One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is running to the mailbox each day and finding friends and family’s holiday cards. (It certainly brightens up that sea of bills and mounds of junk!) It’s such a wonderful tradition to keep up with families we adore from near and far.
If you send holiday cards, you also know it’s quite a production. From getting the right family photo, shopping multiple stationery sites for the best deals, selecting the right design, crafting the right message, managing your address list, addressing the envelopes and getting them stamped and out the door—- phew! It’s a lot of work. Not something that you just whip together easily!
The O’Regan mailing list just under 175. This year we had our professional photos taken by our PSA business photographers, Jade & Matthew Take Pictures out of Savannah. They are truly phenomenal natural light photographers that have an artistic eye that I can so appreciate. I ordered our cards from Shutterfly during their 50% OFF discount. I was excited to order the drop-in liners which I think elevates any card (liners are so luxe!!) and this year, I chose to hand write the recipients address with a fancy gold pen. These 2015 cards are works of art, I tell you and were hours in the making!
Here’s a peek at how they turned out:
]]>On Friday afternoon, I hosted a very small kids holiday celebration to make some Christmas Cards. When the idea originated, I asked my daughter, Molly, if she wanted to make cards for U.S. Troops overseas or the elderly without their families in nursing homes. As Molly is six, this prompted discussions on what these subject matters are. Quite interesting topics of conversation to have with a young one! Molly couldn’t decide which cause to support more, so she asked her friends to choose. Our little guests came prepped and ready from their parents which cause they wanted to support.
We’ve decorated the house festively and I put out some after-snacks of fruit, veggies and rolled up sandwiches. I couldn’t resist cupcakes from Ronnie’s Bakery with a Christmas theme! They turned out so cute.
]]>Since 2002, PSA Essentials has designed and manufactured personalized, self-inking stamps and embossers and maintained selling only to our loyal retailers across the country. With the launch of Stamp Essentials.com, PSA will sell Switchable Stamps, Inks, Tools and Accessories direct to our customers. It's exciting news! This blog will feature all sorts of exciting things that you can do with your PSA Essentials Stamp Accessories. So stay tuned!
In the months ahead, readers can check out great ideas for cardmaking, scrapbooking, DIY party favors and decor, home decor projects, and hundreds of other uses for our line of Switchable Stamps and Inks. Armed with our design team of dozens, we have the most talented crafters and bloggers ready to inspire you several times a week. Previously the writer of our Stamp Camp Blog, I cannot wait to move to new and updated platform and bring you fresh and exciting content that will inspire your crafts!
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