Making Gift Giving easy…

I am always in the need of gifts for family and friends.  Each month I have birthday, anniversary, thank you, and even thinking of you gifts to give.  I am trying to be better in 2008 and have them made already but "already" I am behind.  I am not going to give up – it is still my goal to be ahead of myself or at least on time.  It is so hard with limited time to spend on stamping that I often get frustrated. 

With all the outside demands on my time – work, kids schedules, household chores, cooking, & grocery shopping – stamping is often the last on the list and gets the least amount of time. 

When I start to see myself getting frustrated I try to remember that I actually love spending time with my kids, driving them around gives me a chance to chat with them, watching their games reminds me of how proud I am of them and all they are able to do, keeping the house clean, grocery shopping, & cooking for them so they know how much I love them.  I remind myself that I do all these things (that get in the way of me stamping) out of the love I have for them and that should be enough for me to stop having a pity party.

So as I enjoy my family I still have to figure out a way to get some stamping & scrapping in.  After all it is my therapy!

My solution – Easy and fun!  I try to keep my gifts simple yet pretty.  I don’t want them to look rushed.  They really are not rushed.  I put a lot of time and thought into them.  But I try not to make them too complicated.  I like to make them practical – I try to give gifts that I would like to receive.  Who doesn’t need cards.  I never seem to have enough to give.

As much as we like to think we are busier then anyone else – we have to remember everyone is busy.  We all have our lives filled with something.  So I love to give a gift that might help that person a bit. 

Here is a cute set of cards I made for a Birthday gift.  They should have been in the mail last month.  Am I ever going to catch up?

For this set I decided to make 4 cards:  2 of each design.  I used the same color scheme for both so that even though they are different cards they look like they are a set. 

 

Using the same color scheme is good for two reasons: 

1.  You already have the colors out so it makes it a fast project.

2.  Even though the cards are for different occasions they look like a match set because the colors coordinate.

                              

Here is a picture of the boxed set.  I made the cards square to go with
the clear box I had to package them in.  I decorated the box with a
belly band to match the cards.

 

I think they make a great gift for anyone on your list.

I hope you enjoyed this fast and easy project.

I encourage you to create some for the people on your gift giving list.

Thanks for stopping by~