Designing Handmade Greeting Cards

Photos of Making Greeting Cards

I make each handmade greeting card from my home in Lakeway, Texas. Most of the vintage postcards are circa 1910 - some a little earlier and some a little later. The stamps on these vintage postcards are the 1 cent Franklin stamps. All the vintage postcards I use are actually old. They are all originals - no reproductions. The inside of the card is blank for you to add your own personal message. The back of the handmade card tells a little about the handmade greeting card and the vintage postcard used to make it. Each blank greeting card comes complete with an envelope, and each card and envelope set is packaged in a protective sleeve.

I have made a large variety of these handmade greeting cards, including birthday greeting cards, Christmas greeting cards, New Years greeting cards, Thanksgiving greeting cards, Easter greeting cards, Valentine greeting cards, all-occasion greeting cards, thank you greeting cards, and greeting cards for most any occasion. Just take a look at the beautiful vintage postcards that I have used. You just cannot find modern postcards with the color and design from yesteryear.

Since so many people collect vintage postcards or just like using them to decorate their homes, I created the handmade greeting cards so that the vintage postcard is easily removed. These old postcards look great framed or just added to a small basket or tacked on the wall. Some people make color copies of them and use these copies as tags for presents.

It is fun to read some of the writing on the backs of these collectible birthday card postcards, Christmas postcards, and the other old vintage postcards that I have used to make these handmade greeting cards. Look at the old names from a 100 years ago - Mabel, Rose, Clara, Ida, Elsie, Myrtle, Nellie, Minnie, Ethel, Lydia, Cora, Agnes, and more. Some of the notes are also very interesting...

Here are some photos showing how I use these handmade greeting cards to decorate my home: