Stuff & DIY Picture Postcards

I love Margie Palatini's books because there's always some humor that even adults can appreciate while still being geared for young readers.  Her book Stuff is a great example.  Edward the Rabbit has stuff.  He likes having stuff.  A lot of stuff.  Well, let's just say it - Edward is a hoarder.  His stuff gets in the way of his relationships with his friends, Anthony the Beaver and Marguerite the Cat.  He's too busy with his stuff.  Eventually, he gets buried in his stuff and realizes stuff is boring and other people (well, animals) are what's really important.

Boy, did we get stuff for Christmas.  To thank everybody for all the stuff, I made some postcards. I started by taking pictures of my kids playing with the gifts they got for Christmas.   In this case, I took a picture of the kids with the library bags my sister made for them (all those hints finally paid off!)

Cooperative, as usual

After I had the pictures, I uploaded them to Picasa.  You can download it for free!  I'm sure you can do something similar in Picnik as well.

I selected the pictures I wanted and chose "Create collage."  Then I added text.

I had the 4 x 6 pictures printed and then I used the Avery 5292 Shipping Labels .  I downloaded the free template from Avery and wrote a thank you message on the the left side, and the address on the right before I printed them off.  They stuck right to the back and were ready to send!

I did a separate thank you card for each giver but you could just as easily do one version for everybody.

Linking to Homemaker on a Dime, The Girl Creative, Sew Can Do , The Southern Institute, The Gunny Sack, Home Savvy A to Z, Today's Creative Blog , Tip Junkie,   Type A, Not So Tough Tuesday, The Kurtz Corner, Reasons to Skip the Housework, Created by Cori, Ruby Jean, 733, Ginger Snap Crafts,   Someday Crafts, Junk in Their Trunk, A Creative Princess, Thrifty 101, I Gotta Create , Mom on Timeout , Pinspirational Thursday, Gluesticks , Bear Rabbit Bear,   Two Yellow Birds Decor, Link It Up Thursday, Happy Hour Projects