A Ribbon Guild Service
The RibbonCard Society.
A quiet standing arrangement: we keep the dates that matter to you, remind you in good time, and write the card by hand so it arrives before the morning does.
The service
A person at a desk, not a reminder app.
Membership in the Card Society is closer to keeping a private secretary than to subscribing to anything. You tell us who matters and when. We hold the calendar, draft the words in your voice, and one of five writers pens the card at our Northern California bindery — on letterpress stock, in iron-gall ink, tied with an oxblood ribbon.
Nothing is ever sent without your word. Everything arrives before the day, not after it.
- $10
- Per card, all in — paper, pen, envelope and postage.
- 14 days
- How far ahead we remind you of each occasion.
- 5
- Writers, each working in a steady, consistent hand.
- 0
- Cards sent without your approval.
Occasions
The dates we keep for you.
Choose as many as you like when you join. You can add, edit or retire any of them later.
Birthday
$10 a card
Anniversary
$10 a card
Holiday
$10 a card
Thank You
$10 a card
Congratulations
$10 a card
Sympathy
$10 a card
New Baby
$10 a card
Housewarming
$10 a card
Custom Occasion
$10 a card
How it works
Six steps, then silence until we're needed.
Step One
Create your account
A quiet place to keep the dates that matter.
Step Two
Enter your people and dates
Names, addresses, birthdays, anniversaries — as few or as many as you like.
Step Three
Choose card style and voice
Six papers, four voices. We keep to them all year.
Step Four
We remind you, in good time
By email or text, two weeks ahead. Never the morning of.
Step Five
Approve or write your own words
We draft something in your voice. Change a line, or all of them.
Step Six
A card is written and mailed
Pen to paper in our Northern California bindery, then posted.
Papers & voices
Six papers. Four voices.
Set them once when you join; change them whenever the year changes.
Classic
Letterpress ecru, oxblood rule, no ornament.
Floral
Pressed coastal botanicals, hand-tinted.
Minimal
One line of ink on heavy cotton stock.
Literary
A fitting quotation set in Cormorant.
Seasonal
Changes with the Northern California year.
Luxury
Brass foil, deckled edge, ribbon tie.
- —Warm and personal
- —Elegant and formal
- —Funny and playful
- —Short and simple
Join the Society
Tell us who matters.
Four unhurried steps. Everything can be edited afterwards from your member desk.
- 01 · Your details
- 02 · Your people
- 03 · Occasions
- 04 · Card preferences
Members
In their words.
“My mother received a card in what she swears is my handwriting, on a morning I had entirely forgotten. That is the whole service, really.”
Alexandra Voss
Member since 2024, San Francisco
“I keep forty client dates in the Society. Forty cards a year, none of them late, none of them generic.”
Daniel Ruiz
Founding member, Napa
“It does not feel like software. It feels like someone at a desk in Northern California is keeping an eye on my year.”
Margaret Lin
Member since 2023, Berkeley
Questions
Asked and answered.
- Are the cards genuinely handwritten?
- Every card is written by one of five writers at our Northern California bindery, in iron-gall ink on letterpress stock. No machines, no fonts pretending to be pens.
- What does it cost?
- $10 per card, all in — paper, writing, envelope and postage within the United States. There is no monthly fee and no minimum.
- How far ahead will you remind me?
- Two weeks before each occasion, by email or text, whichever you prefer. You then have a week to approve or rewrite the message.
- What if I do nothing when reminded?
- Nothing is sent without your approval. We will nudge you once more, three days out, and then let the date pass quietly.
- Can you write in my voice?
- Yes. We draft from your chosen writing style and your notes about each person, then you edit freely before it goes to the pen.
- Do you post internationally?
- We do, at cost. Add the destination to the recipient's address and we will confirm postage before writing.