Read or green?
One of the ways I’d like to make the holidays a little greener is through Christmas ecards, since I can reduce energy use on card manufacture and delivery, and perhaps save a tree or two.
The trouble is, some of my friends really like getting that letter in the mail. For them, I seek out cards printed on recycled paper from shops such as Pistachio and from independent artisans . If I were really ambitious I’d make my own cards, perhaps using scraps of reused material. (I’m thinking bits of nice paper and ribbon, not foil vapour barrier and rusty nails from my basement reno!)
For those who find an inbox greeting as nice as a mailbox greeting, I could send animated cards like these from artist Kim Hunter.
Do you have a favourite ecard site for holiday greetings? Do you still prefer to get a Christmas card in the mail?
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Janet wrote:December 2, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
I think it’s because cards mean “I took the time to think of you” that a tree-unfriendly, snail-mailed card seems more satisfying (for we dinosaurs). And that’s even though I *know * that choosing an ecard takes just as much care and thought. It’s an odd phenomenon!
Didi wrote:December 9, 2009 @ 2:59 pm
I use e-cards from Jacquie Lawson for about half my list. I can still write a message as long as I want. This year I will send a “warning” message that such a card is about to arrive so that people don’t delete my card thinking it is spam.
Jessica Ross wrote:December 15, 2009 @ 2:17 pm
I’ve received a bunch of cute e-cards from various companies, many of them very cute.
Today I received a beautiful paper card from one of our Homemakers writers; the (recycled-paper, soy-ink) card has a plantable paper decoration on it that promises to sprout wild flowers, including some that are native to Canada, such as Sweet William, Columbine and Black-Eyed Susan.