Gardner Greetings

Like many of you, we try to send out a family newsletter every year, updating people about what’s going on in the Gardner family and including a recent photo.

Also like many of you, we used to send our newsletter out around Christmastime. However, several years ago I realized that for me the Christmas update just made the holidays even more hectic, so I decided to send out the Gardner Greetings in the spring. That worked for a year or two, then it slipped to the summer, and last year I didn’t send one out at all!

This year I promised myself I’d get it sent out. And I’m making progress! Here’s the designed letterhead, which is step 1! Step 2 is finding a few hours to stamp them all. And step 3, of course, is to write the letter.

I was going to wait to post it until I got it completely done, but I could see it slipping later and later into the year, and I hope that by posting the designed letterhead, I’ll put a little pressure on myself to get this done—plus share a stamped project!

Comments

[Jeannine Tarrio]

What a great idea! Love the letterhead.

[Carolyn]

That's a lot of work!! How many do you send?

[Roberta "RubbertaStamper"]

you're off to a good start! Do you use the family photo from the catalog?

[Patty Chenail]

Why am I not surprised at the stamp set you chose for your letterhead? lol I LOVE it! It is a beautiful as you and your family are!

[Patty Chenail]

Why am I not surprised at the stamp set you chose for your letterhead? lol I LOVE it! It is a beautiful as you and your family are!

[Christina]

I love your letter head. How many do you send out? I was just thinking yesterday that we never send out a family update at Christmas- my husband and I always felt like it was a funny thing to do. But I like the idea of sending it out at a different time of the year. Fall is my favorite time so that just might be our special time!

[Jeneen]

A digital e-card w/music would be a quick and easy solution to that problem! (lol)

However, we all know there is nothing as warm, personal or beautiful as a hand-stamped item!

Wishing you success on your project...

[Peggy]

Beautiful! Now I am not skilled at MDS but I wondered if you could create that on MDS and then print out the number you need - could be a time saver if you need to do many. One of these days I will master MDS myself!! It's on my list of "to do's". TFS
Peggy

[Julie Davison]

This makes me feel better!! I've been working on "Christmas" cards for my downline for the last two months and they keep getting pushed aside. I'm determined to finish them this week and make them "Happy New Catalog" cards. Thanks for the inspiration to push ahead and get it done!

[Christina]

What kind of paper do you stamp them on? Card stock or something else?

[Michelle Montague]

Beautiful work! Good luck getting them done. I know how quickly time slips away. I can't believe convention is almost here!

[Liz Collett]

I'm all inspired to share this super idea - both the letterhead and timing. I had to drop my Christmas letter too & was feeling a bit guilty. Thanks Shelli!

[Marisela Delgado]

Hi, Shelli- I think you have such great ideas. I really, really love that "Medallion" background stamp from the about-to-be-retired catalog. It is so beautiful.Thanks for so much inspiration and such beautiful ideas. May God bless you. All the way from San Antonio, Texas

[Sally N]

Beautiful! Now that you've announced your plans we can all be your accountability committee. LOL

[Christina]

I love your new header for your blog- such a pretty color scheme. And the purple flowers in the background of your picture are beautiful. Are those in your own yard, by chance?

[Maureen Stivala, EdD]

Shelli - love the letterhead! Awesome! By the way- totally diggin' the new catty and new stuff!

Still talking to everyone about meeting you (again) at Dawn Rapsas' Dream Night. Was so fun to have you hanging out with us all.

Take care!
Luv,
reen

[SHH]

LOVE the new picture and the purple! So happy and upbeat!

[Peggy]

I was so excited to see the title of your post and I love the colors of the website....BUT it took me a minute to figure out why the article didn't talk about plants. DUH! Being a master Gardner it was just a tad disappointing. The colors are smashing. I assume the colors are SU colors, right?