Words. Beautiful, heartwarming, appreciative. Images. Memorable, heartening. Designs. Beautiful beyond imagination.
The right card can do what many times actions fail to do. The right words said at the right time can make all the difference to a person’s day, occasion or celebration. Finding the right card that says exactly what is within your heart or writing those special words that make for strong connections.
The amount of work that goes into picking out the right words goes to show what a person actually feels about your relationship.
10 years of marriage add up to 11 Valentines days, 11 Anniversaries, 7 Mother’s days, equal number of birthdays and special occasions.
Store bought & Hand made cards, mementos, tokens made by preschool and at school.
This year, 10 years after collecting them from every single beautiful thread that binds us, this year we have started a new tradition of taking out the old cards and reading them. The kids got a kick out of seeing the many cards I made for them their first year they were born and the many, many mementos we have created together over the many years.
They turned a normal day, into a day full of happy memories and laughter. It led to getting out all old photographs and talking about “what happened when … “
Reading through those sentimental memories can be the perk up you need on a sad day. Or displaying them up on a said occasion can take you through a time travel of the many wonderful celebrations you have shared.
But storing them can surely be a pain.
How To Story & Recycle Old Greeting Cards
Ideas to store cards.
- Periodically go through every card you have and be selective about the cards you keep.
- Keep everything in a pretty box year wise or occasion wise or person wise.
- Scan the cards you don’t want to keep personally and keep them in sorted folders.
Ideas to Reuse cards.
- Create a time line for an anniversary or a milestone event!
- Use them as gift tags or cards for friends.
- Tuck them by sticking them into a journal.
- Recycle old card tops into new cards.
- Use them in new craft projects for school or hand made gifts for family members.
- Line all old cards of a specific occasion on a beautiful string to create beautiful decor.
- Lots of organizations, from Girl Scouts to YMCA and Kiwanis summer camp programs, can use your card tops for their craft projects all year long.
I wish you all a happy life full of beautiful words that you can re read over and over. Going back in time down memory lane with your loved ones. Playing that amazing game of “what happened when … “
