Card & Party Giant Party Supplies Blog — Graduation Parties
CPG can help Personalize a Local Graduation Party 0
Card & Party Giant, a local retail party store, caters to its community and offers great online service and selection for customers across the nation. When it comes time for local high school and college graduations, Card & Party Giant is the source for party decorations that demonstrate school spirit at the table and in the décor.
In addition to napkins with logos for the schools featured in the accompanying image, you also can select items featuring the University of Illinois logo. And, for Glenbrook North and South, Loyola Academy and New Trier, there are mylar balloons featuring the school logo to create special balloon bouquets honoring your local graduate. The napkin designs complement solid color tableware selections to add a special touch to your party. The store also carries an array of graduation party supplies ranging from props and accessories for photos, to wear to school parties and to show your support at graduation, or to create an entertaining ambiance at the party you host in your home.
If you have a special graduate and you want to make sure he/she sees you as they exit the processional, then we’ve got personalized banners that you can order. Orders can be placed now or closer to the date of your event. Card & Party Giant is a full-service party store that serves local customers and online shoppers with the care that only a small family-owned business can give. Visit us. We’re open 7 days a week for your shopping convenience.
Spring Celebrations are Just Behind this Cold Front 0
It’s hard to think about spring and the upcoming spring holidays and celebrations when Mother Nature is playing tricks with snow on the ground into the first full week of April. But no matter the temps outside, soon enough the days will warm, the tulips will peek out from behind their dark green covers, and everyone will scramble to catch up in their prep for graduation parties, First Communion parties, and other spring celebrations. Whether you are an early bird who wants to get started now or you prefer to wait until closer to the date, you can let our party store in Glenview help make hosting a party easier and prettier.
Disposable napkins, plates, and tablecloths ease the demands on the person hosting a party. First Communion and Graduation parties are no exception. Card & Party Giant is well on the way to stocking many new designs and features for 2016 Graduation decorations and table ware. Specialty ware with select school logos will soon be on the shelves and ready for families who want to make their graduation party especially personalized. In an upcoming blog post, we will highlight a list of local schools for which certain party goods will feature the school logo. First Communion partyware designs for girls and boys are available and discounted.
If you are thinking about specialty balloons or a customized banner, you can stop in to see the selections and designs available. Orders can be placed now or closer to the date of your event. Card & Party Giant is a full-service party store that serves local customers and online shoppers with the care that only a small family-owned business can give. Visit us. We’re open 7 days a week for your shopping convenience.
Welcome Customers! 0
Card & Party Giant is a friendly, family-owned and operated business with more than30 years’ experience. Located in Glenview, the party store serves its community with everything from holiday party decorations and seasonal party supplies to birthday party balloons and banners. Patrons from Evanston, Skokie, Northbrook, Wilmette, Des Plaines, Morton Grove, and various other local communities have discovered what Glenview residents have known for a long time – that Card & Party Giant is a great local party store.
Until you cross the threshold, it is impossible to imagine how much this party store has to offer. Newer customers from Evanston and Skokie have shared their surprise at the size of the store. The inventory is vast and constantly changing. The people who work at the store engage in a never-ending cycle of rotating one season or holiday’s inventory with an upcoming season’s products. Holiday greeting cards are in a never-ending cycle of rotation from New Year’s to Christmas, from Valentine’s Day and Easter to Mother’s and Father’s Day, and from Halloween, Thanksgiving back to Christmas. And, as party decorations from Easter are packed and stored, the graduation party supplies, First Holy Communion and the patriotic party decorations are on display to help patrons prepare for the spring and summer party season.
If you’re hosting a party, stop in. We’ll be at Card & Party Giant on the west side of Waukegan Avenue, just south of Lake Avenue in Glenview. If you like our store and are a Google member, we’d love an online review. As a small, local business, service is our business!
We look forward to meeting new customers every day!
Commencement Ceremonies 2016 0
We’re just getting ready to turn the corner on the spring holidays and head into graduation season. In our community, there are commencement celebrations for elementary students moving into middle school, for middle school students moving on to high school, for high school students who will begin their college or career experiences, and for local college students. Every town, village, and city within ten miles any direction from the party store is having a graduation celebration between May 17th through June 17th (a list of commencement dates is at the end of this blog post). Graduation parties are a joyous, memorable time. Grandparents and parents gather round to mark the right of passage from one life phase to another. The children are happy because they know their summer break is about to begin, and almost everyone is excited about the prospects of moving on to something “bigger and better.” Planning a graduation party is easier today than ever before. You can visit our Card & Party Giant party store online to get ideas about what’s available. You can stop in the Glenview party store and check out the inventory that will fill the shelves as the Easter holiday party decorations and supplies are rotated off the floor and graduation party supplies take a place front and center! Card & Party Giant is your local party store for graduation party supplies with a large selection of 2016 Graduation party decorations, cards, balloons, custom banners, and more at the Glenview store. Call ahead for balloon orders and deliveries. In addition to party supplies and other party incidentals, Card & Party Giant also has chairs and tables for rent, and offer a limited selection of local school logo party supplies (OLPH, Loyola, Glenbrook South, Glenbrook North). To help you plan, following is a list of local graduation dates: May 17th – Oakton Community College (Des Plaines) May 22nd - Evanston Township High School (Evanston) May 22nd - Maine West High School (DesPlaines) May 22nd –New Trier High School (Wilmette) May 28th – Loyola Academy (Wilmette) May 28th – Regina Dominican High School (Wilmette) May 29th - Niles North High School (Skokie) May 29th - Niles Township High School (Skokie) May 29th - Niles West High School (Skokie) June 1st – OLPH (Glenview) June 2nd – Baker Demonstration School (Wilmette) June 5th – Glenbrook North High School (Northbrook) June 5th – Glenbrook South High School (Glenview) June 7th - Ida Crown Jewish Academy (Skokie) June 17th – Northwestern University (Evanston)Lazy Days of Summer 0
The “lazy days of summer” conveys the idea that it’s just too hot to get out and do things. Not true in the retail world. A casual observer may not see it, but so much happens behind the scenes to stay ahead of the cycle of seasons and holidays to keep patrons coming back. Watching the store undergo constant rotations of on-the-floor inventory is an amazing sight. In the past three or four months, Easter rolled up as Mother and Father’s Day roll out. Graduation party supplies took front and center stage only to move a little further back and finally be packed up to make room for the patriotic party goods that are popular for 4th of July celebrations. The cycle continues as summer party accessories take up a fair amount of floor space next to beautifully displayed elegant entertaining plates, napkins, and glassware perfect for your summer brunch or afternoon tea party.
Unless you are a regular in-store customer, there is no way to appreciate the constant change and continuous flow of moving merchandise to cater to the patron’s needs. And this doesn’t even account for the constant restocking of balloons or the aisles where birthday party supplies or everyday ware are located. What you see is a never-ending cycle necessary to keep Card & Party Giant’s inventory fresh, restocked, and seasonally appealing.
So, there are no lazy days of summer. While August may not see as much foot traffic – though we stay ready for your patronage - the activity never stops. Time is used preparing for end-of-summer parties and for Halloween. As parents get kids ready for back-to-school, CPG is readying its inventory of costumes for both in-store and online sales. The staff are to be commended for their attention to detail, their understanding of local values and preferences, and their diligence to keeping inventory appealing and restocked. It is a daunting task, but small family-owned businesses like CPG rely on highly professional folks to do it with the ease that comes of experience. Unlike large corporate competitors, CPG cannot rely on a large advertising budget. Rather it thrives through word-of-mouth of the satisfied north shore customer from Evanston and Glencoe, Glenview and Northbrook, Lake Forest and Highland Park, Skokie and Wilmette, Morton Grove and Niles, and places north, south, east and west of CPG’s store at 1318 Waukegan Road, Glenview, IL.
Please stop by today to see what’s in stock. CPG is a family-friendly store that caters to its local community.
Card & Party Giant, a “Giant” of a party supply store 0
Card & Party Giant (“the Giant”) is a family-owned business that’s been around for a good long time. It is part of the Glenview community, a treasure now located on north Waukegan Road, but originally founded in 1989 to specialize in party goods and costumes. It’s true the Giant has not been around as long as, oh let’s say, the Glenview House that was built in 1878. Nor is the Giant as old as the Village of Glenview itself which was incorporated in 1899. But then again, you were more likely to find a dry goods store than a party supply store back before the turn of the last century.
We’re here now, and for the past few years the Giant has been located in what was the former Clipper’s Toy Store location, just south of Lake Avenue on the west side of Waukegan Road. From street view, the size of the store is quite deceiving. It takes a walk inside to get a real sense of the available inventory and just how much space the store has to offer everything from party platters and decorations, balloons and banners, to costumes and accessories. We hope you’ll stop in soon to check out our supply of elegant entertaining items, birthday party supplies, specialty party items from wedding showers to graduation parties, greeting cards (including Father’s Day cards), costumes, and more, more, more!
