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• Dec. 7, 2008 - Note Cards a Beautiful, Personal, Inexpensive Gift for Christmas!


Last year my son created a sweet little pen/ink drawing that looked quite festive so I decided to make it into a note card to give as a gift for family and friends.  I then decided to choose one drawing from each of my children to make into a card design, from this we put together a packet which included two cards of each child's design. 

Just take your artwork to the print shop and they will do the rest, ask them to scan and reduce them to fit two to each 8 1/2 x 11 sheet, ask them to cut them in half for you!  And your gift-giving worries are over!  A very special gift that cost us less than $3.00 a person!  Here are our cards from last year.


As you can see each card is very distinctive.  Several of these selections you might recognize from some favorite books!  (The second one is my then 6 year olds rendition of Peter Rabbit in the watering can, in case you are wondering!)

All that is left to do is on your next trip to Wal Mart or the office supply, pick up some invitation envelopes to include with your gift and tie it altogether with some festive red or green raffia and Voila! Memorable inexpensive gifts for everyone! 


And you never know where this idea may lead!  After last years gift, we started a little cottage business that creates personalized gifts for gymnasts (my daughter's are competition gymnasts visit our site at...Leo-Cards.com (all gymnasts call their leotards - "leos" so we called our little business "leo-cards" - get it??  My son thought of that creative name! Creative things happen when you homeschool! 
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• Dec. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Robinlyn
Hi, I read your comment on Breezy's blog and then went to your Homemade Christmas post. Thanks for joining in the fun. Your note cards are lovely. There is something about printing artwork that just makes it jump off the page.

Thanks for posting about pressing leaves and the link to the professional leaf presser. I never knew there was such a profession either. 4 Days? Obviously that little important fact makes a huge difference. Ours are usually forgotten about for weeks and then they are crisp and crumbly.

Have a great day!
~Robinlyn
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