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A money-saving (and green) card idea

18 May 2009

At our home, we like to give one another a bunch of cards when there’s a birthday. Last week was my husband’s birthday, so I bought him a half dozen or so. One of them was particularly funny. It pictured a couple of dinosaurs on the front with the caption “Remember us?” Inside it said, “We sat behind you in homeroom.” That cracked me up so much that I wanted to be able to give it to someone else. So instead of writing inside the card, I wrote on a Post-it® note and stuck the note inside the card. I did the same with the outside of the envelope. Now I can let someone else enjoy it.

It occurred to me later that I should have done that with all the cards I gave him. My husband wouldn’t have minded, since we usually just toss old cards. Now we’ll enjoy them, then sign them and give them to others. This way we’ll save money on cards and put less into the trash stream.

I just had to share, in case you want to try the same thing.

Tagged with: cards, environment, repurposing

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