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How do you store your cards? By theme in a box or just in a basket all mixed together? I have a combo of both - nothing sorted and when I want one, I have to hunt for one. I want to set up categories and sort them. SO far I have come up with:
Feminine birthday
Masculine birthday
Get well
Sympathy
Blank inside
Anniversary
Kids birthday
New Baby
Easter
Christmas
I used to just separate by feminine/masculine but last year I reorganized them. Now I have 2 boxes...one is all birthday, the other is mixed events with blanks in the back. In both boxes the feminine ones are in front, followed by masculine, then teen/kid. It makes looking for a card much easier for me.
That said, For the past few months I always seem to have a huge pile of finished cards spread out on my work space! Every time I sit down to craft, I look at them and tell myself to put them away. But do I! Nope. :^}
How do you store your cards? By theme in a box or just in a basket all mixed together? I have a combo of both - nothing sorted and when I want one, I have to hunt for one. I want to set up categories and sort them. SO far I have come up with:
Feminine birthday
Masculine birthday
Get well
Sympathy
Blank inside
Anniversary
Kids birthday
New Baby
Easter
Christmas
Can you think of any other that I might need?
Thank yous
Hello/girlfriends/funny
Thinking of you
Moving/new house/house warming
Do you do any other holidays?
Mother's Day
Father's Day
Kids cards/youth
School/grads/teachers
Mine are:
Guy cards -cards specifically for men/boys for any reason (love, bday, just because, etc)
Love/Hearts/ Valentine/Wedding
Get well/Sympathy
Birthday- all ages
Winter Holidays- Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas
Blank
Just because/ Thinking of you / Hello
Brayered cards
Blank
Other Holidays - Easter/St. Patricks Day/ 4th of July
Baby/Small children (age 6 and under)
Thank you
I keep mine in a photo box. I have birthday, thank you, thinking of you/hello, Xmas, halloween, I'm so sorry and congratulations. These are mostly cards I recieved through swaps. I usually make my card the day of.
Thanks for the ideas. As I started sorting I found other cards such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc. I am going to continue sorting by theme and then will make dividers for each section.
I did have them organized by subject matter, then my stash grew larger and all the extras I had just ended up in a basket. Now I need to reorganize back to the old way. I got rid of some cards last year when I started in February mailing 5 cards a week to my friends and family with a special note in them. I spent months doing that and really enjoyed it. Cards NEED TO BE USED! So I decided to bless my family and friends with happy thoughts and beautiful cards not only at Christmas. Anyway, the stash is back down to managable size, so now I can put them in order.
__________________ Proud Air Force Wife Andi Wrenn
I did have them organized by subject matter, then my stash grew larger and all the extras I had just ended up in a basket. Now I need to reorganize back to the old way. I got rid of some cards last year when I started in February mailing 5 cards a week to my friends and family with a special note in them. I spent months doing that and really enjoyed it. Cards NEED TO BE USED! So I decided to bless my family and friends with happy thoughts and beautiful cards not only at Christmas. Anyway, the stash is back down to managable size, so now I can put them in order.
I agree totally with you...My uncle has had Cancer for 5 years+. Earlier this year, he became very ill and it didn't look like he would make it. I wondered if he realized how much I loved him and thought of him even if I didn't seee him - so I decided to send him a card each month. He is doing much better- miraculous really- and I continue to send the cards. Then I started thinking if my other family and friends knew how much they mean to me...in the new year I am going to start sending them cards too...this idea of 5 per month is great...of course, my Uncle will receive his monthly card for a very long time I hope
I did have them organized by subject matter, then my stash grew larger and all the extras I had just ended up in a basket. Now I need to reorganize back to the old way. I got rid of some cards last year when I started in February mailing 5 cards a week to my friends and family with a special note in them. I spent months doing that and really enjoyed it. Cards NEED TO BE USED! So I decided to bless my family and friends with happy thoughts and beautiful cards not only at Christmas. Anyway, the stash is back down to managable size, so now I can put them in order.
What an awesome idea. I need to get on this bandwagon for sure!! This would make a great challenge for the New Year.
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