Writer's Cramp

According to what I believe are generally accepted rules of etiquette, thank you cards are to be in the post within two weeks of gift receipt. Crapping rules. Look. Executing big plans sometimes demands more time -- correction ALWAYS demands more time -- than the simple route.

Case in point: I decided to create my own thank you cards because I wanted them to be personal. And special. I had found a website with designs that I LOVED. But I wanted to personalize the designs more than was possible ordering online. So, I bogarted the design and added a twist of my own. THEN, getting them printed required more time than I expected due to a few formatting issues. And STILL THEN, I trimmed them myself to get the bleed I wanted. I'm thinking that if you figure in the time I've spent on these, they must have cost me about $30 a card. So maybe the wallet damage wasn't quite that dire.

I'm really happy with the result though -- which I've posted so you can see. I paired the card with a bright yellow envelope.

Tonight, I managed to get 13 cards written. These will be in the mail tomorrow. I've vowed to myself to have them all complete by Tuesday!