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Make It From Scratch: Greeting Cards (For Non-Crafty People)

Make It From Scratch Greeting Cards

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My artistic skill development stopped somewhere around age five.  In kindergarten, I made perfectly-acceptable, childlike drawings, but my 7-year-old niece’s artwork far outpaces anything I’ve created since.  Handmade greeting cards can be beautiful and cost-effective, but what if you’re a non-crafty person like me?  You can still make high-quality, printed and personalized greeting cards . . . using your computer.

Here’s how the costs work out for me:

  • Store price:                             $0.99 for a cheap card up to $4.99 for a standard card
  • Price of computer-made:  $0.55 for a personalized card
  • Savings:                                     44% – 89%

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Stop Drowning In Your Inbox: How to Organize Your Gmail

This post is part 1 in the series How to Organize It.

Stop Drowning In Your Inbox: How to Organize Your Gmail

True story:  The other day, I had to show my tech-savvy husband how to delete a message in Gmail.  It wasn’t because he asked either;  I had suggested deleting some junk that had cropped up.

Gmail’s whopping 15 GB of  E-mail storage space is a hoarder’s playground.  With capacity like that and the constant flood of electronic communication, it’s so incredibly easy to find yourself drowning under thousands of E-mails in your inbox.  There are perhaps some special people in the world who like filing E-mails or papers, but the rest of us would rather enjoy life.

However . . . how often have you missed out on paying a bill because the E-mail notification got lost in your inbox?  When was the last time you left a message in your inbox as a reminder to do something, but you might as well have thrown it into a bottomless pit?

With Gmail’s abundant features and a little know-how, you can conquer your existing inbox without sifting mind-numbingly through each individual E-mail . . . and you can set yourself up for future success with some quick automation.  Here are 10 tips to get you on your way. [Read more…]