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What is Christmas without Santa, Gifts and Christmas cards? Christmas cards have been around since 1843 when Sir Henry Cole of London commissioned one. He had also introduced the Penny Post three years earlier. There has been a steady decline in the number of Christmas Cards sent out through snail mail in recent years. However, the number is still close to 2 billion cards a year.
Official Christmas cards started going out in the 1840s and in 1953 US President Dwight D Eisenhower sent out the first official White House Christmas card. During his years as president, George W. Bush sent out over 1 million Christmas Cards. However, sending Christmas cards is a costly endevour for us mere mortals.
A whole new genre of Christmas cards started in the late 1990s when the internet and email became popular. And there are many websites dedicated to Christmas Ecards. Some of the most popular ones are American Greetings and Hallmark who also have large print presence. However, the advent of ecards has inevitably led to christmas card spam.
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Christmas Boy Card!
Memory Crafter —
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As you know I have two daughters, so my main interest is girly stuff, but when I saw this set for the first time, I knew I need to have it. The other day my oldest daughter told me, "mom, why do you buy those boys if you are not going to use them?" so here is a card I did just to let her know I will use it! BTW the ...5 hours ago -
Small Spending Cuts Save Money Over The Long Term
GetStudentLoanNow.com —
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If you take the time to become aware of how you spend your money, you can discover simple ways to trim costs, especially during the holidays, so you will have extra money each month that can be invested in things that really matter to you, like travel, education or retirement. At this time of year, it is easy to be ...7 hours ago -
Portie (Christmas) Postcards
Dog Art Today —
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Fun, new Portuguese Water Dog graphic from Portuguese Artist, Belinha Fernandes, is not technically a Christmas card image. But, the colors, derived from the Portuguese flag, she uses in this postcard have a Christmas-y feel. I think they would be great to send or give to the Portie lover in your life this ...11 hours ago -
Celebrate Christmas With Valve
Platform Nation —
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It’s that time of year again, shops are getting busier by the day, decorations are being put up around town centres, lights are being switched on and the next thing on the agenda is writing Christmas cards, but don’t worry about which ones to buy, you don’t need to look around the shops finding the prettiest ...12 hours ago -
Pink Cat Studio Lily in Winter Rubber Stamp Release and Thankful for Day #3
Stampin Inspirations by Maria —
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Hello Friends!! Today is Day #3 of my "thankful for" comment on Facebook. I wrote on Facebook "I am thankful for having the spirit of a 20 year old but the wisdom of a 40 year old. The two together is an awesome place to be". LOL! When I was in my 20s, I was very spontaneous, carefree, and sort of fearless to some ...12 hours ago -
How To Giftwrap a Goat
notSupermum —
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Do you ever wonder what youll get for the person who has everything? We all know someone who is really difficult to buy for, or maybe they just dont need anything else. Perhaps you want to give a gift that is not only quirky and different, but it will make a different to someones life? Well, its always worth ...13 hours ago -
Thieving no talent bastard!
Small Expectations —
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candy cane cat cards , originally uploaded by jamieshelman . Its Fantastic Mr. Cat! Where do you think the fox got all his moves? New holiday cards fresh off the press! Pre-order your set here !13 hours ago -
Christmas, yet again
I am Derby —
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I love the simplicity of this card, I have a few more that are really similar. Once I got started I couldnt stop making them. First I embossed my PTI white cs with my label one nestie. Next I stamped a coordinating border from Waltzingmouse stamps Label one stamp set. I added a Hero arts holly sprig and a ...14 hours ago -
helloCards for iPhone Expected to Dominate Christmas Card Market
iPhone News at Desinformado.com | The Complete Source for iPhone News —
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Christmas during a recession has people opting to use helloCards version 1.3.3 to send Holiday greetings this year. Due to the economy, it may be the only way that some busy and broke families can afford it. The high cost of printed cards and postage rules out the traditional method. helloCards is an iPhone and iPod ...16 hours ago -
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Paula, Paulita —
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Some times the simplest cards have got the most wow factor. I like to think that this is one of those cards. If you are thinking how that card is going to fit an envelope, well let me tell you, you use one of 8 x 8" -from Craftwork Cards . I know this card is not for everyone, this one is over three edges not just ...17 hours ago -
Play ! Play! Playing today
Fiskars Craft —
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Hi everyone, Well after a busy week last week and then working on the weekend at PAPERIFIC EXPO I decided I needed to relax and take it easy today ....so I have been playing with these NEW Fiskars Tools: *...21 hours ago -
There are Christmas cards and then there are Christmas cards.
The Opinionated Parent —
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I love Christmas. I love Christmas cards. I love sending them and I love receiving them. Growing up with a military Daddy, I have friends from all over the world and receive some pretty spectacular cards. I’ve always thought my cards were pretty nice too, until I got my order from [...]23 hours ago -
Challenge #41 Sketch
The Pink Petal —
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This weeks challenge at The Pink Elephant is a sketch challenge. Here is the sketch we used. I made a couple gift tags using the sketch this week. My first one is a snowflake I cut from my sizzix snowflake die and the pink one is from my cuttlebug snowflake die which I embossed with a pink shimmery embossing ...1 day ago -
Holiday Cats
PurrPrints: Art, Cats, and Randomness —
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Ive brought my winter kitty cat designs back out of hiding since the holidays are just around the corner. You can get cards (greeting cards and postcards) with your choice of background color and these designs at my zazzle shop (you can also find magnets, mugs, tees, stickers and other fun stuff with these ...1 day ago -
Inspired
simply rae —
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Today I was inspired by a Websters Pages 6" x 6" paper pad... which includes gorgeous papers from two collections: Home for the Holidays and Winters Wings It was a relaxing, inspiring, productive card making day... love it when that happens! Christmas Blessings card ...1 day ago -
Christmas party invatation
My crafty days off —
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Another busy weekend for me!! Cant believe it nearly over!! I needed to make the invitation for my work Christmas party this weekend. Finally got it done but then had a hard time with the photo as there is soooooo much glitter & sparkle!The photo truly does not give it justice! Also the background is stamped with ...1 day ago -
Quick, Easy Christmas Cards from a Michaels Kit
Scrapbook Obsession —
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I decided to go the easy route for Christmas cards this year, and buy a kit to make them come together more easily and cheaply. I found this kit at Michaels recently and, with my coupon, it only cost $8.50. You get 18 cards and envies, so only 47 cents per card is pretty dang good, I think. The kit comes packaged ...1 day ago -
Christmas Cards
I am Derby —
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I have been making a ton of them this weekend... I even took pictures, so things are going to be Christmasy around here for the next few days. I used stamps from Waltzingmouse Stamps, Papertrey ink, and Hero Arts. First off I have to gush about WM stamps gorgeous Label 1 die set! OMG it is to die for. That ...1 day ago -
Happy Sunday & November’s L’il Scrappers GOT KIT reveal!
Moralia's Weblog —
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Good morning ladies! How are you this morning! It’s pretty dark & gloomy here today, but that’s fine, I have no plans besides staying in & spending time with my kidlets and hopefully squeezing in some scrapping time! Tonight is my TV night, Desperate Housewives & Amazing Race… Anyone else watch? ...1 day ago -
Glitz & Bling
A Lil' bit of me... —
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Luckily I found time for a quick card in the mids of everything I need to finish today.. and it complies with 3 challenges: * The sketch I’ve used is from SKETCH SATURDAY and it’s one of those yummie ones again! * Over at CCT and BASIC GREY challenge blogs it is bling & glitz and as I’ve used ...1 day ago
