Oops!

While gifts for things like birthdays and new babies and weddings are all fun, sometimes we need gifts for the less happy times in our lives. Like, say, when we've been total jerks to our spouses (or sisters or parents or friends or neighbors), or when we've accidentally (or, heaven forfend, purposefully) offended someone. Thank goodness that I'm not the only one who screws up, because other folks have created some good ways to say you're sorry.
I think that apologizing with a card is clutch. Otherwise, just buying a present feels like cheating.  The key is to write a nice note in it letting the other person know that you understand the impact of your actions on them.

Left: Sorry Acorn, Fugu Fugu Press; Right: Ctrl + Z Letterpress Card, Paper Wheel

I also happen to think that baked goods never hurt anything when you're saying sorry.

Left: Stroopwafels, The Good Batch (I met them at the Brooklyn Flea, and they couldn't be lovelier people. You should eat stroopwafels even if you have no remorse and nothing to apologize for.); Right: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies, Happy Endings Bake Shop

If you're apologizing for something that you've done to your significant other (maybe for finishing off the brown butter ice cream in the freezer?), what about framing a print that is all about how awesome you guys are together?

Left: No Love Lost; Right Everything is Going to be Okay, Seattle Show Posters (I have two of this guy's prints in my house, and never, ever get tired of them.)

Also, after the jump, one card that is not appropriate for public consumption, and another one that is paired with it so it doesn't get lonely. 

Nothing says I'm sorry like self-deprecation and swearing!

Left: An Adult Version of Sorry, Richie Designs; Right, Sorry for Being a Butt, Wit and Whistle

Comments

[Elissa]

couldn't agree more. there are some moments in life that need cards just like these. have a great weekend!

[miya]

i agree, elissa. i'm terrible at apologies, but having a witty card somehow makes it easier...