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Post by melanieg on Nov 29, 2023 19:59:38 GMT
I finished all of them last night! I even started writing up a few and addressing envelopes.
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Post by joblackford on Nov 30, 2023 3:25:18 GMT
Sounds like everyone is making progress! I make Christmas cards year round for donations but I’ve learned not to choose the card I’ll use for myself until late in the year - I have a bad habit of changing my mind at the last minute.
I got my labels printed today and made sure I had envelopes ready. I still need to do a final count on how many cards I need. I always get frustrated when some of the labels get wasted because I didn’t have the right number to print a full sheet. This year I added some extras for friends and family that I mail to during the year, but I have to be careful to set those aside or some people might get duplicate holiday cards!
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Post by pantsonfire on Nov 30, 2023 4:42:29 GMT
50 are done for the swap.
Dh actually needs 39 cards for work - 15 for teachers he works with and 24 for HR department. I got 29 of those done today while dd was having her weekly infusion.bfinished coloring them in this evening.
Will work on the last 10 tomorrow.
Then move on to family.
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Post by Shakti on Nov 30, 2023 10:49:25 GMT
I find that if I start at the bottom of the sheet for a partial sheet of labels, it can work to print a second time for rest of the labels, joblackford. Using the top and then trying to print the bottom seems to cause jamming. |
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Post by mbanda on Dec 4, 2023 15:09:08 GMT
I got all my cards mailed out this weekend - yay! It turns out I needed 5 more than I had made (so 85 total) so I did those yesterday & mailed them out this morning.
I love dimensional cards but I made too many this year & had to add extra stamps to around 25 cards :/
Oh well - I love the way the cards turned out.
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Dec 4, 2023 15:26:35 GMT
I mailed my US cards for the swap Friday! They should be arriving soon!
Working on friends and family now. Most of these will be hand delivered.
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Post by joblackford on Dec 4, 2023 15:39:41 GMT
I got my cards all paired up with envelopes, tidily placed into a box to contain the mess… and just stopped. I had plenty of time over the weekend to write in some and get them ready, but my brain is too easily tricked into thinking we’re done when I tidy up. So I’ll be signing the international ones today, at the very least, and braving the rain to get them to the post office. I was very happy to find that I had guesstimated how many I needed correctly. I have a couple of spare ones that are extremely dimensional (Doodlepops!) that I can hand deliver to the neighbors, and a couple more just in case I forgot someone or get a card from someone unexpected. This is the week that starts with “December barely started, there’s plenty of time” and ends with “oh no, how is it almost mid-December?!”  |
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Post by justjac on Dec 4, 2023 16:01:49 GMT
I think I finished making cards on the weekend - 60 total. I have mailed 2, so that is this weeks challenge- to get the rest in the mail.
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Post by joblackford on Dec 6, 2023 0:20:09 GMT
I got my Hanukkah and international Christmas cards in the mail yesterday and worked through the domestic Christmas cards to add a message and signature today. I decided to do 5 at a time and used my moistening paste and washi tape to close them up right away. It was satisfying to get them all the way done one by one even though batching the tasks might be more efficient. My friend gave me this and it’s been quite handy!  Moistener by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by hockeyspaz62 on Dec 6, 2023 19:21:02 GMT
Mailed my cards the other day. Now I can work on some embroidery hoop ornaments for gifts. Kelley at Honeybee Stamps did them on a video last week, and they are so simple to make and pretty.
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Post by lindas on Dec 6, 2023 21:27:45 GMT
I was so proud of myself for getting my cards done so early. Sat down this afternoon to sign and address them all and wouldn’t you know it, I’m 5 cards short. Made all the cards for friends, forgot about family! I’m glad I didn’t wait another week to get these ready to mail.
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Post by joblackford on Dec 6, 2023 21:32:45 GMT
I was so proud of myself for getting my cards done so early. Sat down this afternoon to sign and address them all and wouldn’t you know it, I’m 5 cards short. Made all the cards for friends, forgot about family! I’m glad I didn’t wait another week to get these ready to mail. OOPS! lol. I think we've all been there. Hopefully you can mail out what you've done and get those last few ready to go quickly. |
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Post by azcrafty on Dec 7, 2023 14:15:59 GMT
I haven't even started yet. Hubby is out of town this weekend for business so I will start the mad dash and watching holiday movies all day on Saturday and part of Sunday.
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Post by GiantsFan on Dec 7, 2023 15:34:55 GMT
I got stalled on mine. My goal is to get them in the mail by the 10th. There is still hope!
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Dec 7, 2023 17:35:48 GMT
Got some friends and family mailed today. Need to make about 10 more for work.
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Post by MichyM on Dec 8, 2023 1:11:30 GMT
I am done, and have been for a week or more, I’ll send about 75 total, 50 of which are for the Pea card exchange. I don’t mass produce. Some cards are one offs, some I’ll make 4-6 of the design, but change colors or something. If I made them all one or two designs I’d get too bored and it would feel too much like work to me. I love the creative process. Does that make sense?
So far I’ve only mailed internationals. I’m going to go through and at least try and get east coast out by tomorrow evening. I don’t know why I stress about about at least writing a little note in each, but I do <eyeroll>. Then I always save the hardest ones (people I know best) for last. Sigh.
#masterprocrastinator
I spent several hours in my office today. Did I work on getting them out? Nope. What did I work on you ask? Creating holiday cards that I don’t even need for this year. Another eyeroll.
Anyone else like this?
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Post by lokismom on Dec 8, 2023 13:30:44 GMT
Michy, you are speaking my language. I love to make Christmas cards, but hate writing them out. I think I have about 50 more or so to go. My goal is to have them all in a mailbox by Sunday. I spent several hours in my studio yesterday and only managed to write in 6 cards. The struggle is real.
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Post by joblackford on Dec 8, 2023 17:36:52 GMT
MichyM and lokismom You're not alone. I also struggle with the writing in cards, but for Christmas cards I print a good sized sentiment inside and then decide on the one thing I'm going to write underneath to everyone. I write it out and copy it so I can disengage my brain. Writing with a pen and not misspelling people's names is hard enough! Writing a short message is more than most people do even though it's less than what feels like I "should" do. I do the easiest ones first and I leave any that I really want to add more to until later. But by the time later comes I decide that I can send them a proper letter if I really want to add more than what I can write in the moment and just get the cards done. Momentum is everything for me. I hate starting but love finishing a task! 
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Post by Shakti on Dec 8, 2023 19:11:57 GMT
Altenew has a "cheat sheet" I sometimes use to get ideas: link |
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Post by paulao on Dec 11, 2023 2:25:04 GMT
 I made 13 yesterday. Took 6 hours and I still need to glue down the inside! Lots of die cutting and it made me think I need an Anna Griffin Empress!  |
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Post by justjac on Dec 11, 2023 17:23:19 GMT
The last of mine got mailed yesterday. I think it was 65 or so in total, and only five were over weight for basic postage this year, so I'm getting better.
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Post by MichyM on Dec 12, 2023 0:53:01 GMT
Five left to write. All the rest went postal over the weekend and tonight. I have two surgeries later this week, it is a huge relief to have the cards on their way!
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Post by MichyM on Dec 12, 2023 1:19:06 GMT
The last of mine got mailed yesterday. I think it was 65 or so in total, and only five were over weight for basic postage this year, so I'm getting better. I am keeping everything crossed that none of mine come back to me. I think I’m ok 🤞🏻 |
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Post by MichyM on Dec 12, 2023 1:20:20 GMT
Michy, you are speaking my language. I love to make Christmas cards, but hate writing them out. I think I have about 50 more or so to go. My goal is to have them all in a mailbox by Sunday. I spent several hours in my studio yesterday and only managed to write in 6 cards. The struggle is real. How’d you do on your goal? |
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Post by Shakti on Dec 12, 2023 1:41:23 GMT
Surgeries?!
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Post by gramma on Dec 12, 2023 20:49:34 GMT
Mine are all done, in envelopes, addressed, return address labels on them. Great you say? Nope the post office has not delivered that stamps I ordered last week!!! Maybe by New Year's
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Post by joblackford on Dec 12, 2023 22:26:20 GMT
Mine are all done, in envelopes, addressed, return address labels on them. Great you say? Nope the post office has not delivered that stamps I ordered last week!!! Maybe by New Year's Oh no! I've had stamps delayed quite a while once before. It's the most frustrating feeling! |
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Post by GiantsFan on Dec 13, 2023 23:59:13 GMT
Reporting in that mine are mailed. Well, except for five.
I swear I counted my already made cards I don't know how many times and it seemed like I always needed more, more, more. I spent Sunday afternoon cutting all the parts to make seven more cards. I counted again and needed twelve (!). WTH! So I printed my address list and wrote the messages, signed the cards, addressed all envelopes, and crossed them off my list and wouldn't you know I need five more cards. haha I've been getting on with my life and either tomorrow or the next day (if the mood strikes) I will make them and send them out. But it wouldn't be the end of the world if these people didn't receive a card from us.
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Post by joblackford on Dec 14, 2023 4:01:37 GMT
Some of mine have arrived overseas, much faster than recent years And I dropped off cards to the neighbors. I saved some highly dimensional ones for them since I could hand deliver and avoid Doodlepops getting mangled by the USPS machines. Happy that I’ve received some lovely cards too MichyM yours arrived today. Thank you! |
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Post by MichyM on Dec 14, 2023 16:41:02 GMT
Some of mine have arrived overseas, much faster than recent years And I dropped off cards to the neighbors. I saved some highly dimensional ones for them since I could hand deliver and avoid Doodlepops getting mangled by the USPS machines. Happy that I’ve received some lovely cards too MichyM yours arrived today. Thank you! Yay! ❤️ Hopefully the rest of them are arriving as well! Shakti you asked about surgeries. I had My gall bladder removed yesterday. Tomorrow I am Having a melanoma removed from under my big toenail on my right foot. Figured I may As well recover from both at the same time. ETA: the cards I’ve received are LOVELY. I’d like to extend a special thank you for those who went out of their way to send a Hanukkah card. My heart grows 3 sizes each time I open one! |
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