We're looking for people to visit us in Camden Town London to try out our new iPad app.

(It doesn't matter if you've ever used an iPad before or not.)

What's involved

We're running half hour sessions where we want to watch users trying our new iPad app, and you can tell us what you think.

Where and when

It all takes place at 17-19 Bonny Street, Camden NW1 (map) on Tuesday May 7th, between 13:30 to 18:00.

Pop in and say hello, we'd love to meet you.

Tea, coffee and doughnuts

Will be provided, naturally :-)

If you're interested, please email freddie@touchnote.com

Mother's Day has different dates in countries across the globe. For the UK, it was March 10. For most countries it is the second Sunday in May.

Remember our greeting cards take longer to arrive as they are only printed and posted from the UK - please see delivery advice below.

We've also listed some Mother's Day dates. For a full list of dates, please see the WikiPedia Mothers Day page.

Mothers Day on Sunday 12 May, including:

Mothers Day on Sunday 26 May, including:

Postcard arrival times

USA: 1-4 working days

Australia: 1-3 working days

Germany: within 1-3 working days

Western Europe: 2-4 working days

Rest of the World: Within 1-2 weeks

✉ Send a postcard (1 credit) >>

 

Greeting card arrival times

UK: 1-3 working days

Western Europe: 2-4 working days

Rest of the World: within 1-2 weeks

✉ Send a greeting card (2 credits) >>

 

What's the news?

You can now upload hundreds of addresses in a couple clicks, thanks to our latest new feature. (Many of you have been asking for it...)   It's especially handy for big events, such as:

• Wedding invitations or save the dates

• ‘We’ve moved house’ cards

• Party invitations

• Christmas and holiday cards

• Thank you cards

And, of course, it’s just easier to send any card once you have everyone’s address in your Touchnote address book.

The idea is simple: rather than adding addresses one at a time, you can use a spreadsheet to add lots of addresses to your address book in one go.

To do this you'll need to use a CSV spreadsheet. If you don't know what CSV means don't be worried by the acronym. CSV is a type of spreadsheet that is a widely used for exporting information like contact details and addresses. If you use Outlook, Gmail, Apple Mail or most other email clients, you can export a CSV of all your contacts.

Uploading CSVs available via touchnote.com only - not via our apps. Click here to try it in your address book.

What do you need to do?

If you're a bit techy and already have a CSV spreadsheet of your addresses, sign in to the Touchnote website and head to your address book. You'll see the new Upload Address Spreadsheet feature when you get there.

When you upload a CSV spreadsheet of addresses the structure, will need to be similar to that used by Touchnote. A quick way to find out is to upload your CSV and see how it looks. If there are small errors, you can make edits.

However, if the structure is completely wrong, the easiest way to correct it is to download our sample spreadsheet, then copy and paste the addresses from your existing spreadsheet into it. Then upload your new spreadsheet.

We included our address as an example, to show you how to format your addresses. Feel free to send us a postcard :-)

What if you keep your addresses in a traditional address book, not in a spreadsheet?

Good news! You can still use a spreadsheet to quickly upload a large number of addresses.

Step by step guide:

1. First download the sample spreadsheet and open it up in MS Office, or a similar program.

2. You'll see 8 columns (as above), each corresponding to a different part of an address. You'll see the example address that we've included to make it easy to see how the structure works.

3. Now enter each of your addresses as a separate row in the spreadsheet, using the same structure as the example address.

4. Then save the spreadsheet and upload it.

Just like that! Huzzah!

Here to help!

If you have any problems, please do get in touch via help@touchnote.com. One of our team will be very happy to help - we can even format your spreadsheet for you.

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SAN FRANCISCO / LONDON

We launched our beautiful new greeting cards last December, at the amazing introductory price of just 1 credit per card (including free postage to anywhere, as always).

But that offer will come to an end on April 4, 2013. From then, each greeting card will cost 2 credits each.

So that's still just £2.98, $2.98 or €2.98 per card.

Or, if you buy a credit pack, you can save up to a third.

The price of our postcards is not changing though - just one credit each.

There is currently some very stormy weather at our UK printing centre. This means that the delivery of some order willl be delayed by 1 or possibly 2 days.

This affects only orders placed between Friday 8 and Sunday 10 March, which are printed and delivered from our UK centre. We're really sorry!

Which order types are affected?

• Greeting card orders made during the above dates
• Postcard orders excluding: USA, Australia and Germany addresses

Any questions?

Please contact our help team: help@touchnote.com.

You can check our usual delivery times here.

In the UK and Ireland, Mother’s Day is on Sunday 10 March 2013. (For other countries, see here)

To help you tell mum how awesome she is, here’s some easy ideas for your card. Just choose your photo, select one of our greetings card themes and add your message to the front and inside. (Or you can leave the front as a plain photo)

Last order date for UK addresses: to arrive by Sat 9, orders need to be placed by Wednesday 6 March 2013 (cards take 1-3 working days)

1. Remind mum of when you were young

We all love our digital cameras, but there’s something unique about old photos. Pro tip: if you don’t have a scanner, try just taking a photo of an old photo!

2. Send a photo of you

I bet mum doesn't get as many photos of you as she used to? And all mums love photos of their kids, whatever their age.

Or you could show her your appreciation like this :-)

You and mum together

Nothing shows that you’re wishing her a happy Mother’s Day like a photo of you both.

Or even from all the siblings:

Dads - help the little one send a card

Touchnote may be easy enough for a 2 year to use, but not all 2 year olds have credit cards… So that means it’s down to you, dad, to thank that mother in the family. You’ve got tons of great photos you could use, or you could just take one now…

Or them both together:

Create your own card for Mother's Day, via web, iPhone or Android.

Ever wondered why February 14 is the day everyone sends Valentine's cards to their lovers? It's a little mysterious, but there was one note which is believed to have started it all...

Birthday cards have probably been our most requested feature ever. Handy, then, that our lovely new greetings cards are ideal for them - folded cards printed on thick paper, sent in premium envelopes, to anywhere in the world.

We've had "once in a decade" snow in the UK this week. It's beautiful.

When I check my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram I'm greeted with wonderful winter wonderland photos from everyone.

Remember playing in the snow?

I still get that excited feeling when I open the curtains and see a white world outside. It reminds me of when my dad used to take me and our plastic sled to our nearest downhill slope.

Send a real card with real memories

Loads of you from the UK and beyond have already been sending magical photos as postcards and greetings cards.

Why not send a real card to your parents, or whoever you used to build snowmen with? Remind them of the time you used to spend in the snow with a printed photo that they'll cherish. It will last a lot longer in the memory than sharing a photo online...

And after all, you've probably already taken a good snow photo... So what are you waiting for? ;)

Send real memories, via iPhone, Android or our website.