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The owner of Round Barn Potting Co., who splits her time between surgical nursing and her home decor store in Andover, has added another sidelight to her résumé: Lori Miller Vintage Designs is a new line of 20 greeting cards she photographed and designed. The 4- by 5-inch cards, printed on 100-pound stock, are bordered in white with simple phrases inside ("dare to create," "seek beauty"). Miller said she realized the vintage items she sells (and photographs for her blog) might also appeal to fans of the gently aged look in a printed medium. Don't miss the photo logo on the back of each card; it's also vintage: a 4-year-old Miller astride a bouncy horse. Available for $2.25 each or five bundled as a gift pack for $6.95; Round Barn Potting Co., 13736 NW. Marigold St., Andover; 763-427-5321.

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This service takes organization -- or personal sloth -- to a whole new level. The website www.jackcards.com offers hundreds of cards for 13 types of occasions. You pick the cards you like and use an "organizer" to identify the dates they are for; the site mails you the card with a stamped and addressed envelope -- just in time for you to sign and send. Cards start at $2.45, although both pictured here are just under $5 each. Each card costs 49 cents to ship ($1.90 overseas), but bulk buyers get free U.S. shipping. The site lists front and inside messages, the name of the designer, dimensions and how long it takes to ship, as well as a description of the paper, ink and envelope. Site users must become members, but there is no fee. The San Francisco-based site's fictional "Jack" was founded by two gal pals who struggled to get their greetings out in a timely fashion.

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Thanks to a federal grant, the Goldstein Museum of Design said it will be able to digitize images and information about its collection of 26,200 designed objects, making it accessible on the Internet. Director Lin Nelson-Mayson said the two-year grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will help underwrite the work, which could take four years to complete. Low-resolution images and the related information will be free to users, she said; the museum will charge a fee for publication-quality images.