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There are some projects, like preparing greetings cards, which we do time after time.
Why not systemize purchasing greetings cards so this project is done once a year
and the cards are finished as each person's special event comes up?
May I suggest that you fix up a 2" binder with 16 pocket
folders which have been 3-hole punched. Label each folder with the various
months of the year: January, February, March, and etc. Label the
last four folders: Weddings, Babies, Condolences, and
Congratulations. Take twelve sheets of lined paper, label them with the
months of the year and make lists (by the month) of all those people who should
be getting birthday greetings from you. For instance, there are your
parents, in-laws, children, spouse, nephews, nieces, cousins, church and
business associates. Make one trip to the store (or have a good look
through your greeting cards mail order catalog) and purchase your greetings
cards for the whole year. Tuck each card inside the flap of its envelope
and place it in the appropriate month's folder after you have written the
person's name where the postage stamp will go. When the first of each
month comes, prepare the cards with personal notes and mail them off several
days before the birthday. You will never have to go to the store at the
last minute again to pick up that special card.
Special occasion cards can be purchased in the same
way. Purchase congratulations, graduation cards, bridal and baby shower
cards in bulk and store them in the appropriate pocket folder. Consider
purchasing Mother's Day cards, Father's Day cards, and holiday cards (such as
Halloween cards) five years at a time. Label the envelope under the stamp
area as to which year you will use the card: 2008,
2008, 2010, etc.
Christmas cards are another matter altogether.
Usually you send out far too many cards to be kept in a binder. You may
prefer to purchase your Christmas cards in the after-holiday sales and store
them with your Thanksgiving decorations. This way, you will always
know where they are when that occasion comes up and can get right to that
project, a project which seems to hang over your head during the holiday season
until you have them mailed.
And what about an even greater effort to
systemize holiday cards?. During the after-holidays sales this year
purchase Christmas cards for the next five years. They are really small to
store and it is one more chore you will be able to forget for several years to
come. Happy shopping. This is one project that feels really great to
have done!
Find more helpful ideas in
"House
of Order" Handbook, Chapter 19, "Greeting Cards
Binder". See also:
Greetings Cards, Secret
Shelf, Sources Binder, and Trivia.
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