A few days ago, I was picking out a card for a friend's baby shower. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE cards, but I had already spent 2 dollars over my budget and really didn't have $4-$5 more to spend on a card. So, I found a .99center that worked okay, grabbed it and left. As a friend and I were driving to the shower, I remarked about how crazy it is that greeting cards can be (on average) $3-$4, or for the really cute ones, up to like $8-$9! Somtimes that's the total amount I have to spend on a gift!! It really got me thinking, b/c in the month of June, Jordan and I had 3 baby showers, 2 Father's Days, 2 family wedding anniversarys, 3 family birthdays and 4 friend's birthdays. That's a total of 14 cards!! Yes, 14!!! And I could have sent cards to grandfathers, uncles, etc.....
So yesterday, as I was swinging into Kroger to pick up wheat tortillas I had forgotten for dinner, I saw a couple of discount bins with various (and VERY random) merchandise in them. I took a couple of minutes to look, and lo and behold...a couple of them contained all KINDS of scrapbooking paraphenalia. I am not a scrapbooker, but immediately the thought came into my mind, "why couldn't I MAKE cute cards in the same way that people scrapbook?!" As I sorted through the stuff, I found item after item that brought up great ideas for a variety of super-cute cards. So, I put myself on a $20 (including tax) budget and started choosing. Look what I found:
I spent $18 on what would have retailed at Kroger (probably way more at a Scrapbooking store) for almost $60. I have tons of papers, 100 sheets of cardstock, stickers, buttons, stencils, letters, numbers, pop ups, graphics, glue, phrases, etc. How cool is that?!
So I made my first card yesterday, just a "thinking of you" card for someone, and I was pretty happy with how it turned out.
I was so excited!! This card probably would have cost me around 5 bucks, and I have enough supplies to make about 100 cards. Pretty cool, huh?!
6 comments:
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that card is so cute! You are so creative! Glad you found such a great deal.
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LOVEEEEEEEEE it :) i know i have SOOOO many scrapbooking supplies that's what I have been trying to do! or like today i found a tag from one of hope's ourfits that was a flag so i glued it on the a white sheet. sometime when we are together we should have a card making party! I'd LOVE it!!!! you are so creative
ALS0 - love the new blog design!
That card is adorable! My problem lately is I forget to make the card! I love to sit down and make several at once so I have them. We need to do that sometime. It is always more fun with a friend. Just read Eryn's comment, so next time she is here I will have to drag some of my stuff out. I don't say all of my stuff, because, well, no table is large enough for that!
I agree- cards are so expensive, and adds to the cost of what you have to spend on a total gift!! I'm a big fan of the 99 cent or even the 45 cent ones walmart has... and I too have been making my own lately.
also, reading this blog made me pull out all my scrapbooking stuff and find things to make some cards (when i got to my parents house).
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