I like sending cards – real paper cards not e-cards. The service I use to do this makes it so easy and fun to send printed greeting cards right from the computer.
Before I had my online system, I found sending cards a chore. So I didn’t send many cards.
I’d have to traipse down the card aisles at the store just to find a card that I liked. I’d often end up picking one with a picture or word selection that I wasn’t particularly keen on.
Still I would buy the card, because I didn’t want to spend any more time than I had to peering at cards packed tightly on rows of shelves.
After buying a card, I would have to remember to mail it. And if that meant having to stand in line at the post office, I’d often postpone the visit.
Somewhere in this long (for me, anyway) process, my memory would often fail me. I’d either forget to buy a card in time for someone’s special day or I’d buy one and forget to mail it.
I still find cards that I bought a few years ago. They appear occasionally, out of the blue.
My online card service has the ultimate birthday reminder. Now I remember people’s birthdays and other special occasions. This system makes me seem organized. Ha!
And the service prints and mails my cards for me, saving me a trip to the card store and the post office. Plus I can schedule cards to be sent at a future date. Cool!
So now I really enjoy sending (and receiving) cards. I like personalizing them with my own pictures and words. I like to think the cards I send make the recipients smile, and brighten their day a little.
I’m telling you, I experience a real high when I hear that a card I sent has touched the recipient deep down.
Like this email I received recently from someone I’d sent a card to, congratulating her on the birth of her new baby. To protect her privacy, I’ve left out her name and other identifying details. Other than that, I haven’t changed anything. These are her words:
Hi Chichi
I just want to say thank you SOOOO much for the gorgeous baby card and lovely rattle. It was super thoughtful of you. It feels really vain somehow but I am absolutely delighted with it. I really only thought of sending cards with photos of me/my family rather than ones with the recipient’s photo. I suppose there’s nothing a mother likes more than photos of her babies, though! I particularly love the Special Delivery panel with the photo corners. I’m thinking of framing that for the nursery. I confess I am a bit of a sentimental hoarder….and I can see myself keeping that card the rest of my life.
I was also impressed with the fact the card, which was included in the same box as the rattle, came safely enclosed in plastic. Very professionally packaged. Beautiful quality gift item.
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Thanks again from the bottom of my heart…
- J xxxxx
This heartfelt appreciation for my card and gift blew me away. Made me feel all warm inside. I wish I could fully express just how I felt after I read my friend’s message. But I think you get the idea.
By the way, if you’d like to send a heartfelt card to brighten someone’s day, you’re welcome to use my service. I’ll pay for it. Just click on the button (Custom Greeting Cards) on the right or email me, okay?
