Save on greeting cards
We like to send each other cards for special occasions. A simple greeting card makes us feel connected with our friends and family. Hallmark reported sales of $4.3 billion dollars on greeting cards alone. Some people might send an e-card, but we all know how impersonal that is. So here is how I save on my cards.
- Save all the cards you have received.
- Cut off the main pictures, characters or drawings from the front of the cards.
- In pencil, write down each name of the persons who sent you the cards.
- Go to a craft store to get a bag of thick solid colored paper. Also get a stick of glue.
- Cut the craft paper into rectangles that will fit into a normal envelope when folded.
- Choose one of the pictures you saved from an old card. Glue it to the front of your card. Make sure you check the name on the back of the picture or you will get busted.
- Write some nice, caring, expressive words inside your “HOMEMADE” card.
- Stick it in the envelope and send.
An average greeting card costs between $1.99 and $ 4.99 at Hallmark. If you send 12 cards a year, that is at least 24 dollars that you can save. The receiver of your card might appreciate a homemade card more and think you are an extremely thoughtful person.