Everyone loves to hear or read the words Thank you.
I give away/sell for postage cost/sell seeds and items on a few different groups online. As most transactions are contactless pick up (due to covid restrictions) there is little chance to talk to the person collecting the items.
I still love to say thank you but had to come up with another way.
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I took the idea of the friendship/kindness cards made from upcycled playing cards and made some thank you cards and some garden related cards. This way I can tuck one into each item that is being picked up. Judging from the comments I’ve had from those that have received them they are very much appreciated.
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Gardeners are thinking what to plant in their gardens right now and are busy collecting/buying seeds. It is such a shame that Seedy Saturdays are not going ahead in the usual format this year.
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I used old gardening magazines and seed catalogues for the pictures to go on the backs of the cards and the magazines also had a wealth of words to cut out and use. A recipient messaged and told me she will use her card for a bookmark in her favourite gardening book.
Directions:
- lightly sand the fronts of the cards
- add a base coat, could be gesso or a plain white paint
- add acrylic paint to cover the front
- add marks of all sorts
- add words
- embellish
- add a background to the back of the card
- add an edging to finish off
One day while in the local hardware store I saw some paint chips that reminded me of leaves. So I changed 4 of them into thank you cards following the same method as for the playing cards. I love how they turned out and plan to get some more to make into garden related cards.
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I also made a series of cards that could be used as bookmarks and have been including them in the books I get from the little free libraries, books donated to thrift stores and also tucking the odd one into a returned library book.
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In these days of covid restrictions it is lovely to connect with people in another way and bring a smile to their face.
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Lorrie
Lovely ideas for saying thank you, or a simple hello.