Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Showing Gratitude


I hope you all had a nice Christmas. I kind of slipped off the blogging bandwagon there for a minute (or a whole week). I blame it fully on my last-minute Christmas hysteria. Now that I'm nearly done clearing away all the debris and finding room for all the new stuff, it's time to think about writing thank you notes. I'll admit, that even though I design cards, I don't send nearly enough thank yous. I made these little postcards for Hudson to send out. I love the idea of letting him help, and I think it's a great teaching opportunity. {Thanks, Jen, for inspiring this project}.

Hudson can barely write his name, so I made sure there was plenty of space for him to sign the bottom. I also created a free download for you to use. The cards come in four colors...simply print them on letter sized card stock, cut in quarters, and help your kids fill in the blanks. Then stick them in the mail and Ta-Da! Your little ones just learned a great lesson about showing gratitude.

13 comments:

Jill GG said...

I love this... what a great idea! Happy New Year to you if I don't swing by here again before then!

jeanine said...

I love this! Thanks! It takes FOREVER for William to write thank yous. You just saved me LOADS of time!

Blair Friedeman said...

Oh my--so incredibly cute, as always!! xx

PS~Erin said...

These are great!! So cute!

I made some for my little ones as well, but we haven't done them yet! Thanks for the kick-in-the-bootie! It's on the tomorrow's todo list.

katherinemarie said...

ohhhh sooo GRAND!!!!!! Utterly lovely...

My only problem---what if I can't remember ANYTHING about CHRISTMAS? (ie who gave and got what?) YIKES!!!!! Bad mama!

This year I'll use my typical "thank you so very much for the gift" photo card and next year I'll be FANTASTICALLY on top things and use YOURS!

xoxoxox!

Rachel Follett said...

This is such a great freebie! I just starting thinking about doing mine. Thank you!

Unknown said...

Hi Christina, just popping by to wish you a very Happy New Year! I have your beautiful photo of Charlotte on my refrig and see it every day!
xo Mary Jo

jeanine said...

alright... I went to download these and it's not letting me! Help!

christina said...

OK, Jeanine. Thanks for the heads-up. I think I fixed it. Let me know if it's still not working and I'll email you the PDF until I can get it fixed.
Happy New Year!

jeanine said...

It works! Thanks again Christina! I put a link to this on one of my blogs (servingpinklemonade.blogspot.com) Hope that's okay!

Katie said...

hooray, we always need to send thank yous also. these are darling. missing you!

Jenni Johansen said...

I love this! I totally just printed these off this morning and am mailing them out today! Thanks so much - they are adorable and the perfect little post card. CUTE!

Courtney said...

Thanks so much! These are so cute. I so so wish I had found them last night - I ran out of my son's personalized cards & had to make do for the rest of his b-day thank you's. These would have been PERFECT - but now I'll have them for next time. THANK YOU!