Keep birthday, Christmas, and get well cards and use them as postcards. Just cut them apart and then draw a line to separate the message from the name and address. You save money not having to buy cards and the postage is cheaper on postcards. They can be quite pretty and its a good way to reuse the cards.
You can also cut last year's Christmas cards and put a hole in them and a ribbon and hang from your Christmas tree.
By dorothy wedenoja from New Creek, WV
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To recycle cards and save trees, I turn cards I receive into postcards and re use them.
I save pretty used greeting cards; Christmas, birthday, everyday cards. I cut off the back page so you have the front of the card.
