Can’t Find the Right Greeting Card? Then Edit!

December 5, 2011
by • 8 Comments

This isn’t a secret since I had it on my blog, but since Aiming Low has just a few (cough, cough) more readers than I do, I thought, why not share it here, too? This will also give you some ideas the next time you don’t have the exact greeting card to fit the occasion. Come to think of it, maybe this should have been under our Teach Channel.

I’ll have to set up the following image for you…imagine you and your siblings get a huge box of leftover sales rep greeting cards from a family friend. Now imagine you are able to give a card whenever the fancy hits you.

This is what my kids do.

Enter Mother’s Day, circa 2010 and nary a Mother’s Day card to be found in that box.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Because what mom doesn’t want a sympathy card from her kid or for her kid to clearly know that a cocktail should always be infused with motherhood?

My kids are really onto something. I’m sure our own Robin, Artist Extraordinaire, who is exceptionally good at making original cards, could come up with some for you but since we can’t clone her, you may have to improvise…

  • Need an anniversary card? Use a sympathy card!
  • Your best friend’s cat dies? Send an Easter card with a cute bunny on it!
  • A friend newly divorced? Send a Bar Mitzvah card and call it a Bar Hopping card!

 

See? So easy!

 

Filed Under: Family, Frenemies, Relationships Tagged With: , , ,
About Julia Roberts

Laughing at raising your two kids with special needs is frowned upon in certain circles, you know? Like Grandma and Grandpa find it especially annoying. Blogging since 2005 at Kidneys and Eyes and co-founder of a social networking site, Support for Special Needs, she stays pretty busy working in her business with her husband (yeah, they're crazy) and insurance receipts. A night owl, Diet Coke lover, and vintage photo collector she hopes to raise advocates and activists.

Comments

  1. Heather Durdil says:
    December 5, 2011 at 12:41 pm

    Glad to see that I’m not the only one around with a box of greeting cards from a family friend who is in the card business. And yes, we multi-purpose them as well.

    Twitter Name:

    Reply
  2. Barb says:
    December 5, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    this is too funny, about the repurposing of greeting cards!!

    Twitter Name:

    Reply
  3. Robin Plemmons says:
    December 5, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    Brilliant! I’ve never seen this done before. Thanks for the vote of confidence, friend.

    Twitter Name:

    Reply
  4. HeatherS says:
    December 6, 2011 at 1:37 am

    Those are some of the best Mother’s Day cards ever! And you’ve totally got some future Aiming-Lowers in the making!

    Twitter Name:

    Reply

Speak Your Mind

*


Display your Twitter name by adding it here. No @ required.