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Christmas Card - re use of Xmas card

May all your wishes come true

Painted lace topper - the lace I found in our local DIY store and is normally used for shelf lining, but with some metalic paint sticks, this is what I got (lace is plastic)

Happy Birthday - 3 charms

Greeting Cards

Paper Magic GroupPaper Magic All Occasion Boxed Greeting Card Assortment 20-ct
Office Product (Paper Magic Group)
List Price: $40.00
  • 20 count greeting card assortment in decorative, reusable greeting card organizer box
  • 11 printed cards; 3 embossed cards; 3 cards with glitter; 3 foil-stamped cards
  • Themes: 7 birthday, 6 blank/friendship and 7 speciall occasion cards
IrisIris Greeting Card Box - Card Keeper - 215500 (Clear) (7.38"H x 10.63"W x 9.31"D)
Kitchen (Iris)
List Price: $15.99
  • Color: Clear
  • Size: 7.38"H x 10.63"W x 9.31"D
  • Acid-Free Polypropylene
Nova Development USHallmark Blank Greeting Cards Half-fold Matte Premium 20 Count
Software (Nova Development US)
List Price: $10.99
Price: $10.49
You Save: $0.50 (5%)
FlowerLeafArtHandmade Greeting Cards with Real Pressed Flowers and Leaves
Single Detail Page Misc (FlowerLeafArt)
  • Handmade all occasion greeting cards
  • Makes a perfect Mother's day or Birthday gift and greeting.
  • The card is placed inside a crystal clear, acid free and lignen free re-sealable bag
Writers Digest BooksHow to Write and Sell Greeting Cards, Bumper Stickers, T-Shirts and Other Fun Stuff
Book (Writers Digest Books)
List Price: $15.99
FW PUBLICATIONSFW Publications North Light Books-Simply Beautiful Greeting Cards
Kitchen (FW PUBLICATIONS)
List Price: $19.99
Price: $19.99
  • Perfect for all papercraft enthusiasts and crafters
  • Offers 40 sample cards with variations how to add embellishments and examples of cards for all occasions
Nova Development USGreeting Card Factory Deluxe 7.0
Software (Nova Development US)
List Price: $49.99
Price: $44.99
You Save: $5.00 (10%)
  • Personalize and send the very best store-quality greeting cards with just one software product
  • Includes 24,000 cards and projects, 90,000+ graphics, and 1000+ creative fonts and text effects
  • Enjoy powerful photo customization tools and sensational photo effects
La Loupe, Inc.La Loupe Greeting Card 42-ct Assortment and Storage set in Pink Polka Dot - Proudly Made in the USA!
Toy (La Loupe, Inc.)
List Price: $34.95
  • Bright, colorful organizer box for greeting cards
  • 42 cards in 9 different greeting themes
  • 44 color-coordinated envelopes
Avery-DennisonAvery 3378 Personal creations textured heavyweight 1/2-fold cards/envs, 5-1/2x8-1/2, 30/bx
Office Product (Avery-Dennison)
List Price: $12.82
Price: $12.82
  • Ink Jet Textured Heavyweight Half-Fold Cards.
  • Ideal for birthday and holiday cards, invitations, announcements, monogrammed stationery, place cards, awards and more.
  • The high-quality, heavyweight stock and special two-sided coating maximize ink jet printer colors.
KJS Industries, Inc.BURGOYNE Handmade All Occasion Greeting Cards
Office Product (KJS Industries, Inc.)
  • Beautifully Hand-Crafted
  • Various Occasions
  • Heavyweight Specialty Paper Stocks

Greeting Card

If you ever were to receive a gift from me, it is unlikely that it would be accompanied by a store-bought greeting card.  Expect a card made by hand, or even just a name tag on the gift.  The vapid sentiments and especially the high price tags of commercial cards are really not my style.

Yes, you can call me cheap.  I’m fine with that characterization.

But not long ago when I found the anniversary of my wedding fast approaching, I longed for an easy way to express my sentiments to the man I married.  Tradition says that this anniversary should have been celebrated by crystal.  Er, had we’d not ended the marriage, that is.

The first one is always the hardest, they say.  Last year we were in the bitter throes of hashing out how to manage our lives apart, so the day passed with barely an acknowledgment of its significance.

But this year, feelings have mellowed.  No longer do I have an everlasting fire of angry resentment burbling in my guts toward him, and some small blips notwithstanding, his own resentment is also abating.

If it had existed, I might have chosen a card for him that indicated how glad I was that we’d married so many years ago, and how equally glad I was that we’d made it through the divorce without excessive mayhem.  The card would somehow have expressed encouragement for the continued strengthening of our relationship as we raise our children together.

Because no such card existed, I spoke to him at the tail-end of his morning conversation with the eldest child.  “Happy anniversary,” I said, and then with some effort paraphrased the sentiments from the above paragraph.

He cried.

He cried, and I felt like an idiot for bringing up something painful for him.  Resentment on his end is fading into regret, which quite possibly is even harder to bear.

So I listend to the sadness as a few days before I’d listened to the anger.  And I wished I’d had an appropriate card to sent instead.

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Greeting Cards Archives

MocoSpace Delivers Over 5 Million Holiday Cards to Mobile Phones
Wireless Developer Network (press release) - 11 hours ago
Boston, MA - January 5, 2009 - MocoSpace members sent over 5 million mobile greeting cards during the holidays to their millions of friends all over the US.


RTT News
Greeting-card firm seeks bankruptcy protection
Houston Chronicle, United States - Jan 2, 2009
Two college roommates, Phil Friedmann and Mike Keiser, founded Recycled Paper Greetings in 1971 to make greeting cards from recycled paper and coax larger
American Greetings to buy rival RPG Reuters
M&A - A Weekly Recap RTT News
Greeting-card company seeks bankruptcy protection Indianapolis Star
Chicago Tribune - Earthtimes (press release)
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Recycle Greeting Cards At West County Center
Webster Kirkwood Times, MO - Jan 2, 2009
West County Center in Des Peres is collecting old holiday greeting cards, envelopes and plastic gift cards for recycling through Sunday, Jan. 4.

Holiday Greetings From Penny Arcade, Nintendo, Blizzard and Others
Kotaku.com, NY - 9 hours ago
of town for the two weeks surrounding Christmas so despite my best efforts, I didn't post all of the gaming greeting cards I received over the holidays.

Use for greeting cards
Daily American Online, PA - Jan 2, 2009
By ROB STEMPLE Question: What can I do with old greeting cards? They seem too pretty to throw away or recycle. Answer: St. Paul's United Church of Christ,

 

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