Like GinaMarie and Caroline, the realization that the holiday season isn’t far away (I can’t believe Thanksgiving is next week!) has motivated me to think early about my Christmas cards.  So often, the season becomes stressful and unenjoyable, so anything I can do ahead of time is welcome. In past years, I have been really on the ball, starting early and making all my own cards.  Now that I’m married I have twice as many cards to send out, so I tried to find a way to take a shortcut to sending homemade cards.

My first idea, which I got one from one of the paper crafting magazines, was to make one homemade card and then send out color copies.  That was the big plan for last weekend, and I got started on crafting the card using the My Mind’s Eye paper (from the Out & About collection) that just came to the MM office.  I scanned the card in prep for color copying.  And then I realized that even though the scanned version was pretty good (see right), it just wasn’t the same as sending a real homemade card. I ended up scratching the crafty card idea in favor of designing my own photo card. But the homemade card is just too cute to throw away. I’m thinking of making a little wall hanging out of it (it’s about 4x6’’). But I welcome other creative ideas if you’ve got one. Post them here!  And check out these ideas for homemade holiday gifts.

Kristin