Homemade cards, stationary, and scrapbooks

I've been having fun watching different videos on card making and other things on YouTube lately. There are lots of creative women out there. I was mainly doing it to get more ideas for Activity Day Girls projects for the holidays that are coming up, but it reminded me of all the times I made homemade stationary for family for Christmas gifts, how I would make my own cards to send to people on birthdays, holidays, or just 'cuz. I've been carrying around these little 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" cards in my purse to give to people for smiles if I see someone
I don't know or someone that looks like they could use a Pick-me-up. 

These little cards started out as To/From cards that you could attach to presents. I would make up a bunch of little squares and stamp my To:/From: on them and then save them for later. One day I was going along and thought, "Hey, I wish I had a little card to just pass to this person to let them know I was thinking about them even though I don't have a lot of time to stop and chat with them at the moment." Another time I wanted to just leave a little note to say Thank You to someone or even a Thinking of you for them to find later on...so my To/From tags became little cards I carry in my purse. Most of them are blank inside so I can add my little notes if I want or I can leave them with a tip at a restaurant. They are fun and don't take a lot of time.

Many of my friends have said that they would love to be able to make something like these and I'm like...It's not that hard. I have thought about putting together little kits with all the stuff you need to make them, minus the stamps and adhesive, and see if any of the ladies I know want to get together and make them. Start out small. Then maybe I can get them interested in making bigger cards for birthdays, holidays, thank you's, etc. I don't mind...I find things like this relaxing.

I hope to help my friends realize that it isn't hard to be creative...the hard part is getting out of the box you've put yourself in. We are all creative in our own way...

Gift Card holder

Fall Gift Card Holder