send proofs - take your time reviewing them.
What's the on-time mailing guarantee?
What's the on-time mailing guarantee?
We agree on your USPS mail-by date in advance. If we miss that date by more than 2 business days due to our production or handling error, we upgrade postage at our expense to move your cards as quickly as possible, and credit 20% of your campaign fee back to your firm.
Guarantees do not apply if final proof, mailing list, or invoice approvals miss agreed deadlines.
What's the quality and accuracy guarantee?
What's the quality and accuracy guarantee?
You approve a final digital proof before anything goes to print. If your cards arrive misprinted, damaged, or materially different from the approved proof due to our team or our print partner, we reprint and mail at no charge, using the same or faster postage class. If a printing error prevents us from meeting your mail-by date, the On-Time Mailing Guarantee applies as well.
Guarantees do not apply if final proof, mailing list, or invoice approvals miss agreed deadlines.
How is postage handled?
How is postage handled?
Postage is billed at actual USPS First-Class Letter rates with no markup. You'll see the exact postage cost in your quote before we print.
Is this a business expense / tax deductible?
Is this a business expense / tax deductible?
Client retention mailings are typically a deductible business expense, but we're not accountants - check with yours to confirm for your situation.
How are the envelopes written?
How are the envelopes written?
By our handwriting robots - machines that hold a real ballpoint pen and write every address stroke by stroke. Real ink, real pressure variation on paper. Run your finger over an envelope and you can feel the pen impressions.
Do handwritten envelopes actually get opened more?
Do handwritten envelopes actually get opened more?
Yes. A real-pen envelope reads as personal mail, not marketing, and people open personal mail. Printed 'handwriting fonts' don't get the same treatment.
What does the handwriting look like?
What does the handwriting look like?
Neat, legible handwriting - what you'd expect from someone who addresses envelopes carefully. Letterforms vary naturally, so no two envelopes look identical. Physical samples are available on request.
Can I choose a handwriting style or use a custom font?
Can I choose a handwriting style or use a custom font?
By default, envelopes are written in one of our house handwriting styles. If you'd like a font built from your own handwriting, that's available on done-for-you campaigns at no extra charge. Send us the form 30 days before your mailing week.
Are you trying to make it look like I personally wrote each envelope?
Are you trying to make it look like I personally wrote each envelope?
No, and that's deliberate. The goal isn't to fool anyone - it's that an envelope addressed with a real pen signals a person took care with this piece of mail. Your recipients see an envelope in neat, real-pen handwriting. That's what gets it opened.
Does handwritten addressing slow down my order?
Does handwritten addressing slow down my order?
No. For done-for-you campaigns, handwriting time is already built into your mail-by date.
Is the return address handwritten too?
Is the return address handwritten too?
Yes - both recipient and return addresses are written in real pen.
Ready to see them in person?
Request your free sample kit. We'll ship sample cards and a real-pen envelope to your office.
Prefer to talk it through?
Happy to hop on a call and lock in the details.
On your 15‑minute call, we'll:
- Settle your list and card count
- Pick a design that fits your brand
- Lock your mail date
- Go over pricing, postage at cost
No prep needed. Pick a time that works for you and we'll do the planning on the call.
