For many people, sending Christmas cards is their way of sending a small gift to their friends and family. With a little planning, you can send the one card to everyone that becomes his or her favorite card – you
Cards as Gifts
Month: August 2019
Family Signing Night
Dread signing your Christmas cards? Have a family signing night! Signing cards can be a long task and cause writer’s cramps if you are the only person in your family signing everyone’s name to your Christmas cards. A solution to
Gather Your Addresses
Now that you have your Christmas Card List completed, the next step is to make sure you have addresses for everyone. Start with finding the addresses for your “must send cards to” or A group and work your way down
Free and Low Cost Ideas for Christmas
Take a sheet of paper in your notebook and begin making a list of free and low-cost gift ideas. If you find the ideas online, print out the idea, and place it in your notebook. Here are a few ideas:
Themed Gifts
Consider having themes for your gift giving to help streamline gifts and help your budget. Create a theme around a central gift or idea for each person and ask others to help also. This could be going in on one
Budget Stretchers
Take a sheet of paper and on the top write “Budget Stretchers” and on the sheet write down different ideas you come across that can help you stretch your Christmas money. For example, write decorating and then beside it put
Create Savings Packets
Christmas Saving Packets will be where you put your other ½ of savings each month. The packets will keep this part of your money accessible to you throughout the year. The packets are envelopes to place your money into and
Christmas Savings
Having a Christmas savings account and a Christmas change jar are two strategies for saving money for Christmas. A Christmas Savings Account is an easy way to save money for the holiday season, using a Christmas Club account or regular
Create Ledger Sheets
Create a Christmas Organizing Ledger sheet for each area that you plan on spending money for this Christmas. Think about all the different places you spend money during the holiday season. If you have the Christmas Organizing forms, you will
Cost of Mailing Cards
Take into consideration the cost of mailing your Christmas cards. There are several things that can cause your postage to be more than you were planning: size, weight, and thickness. Did you know that if your card is not in