About Us

<h2>About Us</h2> Thank you for your interest in The Cordial Cricket. In business since 2005, our mission is to provide the most stylish selection of custom invitations, stationery and gifts for both adults and kids, while giving the customer the most amazing shopping experience imaginable! We carry the latest styles from many companies including the finest in stationery by Crane & Co. We offer complete wedding invitation services as well. All wedding invitations and accessory products are currently available for order through albums that we have in our store. We have many albums for you to browse through at your leisure with the help of our knowledgeable staff. We carry albums from the top wedding industry manufacturers such as Crane & Co., Page Stationery, Carlson Craft and Celebrations. Please feel free to contact us to set up an appointment for your wedding invitation consultation. We love our business, our products and making our customers happy by meeting their unique stylish paper and gift needs. Whether you need a stylish set of note cards for yourself or a gift for someone special, you are sure to find something unique at The Cordial Cricket. You can shop our online catalog or visit our retail store in the Village of Chester, Virginia at: 3524 Festival Park Plaza Chester, Virginia 23831 In Festival Park at Chester Village Get directions using <a href="http://maps.google.com/">Google Maps</a> Hours: Mon, Wed & Fri 11-6 Tues & Thurs 11-7 Saturday 10-6 Read our <a href="http://thecordialcricket.blogspot.com/">Blog</a> today! <h2>About the Owner</h2> Elizabeth Howard started her online paper boutique in 2005 as a part-time venture, later leaving her full-time career in information technology in 2007 to open her own retail store, The Cordial Cricket. Her store, located in Chester, Virginia and online at www.thecordialcricket.com, specializes in custom invitations, stationery and gifts. She is the wife to a fellow successful entrepreneur, who is always supportive of her creative endeavors and the mother to a very imaginative seven year old boy who keeps her on her toes. When not personally assisting as many customers as she can, or coming up with yet another creative shoe-string marketing idea, she enjoys motherhood, reading, blogging, social media and cheering on her alma mater, the Virginia Tech Hokies. Elizabeth is a lover of all things classy, stylish, prim and proper. She keeps abreast of the current trends in the wedding and stationery industry as well as timeless and traditional etiquette in order to provide even more value to her customer’s service experience. Giving etiquette advice and answers to customers and brides, she now finds is a daily occurrence. She has been featured in and/or written for publications such as Stationery Trends Magazine and Gifts & Decorative Accessories Magazine. She enjoys speaking on the topics of wedding, social and correspondence etiquette as well as the adventures of being a small business owner, using social media, blogging and marketing. For media, writing or speaking engagement inquiries contact: Elizabeth Howard ehoward@thecordialcricket.com

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About Us 2010-02-22T12:30:19-05:00 h2. About Us Thank you for your interest in The Cordial Cricket. In business since 2005, our mission is to provide the most stylish selection of custom invitations, stationery and gifts for both adults and kids, while giving the customer the most amazing shopping experience imaginable! We carry the latest styles from many companies including the finest in stationery by Crane & Co. We offer complete wedding invitation services as well. All wedding invitations and accessory products are currently available for order through albums that we have in our store. We have many albums for you to browse through at your leisure with the help of our knowledgeable staff. We carry albums from the top wedding industry manufacturers such as Crane & Co., Page Stationery, Carlson Craft and Celebrations. Please feel free to contact us to set up an appointment for your wedding invitation consultation. We love our business, our products and making our customers happy by meeting their unique stylish paper and gift needs. Whether you need a stylish set of note cards for yourself or a gift for someone special, you are sure to find something unique at The Cordial Cricket. You can shop our online catalog or visit our retail store in the Village of Chester, Virginia at: 3524 Festival Park Plaza Chester, Virginia 23831 In Festival Park at Chester Village Get directions using "Google Maps":http://maps.google.com/ Hours: Mon, Wed & Fri 11-6 Tues & Thurs 11-7 Saturday 10-6 Read our "Blog":http://thecordialcricket.blogspot.com/ today! h2. About the Owner Elizabeth Howard started her online paper boutique in 2005 as a part-time venture, later leaving her full-time career in information technology in 2007 to open her own retail store, The Cordial Cricket. Her store, located in Chester, Virginia and online at www.thecordialcricket.com, specializes in custom invitations, stationery and gifts. She is the wife to a fellow successful entrepreneur, who is always supportive of her creative endeavors and the mother to a very imaginative seven year old boy who keeps her on her toes. When not personally assisting as many customers as she can, or coming up with yet another creative shoe-string marketing idea, she enjoys motherhood, reading, blogging, social media and cheering on her alma mater, the Virginia Tech Hokies. Elizabeth is a lover of all things classy, stylish, prim and proper. She keeps abreast of the current trends in the wedding and stationery industry as well as timeless and traditional etiquette in order to provide even more value to her customer's service experience. Giving etiquette advice and answers to customers and brides, she now finds is a daily occurrence. She has been featured in and/or written for publications such as Stationery Trends Magazine and Gifts & Decorative Accessories Magazine. She enjoys speaking on the topics of wedding, social and correspondence etiquette as well as the adventures of being a small business owner, using social media, blogging and marketing. For media, writing or speaking engagement inquiries contact: Elizabeth Howard ehoward@thecordialcricket.com