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With so many year end holidays and festive season around the corner, people are starting to send out holiday cards.

While there was for a period of time where digital greeting cards or electronic holiday cards were popular, until we thought that printed cards would soon be wiped out and become non-existent, reality proven the otherwise.

Printed cards are back in trend in the recent years actually. People now actually prefer DIY cards, where they can personalized and customized the cards, be it wedding invitations, Valentine’s cards, Christmas cards or gift labels. Everyone wants their cards to be unique and special.

Won’t the printing of cards hurt our resources because we have to chop down more trees? Well, if you are a eco-friendly person, you can always make your own greeting cards using resources recycled from used cards, photos, graphics cut out from magazines, etc.

Or you can choose to purchase greeting cards made from recycled paper. Recycle doesn’t mean that it will compromise on the design quality. Like the Christmas card and gift label below from Pear Tree Greetings.

They can be simple or elaborated, but they are always personalized. Don’t you think so?

Have you sent anyone Christmas cards so far? It’s only about a month away to Christmas.

Can’t remember when was the last time I sent out Christmas cards. Probably it was 9 years ago, given to my boyfriend (now husband); the card was attached to the X’mas present.

It would be nice though if you have several special persons to send them your greetings. How about printing your own Christmas cards this year? Printable Christmas cards (or any greeting cards or invitation cards in fact) seem to gain much popularity these days.

You can choose your design online, pay to download the design to your computer, then print the cards out with your own printer. Alternatively, you can also get free printable Christmas cards by designing them yourself! It would be even better if you could personalize the printable Christmas cards by adding a photo of you or anything related to you. That would add a dose of personal touch to the greeting cards, don’t you think?

If the cards you printed out have minor flaws that you decided not to send them, well, recycle them! Hang them on the your Christmas trees, or just let them stand on the coffee table as part of your Christmas decorations. There are ways to use printable Christmas cards creatively besides as greeting cards.