Every year I wait for the after-Christmas sales to buy my cards for the following year, and every year it gets harder and harder to find something that I think is appropriate for the season in addition to a style that I actually like. Once I find a card that I like I have to cross my fingers that they have enough of the same card because I have quite a long mailing list! Once I’m set with my Christmas cards I then have to choose a picture to include, print several copies, and finally cut and personalize each one. Sending Christmas cards every year can be a lot of work!
Nevertheless, it’s a Christmas tradition that I enjoy because it holds fond memories for me. When I was growing up, every year my mom would receive what seemed like hundreds of Christmas cards from friends and family. She taped them to the door in our kitchen and I always had fun reading each one and admiring the stories or photos that accompanied them. So, when I finally had my own family I felt it was something I wanted to do myself.
Fast forward to present day, about 6 years into keeping up with this “tradition”… I decided that I need to simplify things. Why not just create a photo card online, print them out and mail--VOILA--problem solved! Well, those photo cards tend to be pricey when you have so many to order, like myself, IF you don’t know the secret to “couponing”…
Here’s to trying out something new this year... Hope you all like the end result!
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