Dallas - April 13, 2007

Hut Your Stuff

A Little Hut Stationery

Sure, you spruce up e-mails with emoticons and would rather type your own name (okay, initials) than rely on a canned electronic signature.

But deep down you crave a far more personal correspondence. So push away the keyboard for a minute and set pen to paper the right way — with A Little Hut.

As the name suggests, the Kingwood-based company is quite the cottage industry, with cards decorated with swings, flowers, and even trees. Each one is block-printed by hand (using a drawing carved in linoleum dipped in ink) and pressed on eco-friendly recycled paper.

And because simplicity’s the name of the game, most cards carry only one color (black, silver, blue, green, or orange).

Then seal your message in a matching envelope and send your sentiments via old-fashioned snail mail. Your extra efforts are sure to charm the recipient far more than any e-mail.

Make a note of it.

Available online at alittlehut.com.