August Blog: Heartfelt Appreciates Grace, Patience, Friendships and Continued Loyalty During Transition. Please Check Out Our Many New Product Offerings Today!

“I shall not pass this way but once; any good, therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

A Heartfelt Word

We would like to thank our customers for their grace and patience during this last year of transition from Virginia to Tennessee. We are continually striving to be better and learn how to make our business the best it can be. We are focusing our attention on Customer Service being our number one priority. With any change there is going to be hiccups and bumps in the road, but we are committed to seeing these things through. We appreciate your feedback and we are always interested in your thoughts. Our lovely Customer Service team is readily available to help you with any needs you might have.

I think it would be nice for you to see our Tennessee Distribution Center and the Phoenix offices. Being a part of the Christian Brands family is a blessing for us and we are excited to continue our growth and watch the expansion of all the brands within our CB family. There are many other product offerings within our catalogs, so please check them out at www.christianbrands.com.

The Heart of Heartfelt

I recently had a birthday and was reminded, once again, of the warm and wonderful feelings that come from sincere heartfelt words and greetings in cards, emails, texts or phone calls. I’ll never get tired of hearing words that make me feel loved and important to someone else, does anyone?  In this very busy world today it is easy to let those tugs at the heart slip away when we think someone we know needs an uplifting word or a celebratory greeting.  Go that extra little bit, make it important, invest your time in giving someone that gift today.  Oh and by the way, I would like to say the flowers I received were a nice touch too!

From my heart to yours,

Love Lea

April Blog: Spring is here, Easter Sunday, Fall 2013 product development, and more!

May our words SPRING forward to enrich the lives of others!

Quote: The written word can recall those feelings and impressions that have gone to the very soul of us, shaping our humanity, defining our character and etching our hearts. - Unknown

A HEARTFELT WORD

As we, the Heartfelt team, are finishing up our new product releases for Fall 2013, I am filled with excitement and anticipation. Designing, creating and putting sentiments to new product is so fulfilling and meaningful. Now that is not to say we don’t have our hiccups and we do, believe me, or that our journey is a smooth one…Not,  but even still, once the end product is complete… Oh, the satisfaction.

Sentiment driven product is the core of what Heartfelt is all about… it is our mission to provide a product that is more than just an ornamental tabletop accessory. We desire to provide products that are functional and have words with meaning and purpose… sentiments that express the heart of the giver.

It has always been our desire to create product, for the gift and home furnishing industries, that have unique designs, high perceived values, excellent quality and  endearing  sentiments that will create lasting treasures for anyone who receives a Heartfelt product.

As we gear up for our new Fall product releases, we hope you will seek out and look for our Heartfelt products. You can visit us at the Christian Brands Gift website.

A HEARTFELT TIP:

Many of the newer Heartfelt framed table top items have backs which can open, so the inner part of the framed item may be removed and then used a photo frame. We love functionality!

THE HEART OF HEARTFELT

On Easter Sunday, my husband said something to me that made my heart absolutely rejoice. On the way to church he looked over at me and said, “Lea, you look more beautiful today than ever.”  With a loving and emotional gleam in his eye, he then said, “I love you with all my heart.”

Anyone who has been married 37 years, like us, or more can tell you that those moments of deep and sincere declaration, are something to cherish. He tells me he loves me every day, but that day was different… it was deep… it was magical… it was truly heartfelt. I saw the love of my soul mate right there in his face. The power of that just took my breath away.

These types of moments bring me back to what I believe is my God given purpose in this life… to write words that are heartfelt, words that enrich and uplift, words that give meaning  to those who don’t know how to write them. Moments like these remind me, over and over again, that the power of words can alter lives, make a difference and touch the heart and soul like nothing else… I know because, I had just experienced that wonderful and unforgettable moment.

May the words from my heart touch you and may you use the power of your words to touch someone today!

Always, Lea

Lea Metts

About Me: Lea Metts - The Face Behind the Name

The Face Behind the Name

Since I was a little girl, I have loved beautiful words!

 I loved to say them, read them and more importantly, I loved hearing them… especially if they were said to “Me”. In fact, my personal love language is “Words of Affirmation”, go figure, right? Life has taught me their power and I have lived my life as a result of the good and the bad. Is that not true for most all of us? Tell anyone they are special enough times and they will come to believe it, same holds true for negative words – that is their power.

As a child, I had a reading disability, but for some reason poetry was something I could comprehend and understand, hence, my deep-love for all poetry to this day. When I write poetry or verses, the first thing I do is ask God to put on my heart what someone else needs to hear and I think about what I would say, with meaning and purpose, to those I care about or what I would want someone to say  to me. Poetry is truly the song of my heart!

Heartfelt Collection – The American Dream

In 1987, my husband Linwood and I started our company, Heartfelt, Inc. from the basement in our home, I designed, wrote verses and assembled our handmade greeting cards and my husband marketed and sold them. From there the journey of framed sentiments began and our American dream came true. We built the Heartfelt brand, with the help of many wonderful people, over the next 25 years and in 2011 we sold our company to Christian Brands in Phoenix Arizona. My husband and I continue to work with the Heartfelt brand doing what we love…