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This week I’ve been busy working on my memory album and whipping out our end of the month cards (I never get ahead with my card making). With each extended care payment, piano lesson payment, and daycare payment, I include a handmade card for our provider or teacher. Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth all the trouble–then I stop to chat with them and see that they’ve saved them on their desk. All of them.
It’s worth it.
And I sat down to re-stock my supply of lunchbox love notes too. I can usually get a couple cards ahead in this area because it just takes a few minutes for each and I really enjoy them. But as soon as I make them, I tend to start passing them out quicker because I just enjoy them so much.
Stickers are a life saver for these little babies, so I always peruse the clearance and sale racks for cute stuff. On the butterfly one, I actually outlined the stickers with a white gel pen because I didn’t think they had enough POP without it.
And you know how sometimes you buy supplies and it turns out that they’re not the quality you thought? Or they don’t match like you expected? Or they’re just not your style and you got swept up in the pretty display? (This is me all over!) Well, these little note cards are perfect for using that stuff!
Like that orange polka-dot ribbon. I don’t know what I was thinking. It’s been sitting on my workshop table for a year now because it’s just not something I would ever use. Maybe it came in a package with other stuff I like. (That would be a nice explanation to get me off the hook, wouldn’t it?) But the Cowboy is not a hyper-critical audience and he likes bright colors and patterns and puffy 3-D stickers, so I get some use from it anyway. (Although this one won’t go down as a favorite card for me.) They care more about the note inside anyway.
I don’t usually make notes for Speedracer because it’s awkward to try and tuck them somewhere he would be sure to find them since he doesn’t pack a lunch. But I knew his babysitter had to get some supplies from his backpack today, and we had these adorable dino stickers (and more ribbon I just can’t explain…), so voilà! The cut out was already in that sheet of cardstock, so I just folded it in half and worked with it.
I also got 2 more sets done that I’ll be sure to post soon. This is one of my favorite ministries to my family. It keeps us connected even when we’re apart and it reminds them that I’m involved in their day and I’m thinking about them and praying for them.
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