Greeting Card Grab Bag

I admire people who are always thinking of others, sending out greeting cards just to let someone know they're thinking about them. But greeting cards are so expensive these days.

I've found outlet shopping malls to be good sources of discounted greeting cards, which are often 50% off retail prices. That's convenient, except their selection is usually pretty limited and isn't updated very often. You have to be careful not to buy the same card for the same person twice!

Quite by accident I stumbled on another great way to find inexpensive greeting cards. Last year I noticed that a lot of people sell unused greeting cards at their yard sales. Some people practically give them away! I started picking up a few I liked here and there. One day at a rummage sale I bought a whole bag of really neat, old cards for less than $1! There were some little note cards in there that looked like they were from the 50's or 60's! People really get a kick out of receiving these cards. I also found some of those neat tri-folding note cards that self seal with foil stickers that are straight out of the 70's. They're priceless.

After awhile, the grocery bag I'd been piling these greeting cards in started bursting around the seams, and I had to find somewhere else to keep them. I'm now storing them in a large, sturdy holiday gift bag, and that's working out great. Now whenever I need a card I always have one--wedding, sympathy, baby shower, birthday, get well, thank you, thinking of you...you name it and I have a card for it. I can't even believe how much money I've already saved ($100's), and I always have a card, even at the last minute. I now send out more cards than I ever did before.

Another great benefit of adding to our greeting card grab bag is that my daughter enjoys the cards just as much as I do. She's learned at a very young age how to be thoughtful and reach out to other people around her. A great lesson for a small price!

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Originally published at Suite 101. Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who is the author of What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook containing more than 250 quick easy dinner ideas. For recipes, tips to organize your home, home decorating, crafts, holiday hints, and more, visit Creative Homemaking at http://www.creativehomemaking.com.

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RE: Greeting Card Grab Bag

with postage the way it is making postcards from greeting cards is fabulous to save on postage, thanks
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Post by hibbardg

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I have also found nice cards both greeting of various kinds and Christmas at garage sales and thrift stores. Yes, you should make sure that none of the cards you find aren't worth some money. Check on ebay.com because you may have something someone is willing to pay for to add to a collection! I too have found nice cards at the dollar stores and Dollar General. Hallmark doesn't get my business anymore!

Post by Debbie52

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I buy my cards at $stores .Most of them sell quite nice cards 2/$1 . & I get my Christmas cards at the after Christmas sales,or the day before Christmas .
My 3 favorite days to shop are the Day after Thanksgiving,the day before Christmas & the day after Christmas .Retail Therapy at it's Best.

Post By Linne Dodds (Guest Post)

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Some of the old cards may be worth money. Ephemera is very collectable. I would check books in the library to see if you have a treasure!

Smaller cards can also be converted to gift tags. I make gift tags with all of my previous years Christmas Cards.

Post by Gypsyducks

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Boxes of assorted cards can often be bought at mass merchandisers like Walmart and Costco. Some of these are very cute and high end appearing. I have some that are die-cut (shapes) with glitter. Also, you can use the front of cards received that are blank on the reverse and send them like post cards thru the mail. Draw a line, address as you would any postcard, write your message AND they only take 23 cents postage vs 37 cents.

Post By Linda (Guest Post)

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