Comments on: Make Your Own Hallmark Cards

By: josie

josie — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:39:03 +0000

your dume i like all their cards

By: josie

josie — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:37:45 +0000

i love hallmark cards i can get them for anybody in my family

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:58:22 +0000

I like Hallmark cards. Some are incredibly beautiful. Some are not worth the price, but some are little works of art.

That said, I like to also make my own cards. Depends on the situation.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:22:21 +0000

And it’s unique!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:14:02 +0000

Anyone in my family who receives a gift from me, is well aware that there will be NO card attached. I am of the opinion that greeting cards are one of the biggest wastes of money out there. They are opened, glanced on for seconds, and then discarded. Ok, maybe it will sit on a shelve on display for a week or two – but I stand by my opinion that they are a complete ripoff. If you are the type of person who writes a small novel on the interior of a greeting card, then fine, there may be some value to it, as that person is likely to hold onto your card longer, maybe indefinitely. But for those of you who do nothing more than sign the bottom of a card with “Love, xxx” – you might as well just like $3.99 on fire and drop it in the toilet.

With that said – I like the idea of making your own greeting card. It’s more personal for the recipient and costs far less for the buyer.

By: SimplyForties

SimplyForties — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:28:53 +0000

I’m a scrapbooker and always make my own cards. I enjoy it and the homemade cards make the recipients feel special. It certainly saves a lot of money too!

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:48:27 +0000

When you said remembrance card, you reminded me of cards my brother and I created recently. Our Mother, a free spirited artist, passed away Jan 24. While she was in hospice we were clearing out her apt, and came across two remaining note cards from a printing she’d done with one of her pen sketches of a cat. With the two note cards were plenty of white cardstock with envelopes. A co-worker printed the notecards on the cardstock we found, and we have free, personal notes for sympathy acknowledgements. The best part is that the notes cards are a reflection of my Mom’s spirit, and not the standard acknowledgement notes.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:05:29 +0000

My wife has a bunch of card materials…. blank cards with different colors. Stick on additions for different occasions. Makes it easy to put a card together. Not sure how they compare to Hallmark prices.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:07:58 +0000

Great idea Jim. Hallmark cards suck and are really expensive. I would just add that you can also used recycled materials like extra construction paper around your house or cereal boxes. It can bring down the cost of making the card even further and you are reusing materials.

By: John

John — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:37:09 +0000

I have always thought that custom cards are more personal than the store bought cards. Problem is I have just been too lazy or I run out of time to actually make the card!

By: Nate @ Cheery Arts

Nate @ Cheery Arts — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:35:54 +0000

Or you could buy our cards. My 14-year-old sister draws them, and I handle the business end. So far our cards are mostly flower cards, but in the future she plans to draw others also. You can visit us at http://www.cheeryarts.com/. Thanks!

By: Matt Sullivan

Matt Sullivan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:23:12 +0000

Jim,

Great article! My wife and I homeschool our kids. I am putting this on the calender for next week’s art lesson. We have lots of birthdays coming up so this will be a great lesson to save money and even more important to teach being thoughtful.

God Bless,

Matt Sullivan