It’s a big world out there. A big, gadget-filled world, full of electronic beeps and abbrvtd txt msgs.
Don’t get me wrong: I love my Blackberry as much as the next girl, but from time to time, it all starts feeling a little soulless. When the tech-fry starts to happen, a little time with an Exacto knife and/or some construction paper can do a world of good.
Just Say No To E-mail
Surely you’ve got at least three e-mails from a couple out-of-town friends sitting in your inbox that are old, old, old. You didn’t answer them right away and now, six months later, you’re too embarrassed to e-mail them back them at all. You don’t have to! Instead, write a letter on a piece of impressive stationary and draw a little cartoon about how much you stink at timely correspondence. (Fabulous art skills are totally unnecessary.)
Evite, Schmeevite
Sure, e-mail-able invitations are quick, fun and free. They’re also never going to be as fabulous (or make a guest feel as special) as a paper invitation. Collaged cards, stamped vellum, hand-cut cardstock – the possibilities are endless when you do it yourself and your guests won’t have to create a profile just to tell you they’ll be there.
Cheese!
Desktop publishing is a beautiful thing, no question about it. But some of the software for photo printing is, in my opinion, robbing the world of ugly, handmade picture frames and heavy, smudged photo albums. Don’t let the slickness of the digital frame and the online slide show keep you from expressing your inner grandma – scrapbooks, albums and seashell frames complete the story the pictures are trying to tell
- Mary K. Fons
