08 · 28 · 2009

Make Your Own Birthday Cards

Greeting cards are one of the many things that I totally resent spending money on. They get ripped open and thrown in trash within seconds and at three or four bucks a pop, it’s such an enormous waste. Especially for kids.

I recently came up with a solution to this dilemma as we are heading into birthday party season: I found some great vintage birthday images and placed an order for business cards, using the image on the front and the back to fill in the to and from. Just punch a hole in the corner and tie on the gift. Easy, right? And cheap! The top 1 are designed as 2″x 2″ and the bottom is the typical 2″ x 3.5.”

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I didn’t personalize them, since I didn’t know which of my kids they’d be from, but next time I may just put all of their names. If you want to snag mine, feel free by clicking to download, or easily make your own. There are so many copyright-free images once you look, and you could also use a photo of your child. How fun would that be? If I do say so myself.

{ 37 comments }

1 FranticMommy August 30, 2009 at 7:51 pm

I luv cheap and creative! I’ve used Vista before and they have good stuff.

2 blueskyhi August 30, 2009 at 9:20 pm

What a cool idea. I usually get my kids to make one but sometimes the mess, the fights and the time needed makes it not worth it.
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3 the mama bird diaries August 31, 2009 at 1:15 am

Very cute idea.
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