Cards for soldiers

[Arizona Rita]

Thanks! I went back and looked for the entry on the first page where Susan said how to make cards and found the answer there too.
I have all this card stock left over from encampment and pieces parts from different swaps and am going to put all that to work for me. MY goal is 31 for the 31 days of this month.
I read where you talked about NEE having bagged them and Im going to put them in bags by categories, is that ok?
I'll have Christmas, general and birthday and all will be blank inside. I hope thats ok.

 

[morgansmom2000]

I have 36 cards I'll send directly to your DH once my girls assemble them on Tuesday. The fall product sale items won't be in until next month, but I'll send that along in November. I was trying to come up with a list of card categories. I think we'll do Birthday for November, Valentine's for December, more Thank Yous for January...

 

[123SA]

Sounds good! I talked to DH this week and he said the cards are bring used and are a morale booster.

 

[morgansmom2000]

The girls didn't understand why we were sending them blank cards at first (they thought I was crazy, but it wasn't the first time), but once I explained it, they loved the idea. I'm glad they are helping boost morale!

 

[party of 3]

ok i have a ? as always.....

i asked the den leader last night if the den could make some and he said of course they could. it's one of their requirements for a belt loop. so i said i would bring xmas cards stuff for them to make at the 1st meeting in November. but now reading Jennifer's post, is it too late for that? Should they be making other types of cards instead?
i also talked with one of the mothers that bubba goes to school with and her husband is a weeblo leader and she said she would have them make some as well. sooooo.....is it too late for that kind?

 

[123SA]

ok i have a ? as always.....

i asked the den leader last night if the den could make some and he said of course they could. it's one of their requirements for a belt loop. so i said i would bring xmas cards stuff for them to make at the 1st meeting in November. but now reading Jennifer's post, is it too late for that? Should they be making other types of cards instead?
i also talked with one of the mothers that bubba goes to school with and her husband is a weeblo leader and she said she would have them make some as well. sooooo.....is it too late for that kind?

No, I don't think so. As long as they are sent priority mail before THanksgiving, I think that will be enough time.

 

[party of 3]

ok great!
thanks

 

[morgansmom2000]

If you mail them directly to her DH, I think he'd have them in about 5 days. At least he did when I mailed them.

My Christmas cards will be early, but I'd rather be early than late, knowing they have to turn around and mail them back to the states.

 

[New England Eeyore]

NEE - -your cards arrived. THank goodness you bagged them. THe envelope was so wet it fell apart as I was taking it into the house! Your cards are lovely -- I love how you used the patterned papers. I have a lot of the same papers and now I know what to do with them! They will be sent to my DH with the next package --maybe the end of the week.

So glad that the bags protected them! Like I said, nothing fancy, but I'm glad you liked them. All those patterned papers were scraps from past years' Christmas cards and craft projects and have been floating around at the bottom of my Christmas Iris box for ages, so I'm super glad to get them out of my stash! I will be using the same "formula" for other card themes to shrink my other patterned paper scrap stashes.

 

[Arizona Rita]

Susan thanks for posting your reindeer and santa. It helps to see others ideas.
We are no longer meeting as a troop, I feel kind of like Puff the Magic Dragon, the kids do grow up!
I told Banana this and she said its something we can do together and so on Thursday we are going to make our cards. I told her I wanted to make 31 and she asked how many I had made and I told her 2 she said "you need my help!" Smart girl!

If anyone else would like to post pics I would love to see them.

 

[ZeroToHero]

Hey Susan - I'm having my Honors Council of 76(ish) do cards for a community service project at our next meeting. This is going to be A LOT of cards - will your DH be able to use all of them? Will he easily be able to spread them to other units "in need?"

We are thinking a blend of Xmas/All-Occasion will be the most useful... I'm going to print out what you gave in the first post.

Everyone I've told about this thinks it's an awesome idea, and they can't wait to do it.

And hey, if I get the satisfaction of going scrappy shopping to get supplies with the school's money, I'm happy!

 

[123SA]

Yes, he can share them with other units. Thanks!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Susan I'm not going to make it for October 30 deadline.

Can I shoot for Valentine's day and Easter??

 

[123SA]

Susan I'm not going to make it for October 30 deadline.

Can I shoot for Valentine's day and Easter??

Sorry I missed this. Yes, any contribution you can make is appreciated.

I made 16 Christmas cards and 11 birthday cards.


I did double check with DH about quantity. Although his unit is small -- just 32 soldiers I think, they support other units that they travel to. So anything extra, they take with them when they go out to these other places.

 

[TinkerBean]

I mailed out a large flat rate box to your dh yesterday with about 120 cards and other goodies - just wanted to give you a heads up. I hope to make a bunch more Thanksgiving cards to mail out by next monday.

 

[Disneyelf10]

Hi, I haven't had a chance to post this, but I did mail a box full of xmas cards to you last Thursday or Friday- hopefully it has arrived, it was sent 2 day mail.
thanks!!
Donna

 

[123SA]

Hi, I haven't had a chance to post this, but I did mail a box full of xmas cards to you last Thursday or Friday- hopefully it has arrived, it was sent 2 day mail.
thanks!!
Donna

Yes, it is here! AZ Rita's arrived too. I haven't opened anything yet. They will be mailed to DH on Monday. Thanks so much!

 

[Disneyelf10]

Hi, great!! Thanks for letting me they arrived!

 

[party of 3]

Susan,
mailed off the package to your dh today. i have dc# if you need it. it's got all kinds of goodies in the box. packed full! cards are on top with a pic and letter from bubba's cub scout den and from the other den that helped out. then we (bubba and i ) went and got all kinds of stuff to put in the box.
the lady at the post office was soooo nice and helped me fill out the form. she said that if we do it again for christmas to use a priority flat rate box and the government takes $2.00 off the fee. HEADS UP for anyone who wants to do this. just so you all know. thought i'd share that info. she said it goes to new jersey and then the military takes it over to where it should be.

if you let us know what else he needs we will send another box. anytime at all.

 

[morgansmom2000]

34 cards will be going out tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, I kept forgetting to get them out of my trunk (aka, the black hole!).