Get Personal With Custom Greeting Cards

There is nothing quite as personal as receiving custom greeting cards as opposed to the very popular e-card. Although the e-card is easy and a fast way to distribute a greeting, the personal touch of a handmade greeting card just make you feel that more important when you get one.

You may actually make greeting cards yourself for friends and loved ones, I just finished making my engagement invitations with my beautiful bride-to-be, Lauren. We have had so many great comments on how beautiful our invitations and are really glad now that we didn't go down the e-card path or just buy generic off the shelf invitations.

I did get some tips from subscribers to Greeting Card Profits, so thanks for that if you happen to be one. We went to a local craft supply shop and pick out the stock and materials we needed and went from there. We went home and eagerly started making up samples and I got to work in photo shop and I started setting up templates and looking though my collection of fonts.

Anyway the main reason for this post was to tell you about a really cool online photo editing service you can use to do just about everything you would need to do as far as edit and add special effects to images and photos you want to use in your greeting card making.

Its called Photoworks.com and you can even create your own custom greeting cards online. Its a better solution if you don't want to spend big dollars on photo editing software like photo shop. Its definitely worth a look.

The site was formerly known as Seattle Film Works, PhotoWorks has a 30-year national heritage of helping photographers share and preserve their memories with innovative and inspiring products and services.

So if you want to get your hands on this powerful set of photo editing tools that enables you to edit, share, and print photos in any Internet browser(IE, Firefox, Safari, Mozilla, etc.) and with any computer platform (PC, Mac, Linux), then I suggest you can go check out how to make your custom greeting cards using this service. You can register for free and they give you 25 free prints when you sign-up. Nice of them.

If you want to check out some of the newer articles and additions to my greeting card website and a photo of my handy work at making an invitation here at my site: www.greetingcardprofits.com :)

Till next time

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Greeting Card Profits Website Update!

If you have visited my website before at www.GreetingCardProfits.com you will now notice a big change in it. I have totally rebuilt the site and will continue to improve its content over time.

I have made the focus of the site on building a greeting card business of your own.

I would really love to hear your comments on the site and any suggestions are welcome.

Talk soon.

David

Handmade Greeting Cards

I came across this article by Linda Pace, a very talented and spiritual greeting card designer. I think you will enjoy taking a journey with her on how she approaches her greeting card design.

handmade Greeting Cards by Linda Pace

My handmade greeting cards are the result of my deep trust in Spirit. Each one is always different and unique, and they are all imbued with great love and attention to detail. Following is an explanation of what I call the "Pace Process:"

After creating an environment of peace and tranquility, I begin with prayer and meditation, invoking assistance from Spirit, and letting go of self-doubt, worry and self-criticism. I paint with my heart and soul, not my head. I reach for colors that attract me, and I use brush strokes that feel good. Losing track of time and space, I often paint for hours, sometimes filling the room with sheets of art-filled paper. I know when I'm done, so I stop and leave the works to dry overnight. I am always amazed and delighted when I return the next morning. The sheets of paper take on an entirely new look once they are dry. This is the first step in the process of creating my handmade greeting cards.

The second step begins with cutting the large sheets into the smaller versions that fit on the card stock. Again I invoke Spirit, and trust that I will cut the pieces at just the right place. Then I assemble the artwork onto cards, and leave them to dry overnight.

I begin the third day, and step three, by again invoking Spirit with great trust and love. I take each card and look deeply into what it's trying to convey, and if guided to do so, I assist it with little additions of paint, 'pen-work,' or glitter. As I do this, I meditate on the message it wants to express. I simply ask for the message, and then write whatever first pops into my head.

I know and trust that this message, or the name of the artwork, is just perfect for the person whose hand receives it. Sometimes these messages are quite profound, or mysterious, or downright irreverent! Step four, the last step, begins with signing and numbering if appropriate.

After this is completed, I fold all the cards and turn them over, artwork sides face down. I ask for an "angel word" for each card. Again, I write whatever word first comes to mind, trusting that it is exactly the perfect word for the receiver. This completes the "Pace Process" of creating my handmade greeting cards.

The original article, handmade Greeting Cards, can be found in PDF format, at ArborAria.com
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About the Author
Currently working in watercolors, Linda Pace focuses primarily on abstractions expressing her emotional, psychological and spiritual life journey. Many of her works have been inspired from her native Oregon upbringing, her love and respect of trees, the natural environment, and her ever-evolving spiritual beliefs. Linda's Blog is a spiritual journey of discovery, creating Handmade Note Cards.

I think you will agree, Linda's approach is different, she takes a spiritual journey and uses her angels and the divine spirit as her guide. I think I will try this approach to help me find new inspiration and I get to meditate at the same time. How relaxing and fulfilling.

Till next time.
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