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Post by dudleypippen on Dec 11, 2017 7:31:14 GMT
Dropping them off at the post office in the morning!
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Post by justjac on Dec 11, 2017 14:02:11 GMT
Yes! The last of my cards for the peas and friends and family went out yesterday. What a relief.
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Post by joblackford on Dec 12, 2017 21:33:19 GMT
Well, I made some progress. I printed calendars and wrapped gifts and got them in the international mail, without cards, but they had to go. So then I scrawled messages inside 6 cards later in the day, and put stamps and addresses on after dinner last night, and this morning I had to make the decision - send them without a photo or force hubby to take a photo even if it wasn't good light and we both looked like crap... So I went with forcing him, plopped a Santa hat over his hair that needed cutting, wrapped a scarf around my neck to distract from, well, everything, and snapped three awkward photos. Grumpy, neutral, and fake happy. I made them into a little photo strip and they don't look too bad.
So, 6 cards in the mail, including to the two people who have sent us a card so far. Two overseas packages sent. One semi-local package sent with a card inside. More international stamps purchased. Several unfinished cards finished. So much still to do, but I'm getting there...
must get off the computer and back to work!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Dec 12, 2017 23:19:48 GMT
haha!! nope... I have about 20 more Pea cards to finish up, then this weekend I'll work on my friends-and-family cards. Thankfully I only need about 10-15 of those.
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Post by joblackford on Dec 12, 2017 23:54:43 GMT
JibJab has been advertising to Hallmark channel viewers who are panicking about not having cards done.
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Post by katieanna on Dec 13, 2017 14:10:27 GMT
I mailed mine last week. Usually by this time I'll have received at least a half dozen cards... I've received TWO so far. I guess people are getting away from mailing cards... I love receiving cards that have various pictures of the family; and/or cards that contain a letter or SOMETHING other than just "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." No one seems to have the time anymore. What a loss!
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Post by missmcd on Dec 13, 2017 14:44:42 GMT
Mailed all 35 on December 1st! Family photo cards, so it didn't require any time consuming craftiness thankfully. Just coordinating outfits for five and scheduling a family photo shoot 😁
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Post by artisticscrapper on Dec 14, 2017 3:06:11 GMT
Sent mine out today. One more thing scratched off the to-do list.
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Post by garagesaler on Dec 15, 2017 11:06:40 GMT
I can say that all of mine are finally made and mailed. I made 120 cards this year. 85 for a message board card exchange, and 35 for "friends and family". I started making Christmas cards this summer to be done in time. Now, my card box is empty. Guess it's time to make more cards!
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Post by joblackford on Dec 17, 2017 1:40:26 GMT
I mailed mine last week. Usually by this time I'll have received at least a half dozen cards... I've received TWO so far. I guess people are getting away from mailing cards... I love receiving cards that have various pictures of the family; and/or cards that contain a letter or SOMETHING other than just "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." No one seems to have the time anymore. What a loss! A few years ago I read some kind of survey that said that most people want to get personal cards with photos or a handwritten note or maybe a letter - all the good stuff - but I think they asked the same people about their plans and most said that they wouldn't be sending out anything this year. It's like a lot of things in life - wanting all the benefits without paying the costs A lot of people forget that when they say "people should ~" that they are included in "people." I'm sure most people really don't have the time and energy but I think it's really sad. I would be happy with a photo slipped into a basic card, or a photo card with nothing handwritten, or anything more than a signature on a basic card, but lately even the latter is uncommon. Maybe people feel like posting a photo on Fbk is enough, maybe less wasteful? I've received 4 cards so far this year (besides the dozens of pea exchange cards). Two were basic, signed, one with a handwritten greeting, and one was a lovely family photo card. I've handmade sooooo maaaaany cards this year (280-odd?) so by the time I got to the people I know I only had energy to write a very basic greeting inside, maybe a sentence more for some special people, but I did force my hubby to put on a Santa hat and pose by the tree, so the cards have an awkward family photostrip inside... And I did try to select the card (all different) to suit the family. I need to plan better next year though! I'm almost done now though. Just a couple of new addresses I'm waiting for (if they don't send me a card they're not getting a card).
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Post by joblackford on Dec 17, 2017 1:43:18 GMT
Just coordinating outfits for five and scheduling a family photo shoot 😁 That would be SO MUCH HARDER for me than making cards! It was all I could do to snap 3 selfies with my husband one morning (the morning I needed to send the cards out, with or without a picture).
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Post by scrapincin on Dec 17, 2017 2:48:36 GMT
Signed , sealed, addressed , postage on and going to the post office tomorrow! I am later then ususal won't do this again. I feel like I am rushing.
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