as much as i hate it, my phone is pretty much attached to my hip these days. thankfully not in literal sense with one of those dorky hip holsters, but i never leave home without it. when i do leave home i end up playing on my phone during my commute, which usually involves texting or catching up on emails. so i’m thrilled that someone in the design community has finally made an app that lets me send cute, well-design texts and messages to friends, family, and work contacts. i’ve always been an old-school paper card person (until a few months ago i mailed all our editors’ payments in hand-written cards each month) but i’ve been trying to green things up a bit around here so i’m embracing the idea of digital cards a bit more. cartolina’s new app lets you send brief messages using one of their customizable designs. just pick a design, type your message and either text or email it to the recipient. this would be great for a little “i love you” text, a quick birthday greeting, or the modern mom who texts her kids “good luck!” rather than the old note-on-the-lunchbag trick. the app supports multiple languages, lets you send to multiple recipients and has an integrated calendar so you can send yourself event reminders. the whole app will only set you back $2.99 (it’s cheaper than most cute cards on the market these days) so if you’re in the market for a cuter way to send notes, click here to check out the app (and all the designs) on cartolina’s site. xo, grace
*the app will go on sale sept 17th so if you’d prefer to buy it from the app store on your phone you can pick it up there next friday.
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this is brilliant…and so gorgeous! everything cartolina touches turns to gold! LOVE it!
Beautiful app! How do the cards come
Out for people without iPhones?
how fun! I’m totally getting this app.
thanks for the app info. please can you include more as noone has the time to look through the app store. it’s all based on word of mouth. love it thanks
What a cute + clever app!
This looks like such a beautiful app. I can’t wait to get it!
Oh so cute! Lovely.
Thank Grace for including our new iPhone app on your blog this morning.
Leah – if someone sends you a Cartogram(that’s what we are calling these) and you don’t have an iPhone, it will show up in your email, fully formed, there’s no link to click on – it’s all there! Thanks!
Love this! Wondering if it will be an iPad app as well?
Amazing! I love Cartolina and these designs are so gorgeous! What a brilliant idea and such a beautiful way to send a greeting! Just can’t wait to get it!
This is so beautiful!!! What a lovely app. :)
Lovely idea!
I love this app! I recently upgraded to an iPhone and can’t put it down.
xo,
Sara
I LOVE this idea! I am a big fan of that paper card surprise in the mailbox but they can also become rather expensive. This is the perfect alternate! thanks for sharing
I cannot tell you how happy I get when I see a small run business be so innovative, creative and ahead of the game. The illustrations and app are ones to be extremely proud of. Fiona, you are a rock star in your domain!
These are so unique and beautiful! I’m about to get an iPhone and this will be high on my list of apps
gorgeous….now only if i had an iphone,sigh.
Those look great! I might have to get that app, which is impressive for me, since I never buy apps.
I.must.have.this.app!!!
I’m buying this today! So awesome!
Beautiful. I love these and will be ordering the minute its available.
Brilliant idea.
ok that is ridiculously cute. I have been watching netflix on my iphone lately. awesome
The images are so pretty and I love that they show directly in an email client. No one likes to click links to get their messages. This is clever.
I want it, I want it, I want it
Now I want an I-phone just to get this app! Perfection!
This is ingenious! I need an i-phone, now. Stat!
How pretty! I love the idea and the designs. Great find!
App-solutely fabulous! :-)
Wow! I am such a fan, Fiona. One more reason to be proud to live in Nelson/Kootenays. This is really something. Thanks!
Oh so beautiful! I will definitely get this next Friday – just LOVE it!
Love this concept! I can’t wait to get it on my iPhone and start exploring.
Love it, so many uses. I would love it for the iPad too!
Wow. Must have! Haven’t seen anything like it!
OMG, I love this. Going to the app store now!
love it! haha love that you just referenced hip holsters… so gawd awful.
Why didn’t someone thin of this sooner?!! I feel a trend coming on…
Way cool. Going to get it, definitely!
Yet another reason I am about to ditch my phone and move over to and iphone.
Love love love.
Wow. What a lovely app! I don’t even have an iPhone, but this kind of makes me want one…hehe…
I send a version of these via email for certain friends’ birthdays, but what a cute idea~
Always enlightening. :^)
Heidi
Downloading this immeds…so fab!
DEFINITELY a win! I’m downloading this ASAP!
Love this idea! Talk about taking something bland and making it pretty. $2.99 or not – its worth the money! My friends will be so impressed when they get a text from me!
so beautiful, at 2,99 it’s a steal!
This is VERY cool. Thanks for the heads up!
Did it launch? I cant find it on the app store!
Thank you for all the wonderful comments everyone. The launch yesterday was a huge success and it was so fun to receive so many Cartograms from people who had down loaded the app. Thank you so much!
Jennifer, if you search for ‘cartolina’ in the app store on your phone or on iTunes you will see the home page.
Thanks
Fiona
very excited! downloading it as i type!
Is anyone else not able to open this app after they downloaded it? Eek!
Hi Mariana,
Please email me if you are still having trouble with the app – it should work perfectly for you :-)
info(@)cartolina.com
Fiona
It looks like this is limited to the current iPhones.. not the slightly older ones.. sigh..
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