okra: They're in the Mail!

Last night I assembled my holiday cards. I'm only mailing a few of them (the rest are for in-town friends), but I hope that they get there on time... I think maybe I should plan to do this earlier next year, har. I dropped the disk off at the photo shop to have them printed on Monday. I picked up the prints Tuesday, but they weren't right, so they had to be printed again. Blast! They were very nice and apologetic and I got some free prints. But, it set me back a day and for last minute fools such as myself, a day can make a lot of difference. Nonetheless, all of the cutting, affixing, addressing, signing, etc. was finally finished last night. Yay!

{Here is the paper, ready for the photots to be added.}

{Here are a few samples of the finished cards!}

Last year I worked out an efficient card plan that I utilized again for this time around. I ordered the necessary number of photos in 3.5" x 5", which just perfectly fits on 1/4 of a sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" paper. This year I used a nice, heavy weight textured paper. So, first I cut the paper in half (oriented vertically, to create a 5.5" x 8 1/2 sheet). Then, I folded each cut piece in half to form the card. This is the perfect fit for a standard "invitation" size envelope. I considered other sizes, but decided I didn't want to make 30 or so handmade envelopes. I like making envelopes, but that would be sheer hell. The pictures are secured to the front of the cards with black self-stick photo corners. It takes a little while to assemble them, but it's really very easy.

I put cards and little packets of pizzelles in each person's mailbox at work this morning. I've gotten quite a few positive comments, so I think they were a hit!