It's hard to believe that in the 21st century the world has yet to fully embrace diversity. With this in mind and passion in their hearts, brother and sister team, Ry and G Zimmerman, founded Billets Doux LLC. Born in 2002, Billets Doux is a multicultural greeting card and luxury gift company. Billets Doux, meaning love letters in French, has greeting cards that reflect true American society. “We are proud to celebrate our society’s diversity, we do not shy away from it and we hope to show people that it is okay to be who you are”. Ry and Gregg grew up in a multicultural household with both siblings and parents of diverse ethnicities. It was this un-colorblind upbringing that cultivated or cultured their reality. To be colorblind is to ignore the aesthetic display of a cultures beauty. Therefore, we like to say un-colorblind.

“Our cards reflect our lives; meaning that everything we have been through will be artistically displayed on each and every card. With our signature “Love Letters” collection we have cards for an array of occasions to include edgy titles such as; “Go Shorty… It’s Your Birthday”, “Bonnie & Clyde”, “Forever”, “Mini Me” and of course our trademark face logo, “Colorful Collage”.

To answer the frequently asked question; How did you come up with this idea? “It’s easy. We didn’t... This is just who we are. This is our reality and we are just doing what we know and see around us. We didn’t come up with an idea for a company, we were born into a culture; a diverse American culture. Moreover, we saw a gap in a market that seemed to be completely ignoring the world as we knew it. We were determined to bring quality and diversity together in gifts that reflect not only ourselves but the people that we buy them for.”