Stock Up, Save and Celebrate Birthdays All Year!

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Even when I think I have every­thing planned out, life can get soooo CRAZY and time just seems to fly by. I feel like the year just began and in a blink of an eye we are already head­ing into June and Sum­mer vaca­tion! How does that hap­pen?! As with many res­o­lu­tions, I start out the year vow­ing to stay on top of things, includ­ing updat­ing my cal­en­dar and mak­ing sure I antic­i­pate friends’ and loved ones’ birth­days. Then real­i­ty sets in and between work, school, swim prac­tice and every­day life, I inevitably fall behind and end up scram­bling when we’re cel­e­brat­ing a birth­day and I don’t have a card! Can you relate?!?! My friends and fam­i­ly mem­bers end up receiv­ing belat­ed cards and though I try to come up with cre­ative rea­sons and excus­es, I’m run­ning out of them! Plus, I feel like the prices of cards are becom­ing a bit exces­sive ~ between the card and gift wrap­ping, the cost is rival­ing that of the present itself!

So, the oth­er day when I was shop­ping at my local Wal­mart for a belat­ed birth­day card for my sis­ter-in-law, I was brows­ing through the Hall­mark aisle and saw that they have cards start­ing at 47 cents! Ummm… yes, you read that right! Where the heck have I been to not know this?! The super afford­able price got me think­ing that instead of always scram­bling or being late, I could total­ly man­age stock­ing up on cards for future occa­sions! Though I do have birth­days I can antic­i­pate through­out the year, there are sure­ly times when an unex­pect­ed one pops up, such as my daugh­ter’s school friends. And so began my mis­sion to pur­chase an array of birth­day cards for a vari­ety of recip­i­ents to stash away for the next celebration.

When it comes to gift-giv­ing, I have to admit I’m a bit of a stick­ler for pre­sen­ta­tion and ensur­ing every­thing match­es. So, once I picked out a mix­ture of cards, I round­ed the cor­ner and stum­bled upon gift wrap heav­en! Lol! As I perused the many selec­tions, I noticed there were some fun wrap­ping paper col­or­ways and pat­terns that would coor­di­nate with the cards in my cart, per­fect to mix and match. I picked up a few that would pair nice­ly with the cards, along with bows, rib­bon and tag accessories.

Look at all the super adorable items I got!!! The major­i­ty of the birth­day cards were between 47¢ and 97¢, with the excep­tion of the ©2015 MARVEL Avengers cards, which I picked up specif­i­cal­ly for a cou­ple of friends’ boys that are ENORMOUS fans of the fran­chise! My strat­e­gy was to choose some girly cards, some boy­ish cards and some designs more suit­able for adults so that I have all my bases cov­ered going for­ward. Then I select­ed one wrap­ping paper pat­tern that could eas­i­ly be inter­changed with all the cards from one spe­cif­ic cat­e­go­ry, as well as match­ing bows and ribbon.

As you can see, my girly selec­tion is super sweet! The adorable designs are soft, but col­or­ful and match per­fect­ly with the shiny wrap­ping paper and bows. My daugh­ter is dying for that pre­cious lit­tle cake slice card!

For the more boy­ish recip­i­ents, an infu­sion of some dark­er col­ors, along with designs applic­a­ble for a vari­ety of ages. And, of course, a ©2015 MARVEL Avengers card for a Cap­tain Amer­i­ca lover in our life!

Since I had a spe­cif­ic kid­do in mind who ADORES the ©2015 MARVEL Avengers and has an upcom­ing birth­day, I decid­ed to splurge on some char­ac­ter cards {one even comes with a glow-in-the-dark poster!} with a coor­di­nat­ing gift bag and star tag!

For the adults, while the sen­ti­ments and wish­es are just a tad more mature, the col­or and fun aspects remain the same in my selec­tions! I fell in love with the mul­ti-col­or pol­ka dot wrap­ping paper that just went with every­thing! And again, you can see that the same bows coor­di­nate with all the cat­e­gories of cards and gift wrap.

Now, since I was­n’t used to buy­ing my birth­day cards in bulk, I was deter­mined to keep them orga­nized in a man­ner that was super sim­ple and eas­i­ly acces­si­ble in my usu­al rush! I opt­ed for a small gift bag to store the cards and added lit­tle sticky tags to cat­a­logue them. Since cards come in a vari­ety of sizes, just make sure to add your tags to the taller cards/envelopes for more visibility!

I can’t begin to tell you how excit­ed I am to be pre­pared and orga­nized for the many birth­days to come this year! No more last minute scur­ry­ing around or apol­o­giz­ing with belat­ed sen­ti­ments! These are just a small sam­ple of the amaz­ing­ly cute Hall­mark cards start­ing at 47 cents avail­able at Wal­mart, so make sure to check out the entire assortment. 🙂

 For addi­tion­al ideas to help you save and stock up on smiles, make sure to check out Hall­mark’s site!

A video post­ed by Lyn­lee Beck­ett (@lynleespetitecakes) on May 25, 2015 at 8:52am PDT

 

 

Merci Beaucoup!

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