subject: Card Making for the Holidays [print this page] Card Making for the Holidays Card Making for the Holidays
With the Christmas season looming ahead, majority of us are working on our gifts list. We are now thinking of how much we will spend and what to give whom. Gift sets dance on our list and while thinking of just about everyone, our list gets longer. Much as we want to give out gift sets to everyone on our list, we can't because let's face it, we can't afford to it.
If we will really push for it, we will end up bankrupt before the end of the year. Then again, who says it's the price that counts? Why can't we just give out a token of appreciation and our well wishes to someone in the form of something that won't cripple us financially?
The spirit of gift giving doesn't start with the price tag. It sprouts from the fact that someone thought of us and had our name written on his or her list that counts. True enough, we enjoy receiving gifts thus the adage, "It's better to receive than to give" or maybe is it the other way around? To some extent it's the element of surprise that counts, the surprise that we receive something from someone.
Card making is a good alternative to gift sets. Not only is this activity fun, it doesn't cost us a lot since the materials we need are mostly readily available at home. Card making can even be a source of home-based business if you are creative enough. With card making, you already have an answer to your question, "How can I stretch my budget so that everyone will receive something?"
So set aside all the gift sets that you have on your list and start gathering materials like a pair of scissors, papers, colored pens, beads, dried flowers, anything that you think you can use. Think of the personality of the person you are giving your card to and start the process of card making.
You can even go around the neighborhood and give each one a greeting card if you made a handful of those. Everyone loves receiving Christmas cards. Those small notes with heartfelt greetings will surely keep our friends and families closer to our hearts during the Yuletide.
The time and effort that you have exerted will surely put a smile on the face of the person you are giving it to, it just goes a long way. It's the small act of kindness that matters. After all, you don't give out a gift with the price tag still on it.
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