These days, the web has made it easier and more affordable than ever before to order up all manner of weird and wonderful greeting cards, which in most cases can be delivered straight to the recipient of your choosing. As such, it’s hardly surprising that the process of making your own greeting cards is something of a dying art, especially among younger groups for whom the benefits of the web are taken for granted as a standard part of everyday life.
However, it really isn’t until you actually get stuck into the art of making cards that you begin to realise what a joy it can be. Hitting a few buttons online, simply cannot compare with shopping for your own card making supplies, allowing your imagination to run wild and coming up with something neither you nor anyone else has ever seen before. Yes, it might be simpler to let someone else do the work on your behalf, but when has the easiest way of doing anything ever yielded the best results?
So, while it may seem like something of an archaic way of going about things to some, here’s a quick overview of the five clearest reasons why making your own greeting cards just makes so much sense:
It’s Fun
Ordering a greeting card online these days is as easy as turning on the kettle…and just about as inspiring, too. You get online, make a few clicks and pick one of many generic greetings, only to then enter your payment details and send it on its way – a process that could be called a lot of things, one of which certainly not being ‘fun’. By contrast, when you go about making your own cards at home, you’re talking about a project that’s guaranteed to be a genuine joy from start to finish. It really doesn’t matter whether the results you come up with are sensational or quite laughable – either way you’ll still have one hell of a laugh in the process!
You Get to Be Creative
Something else to bear in mind is that if you’ve never put your talents to making your own cards before, you have no idea just how creative you might turn out to be. There’s nothing quite as enjoyable in life as surprising yourself when it comes to finding out you have a talent you never knew existed. You might think you have about as much artistic prowess as a banana, but you won’t know for sure until you give it a go. Suffice to say, if you do discover you have a flair for this kind of thing, you’ll be looking at a hobby that’ll become part of your life for the rest of your life!
Unique Results
While there may be literally millions of cards to choose from online these days, the overriding problem across the board with each and every one of them is that not a single example is unique. The fact that they are on general sale to the public inherently means that they have been sold time and time again to an unknown number of people – each sale diluting the card’s value as a unique gift offering. By contrast, every single card you make by hand is a 100% unique work of art the likes of which has never been created before and will never be replicated. Whichever way you look at this, it’s a genuinely priceless quality.
Genuine Sentiment
What’s also important to bear in mind is that no matter how moving or beautiful any card you send from a store or an online vendor may be, you’re still letting someone else speak on your behalf. Yes, that little rhyme inside is appropriate for what you want to say, but these are not your words. If, on the other hand, you put together your own card with your own message inside and all your own added touches, it’s an offering of truly genuine meaning and sentiment the likes of which a store-bought card cannot come close to.
Money Savings
Last but not least, pick up a bunch of craft supplies from a good online store and it’s perfectly possible to create a whole arsenal of greeting cards for all occasions for way less than those you’d buy in any store. The very best cards on the market today with creative designs and messages really don’t go for cheap, which in turn means that over the course of a year – with the never-ending cycle of special days to celebrate – you could mount up a king’s ransom in savings. Well, maybe not that much, but still a fair chunk of change!
