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Maggie has created custom cards for the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy for five years. Each year, the Conservancy picks a subject of an area of expansion of their mission to increase the beauty and viability of the Detroit Riverfront area. This scene is the Cullen Family Carousel, which was hand crafted and specially built for Detroit with creatures native to the Detroit River, and some mythical creatures too. The carousel opened in 2007, and this same year it was featured on the Riverfront's holiday greetings. Click the arrow to see the inside of this card. Try the expander button to see the card full size.
The message for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy holiday greetings is simple. Over the years, Maggie's style for the artwork has become recognizably her own. See the resource links at the bottom of this column to see the entire collection. Click the arrow to see the back of this card. The back of the card indicates that this is one of a series of prints to benefit the Detroit Riverfront and to capture its beauty for years to come. Maggie LaNoue is a well known artist with decades of experience designing custom greeting cards and holiday cards for corporations. Maggie's cards are keepsakes and are exclusive to Albion Design. We print this this type of card with the deckle edge on Strathmore Pastelle that is an acid-free stock for longevity. To go back to the gallery of cards, just click on the X or anywhere on the card.
Detroit RiverFront 2007

In 2008, The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy featured the beloved Gabriel Richard Park and the Belle Isle bridge. The Conservancy enhanced the park in 2008 with a new plaza and pavilion, seen on the right. For this scene, Maggie moved the sign forward, added snow, took the leaves off the trees, and changed the sky.
The inside of the 2008 Detroit Riverfront Conservancy holiday cards. To create art for these memorable cards, Maggie pulls together many photos, adds her own hand drawn touches, and shows proofs of the work in progress. The resulting cards are truly collectors' items. The back of the card is a great place to put a mission statement, history, links to a web site, a story of the scene on the front of the card, and more! Be creative. What would be a good view to capture for your business or organization?
Detroit RiverFront 2008

A.M. Todd, a Michigan Centennial Business, has requested updates on the art we created for them over the years. This 2006 version of their holiday card is printed on Strathmore Pastelle. We started with a black and white view of art for A.M. Todd, and added color, and holiday greens over the years.
A.M. Todd associates send this classic holiday message to their international clients. They appreciate the attention to detail, and feel connected to the sender of the cards.
A.M.Todd, Kalamazoo, MI

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About the Artist
Maggie Maggie LaNoue
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Maggie has been a full time professional artist creating portraits of businesses and homes since 1980. Her work began with hand drawn pen and ink, oil paintings, and English watercolor. Read more
Albion College Office of Admission chose a new type of card we call "silk." Silk cards need to be touched to be fully appreciated. We have our business cards printed on silk stock, and often, when we give them out, people comment on the soft smooth touch of the stock. Click on the arrow at the bottom of the art to see the inside of this card.
This is the inside message for the Albion College greeting cards. These cards are used to send to prospective students. Silk stock prints beautifully and is cost effective for the smaller quantities of cards. We can print four color on both sides of silk cards at no additional cost. The back of the silk card can also have four color printing, an address, web site or any additional information. We like to call this part of the card "the legend." Click anywhere on the card to close it out and go to the next card.
Albion College Admission

Southern Michigan Bank and Trust of Coldwater Michigan wanted to feature their home office with a festive holiday theme. We took a basic photo, took out an atm machine, added snow and all the trimmings. This type of scene was fun to create, and we were able to meet a tight deadline because the basic concept was fairly simple.
You may have a holiday message in mind when you plan your cards for this season, or you can ask us to provide you with a few messages to select from. Contact us at the link below to get a quote on your cards. Ask us to send you a pdf flier with basic pricing for custom holiday cards. For this type of card we need to work with quantities of 1,000 or more. Prices vary according to the details of your cards. We can send you samples of the types of cards that we offer. You can request to see a sample card of one of these designs, or we will just send you some we pick. What a great place to post your business logo. Use your creativity to put more information here if you like, or keep it really simple for the Google Home Page effect. It works for them.
Southern Michigan Bank & Trust

Chalgian and Tripp Elder Law Offices use their custom cards to make their clients feel at home when they come for a consultation. They have both a summer and a winter view. We also offer our clients large prints suitable for framing of their custom art for holiday cards. Older clients especially appreciate the attention to detail, and the hand drawn touches that make custom cards by Albion Design special. What makes your business unique? Do your clients know your building, and might they share their experience with their friends if they had a chance? Consider having custom cards this year. They are like a gift to your clients, and might even take the place of gifts this year.
Remember we can print your signature inside of your custom note cards. This type of paper is called Finch Fine, or sometimes we use "House Cover." It is not a gloss stock, nor does it have the heavy texture of the Strathmore Pastelle. It is a quality stock though that prints well for color or black and white. We have used this stock longer than any other. For higher quantities of cards where costs are a concern - these cards are a great way to go. Having your contact information on the back of your holiday greeting is a good way to help your business grow. Most generic cards just do not offer these little touches. We offer you the option to get a print of your art, suitable for framing, after our holiday rush. It's the conversations, over the art, on your cards, and on your wall, that will bring in new clients, and keep the old. Happy Holidays! Be sure to write and ask us for our flier of card prices! We'd love to look at your photos and give you some ideas on your special holiday cards for this year!
Chalgian & Tripp Elder Law Offices



Maggie brings the same skills to her new art work and web design created in her Macintosh computer. Maggie shows her clients proofs of work in progress over the web so they can be a part of the creative process. Browse this site to see examples of Maggie's work. Stop by again as we add more samples of actual photographs of cards we have created over the years. Contact us at the link below for pricing for your custom holiday cards, and samples of cards we have created for others.

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We like to work with our clients to make their ideas come to life. For the Alma College holiday cards, President Jeff Abernathy had a theme in mind of "budding artists." He wanted to use some art from two very young artists who were special to him, and to incorporate their art into a scene of Alma College. We worked with the Alma team and created this art to show a fanciful Alma scene at the holidays. The work went through several stages to arrive at this point, and the experience of creation was one of the best parts of the project. See the next slide for the last year's Alma College holiday card.
The card for 2010 had the same team of artists and decision makers working together for another Alma holiday view. It is fun to work with the same group for an encore project, or even a series. We work to create something special every year. Click on the card to close it and see the other special cards on this page.
Alma College holiday greetings from President Abernathy - Click on art to read more
Custom Corporate Holiday Cards

Here at Albion Design, we have created many holiday cards for different corporations, and for municipalities as well. Our main artist, Maggie LaNoue begins with photos. As she learns what you would like to see in your card, she adds some personal touches. The card you end up with is unique. It becomes a keepsake. Each one of these cards has a special message, and many have a story on the back of the card as well. It's not too early to think about special cards for your corporate holiday greetings. In addition to holiday cards, we create custom thank you cards, invitations, gifts, greeting cards and announcements. Get more information about custom holiday cards.

Your company can show what it does, and where it is, and bring joy to those who receive your holiday cards! You can be creative as you like and participate in the ideas and creation of your custom holiday cards. You can see your art take shape over the web. Your art can be very detailed, like this card, or simple, like the Southern Michigan Bank & Trust card on the right. The Falco card shown here was printed on a gloss stock to show off the color and details of the art. Click the arrow at the bottom of the card to see the inside, and back of this custom corporate card.
The inside of the Falco anniversary card was specially designed to echo the sky on the front of the card. Every part of your custom card from Albion Design can be fine tuned and you can see proofs over the web. This type of card is very affordable in runs of 1,500 or more. The back of the card is a great place for special messages about your corporation or city. This is an actual photo of the back of this unique holiday card. Click anywhere on the card to return to the web site.
Falco Construction Corp., Brooklyn NY. is a woman owned business. This card shows a charming view of The Big Apple to honor Falco's 50th anniversary.

Picture your business on a special note card

What story does your organization have to tell? Think about a concept for your business holiday cards, invitations, or thank you cards for clients. You can collect some photos that we can incorporate into your design. Due to your requests we now show you actual photos of our cards. If you click on the images in the galleries you can see the texture of the paper, the image of the inside of each card and the back of each card.

As you click through the galleries, think about the story of your organization or city. We show you proofs and concepts online so you can be a part of the creative process. When people receive your special cards designed by Albion Design, they will look at them closely, feel them, and keep them. These cards are more like a gift than a card. Collect your photos, ask us for sample cards, take a count of how many cards you might like to send, and dream a little about sending something special this year.