Getting Personal

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                Why bother going to a card shop on the high street and paying an arm and a leg for impersonal generic greetings cards when it's cheaper and more meaningful if you buy some personalised cards online? 

They don't cost that much and include delivery in their price. You can even add messages to personalised cards on the internet for free and the company will then have your messages printed inside them exactly how you want them to be, before posting the cards directly to your recipients!

The simplicity of personalised cards is basically revolutionising the greeting card industry because they only cost in the region of £3.00 each which is similar to what you'd pay for a card in a shop but they have the same great print quality and also include any name or nickname you like right on the front where it matters most.

If you're any good at arts and crafts you could make your own personalised cards instead but often these can cost more than buying a card ready-made. Equally, you could buy some good quality card and make some personalised cards using your own home computer and printer, but printing costs and materials soon add up too. Especially if you do a few trial runs to make sure you've lined up your images correctly!

Thrown Away Cards
Every year thousands of greetings cards which were bought to make someone happy are thrown away when they've served (or not served!) their purpose; only some of those cards get recycled but many are burnt or rot in landfill sites which is bad for the environment. 

This should make us all want to give our friends and families cards worth keeping forever (such as meaningful, personalised cards!) and if we're anything like the Americans here in the UK we give out a lot of cards in the course of a year. The US Greeting Card Association claims that the people in the US purchase 30 cards a year on average, so over here the number is probably similar! 

I wonder how they factor Christmas cards in to that equation too because I know so many people who will send out in excess of 50 Christmas cards each year. Many of those say little else inside than what is already printed there, too!

Better Than E-Cards
Personalised cards aren't just better than generic store bought cards. We think they're also better than E-Cards too. E-Cards are available for free on the internet and you can write personal messages to accompany them, then they're sent to people via email. 

They're great in some respects because they get delivered to your friends right away (or at a time you dictate) but they're just not as satisfying to open or read as the real thing. You can hold a real card in your hand and pin it somewhere to make you happy whenever you need perking up and e-cards just don't have that appeal.

As well as being more thoughtful when choosing greetings cards and opting for personalised cards, you could also put some thought in to the message which you write within it.

You don't have to write anything too long winded, but by choosing your words carefully and considering how you feel about the recipient you should be inspired to say a few nice things. What do you like best about the person you're giving the card to? Is it their sense of humour, their kindness or another personality trait? Are they drop-dead gorgeous? Are they silly and fun? Think of something that's worth saying rather than just signing the card with the usual seasonal mantras. 

Being Original And Charming
It has become a custom to give cards to each other at special times of the year and you can choose to do the bare minimum and sign bland pieces of paper that you know will end up in the bin. Or, you can make a bit more effort and be daring. The point of a card is to make someone else happy, to surprise them and to make them laugh or smile.

By picking personalised cards that are appropriate for your friend or relative and then adding their name to the front you'll be almost guaranteed to surprise them, then inside the card, if you write something heartfelt it could be worth more than any simple gift and kept in a drawer with photographs and keepsakes for the rest of the person's life.

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