{"id":3279,"date":"2011-10-20T13:46:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T17:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:42:25","slug":"holiday-greeting-cards-dilemma-imprint-hand-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/holiday-cards-and-tidbits\/holiday-greeting-cards-dilemma-imprint-hand-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"My Holiday Greeting Cards Dilemma \u2013 Imprint or Hand Sign?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some things were just simpler when I was single \u2013 I knew everyone I was sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmas-cards\/collection\/\"><strong>holiday greeting cards<\/strong><\/a> to and could just take care of writing and addressing them when it suited me. I have traditionally hand signed my annual cards and very often &#8211; depending on the recipient &#8211; added a personal note. I didn\u2019t have to consult anyone when picking out a design or deciding on the greeting for the inside. Some years I wanted a winter scene or snowflakes while other years I\u2019d gravitate towards one with a beautiful ornament \u2013 a personal favorite of mine. With so many gorgeous cards to pick from, it\u2019s always a challenge to choose just the right one.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll notice the overabundance of \u201cI\u201d so far?&nbsp;&nbsp; Well up until last year, I only had to consider \u201cI\u201d.&nbsp; Now that I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to find the most perfect-absolutely-fabulous man in the world and was smart enough to marry him, many, many things have changed.&nbsp; While some adjustments are obvious, some are less so.&nbsp; All of a sudden my (now our) mailing list just about doubled in size.&nbsp; The chosen design has to represent both of us \u2013 no longer just me.&nbsp; We also have to agree on the greeting and of course, how do we deal with who signs which cards?<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, friends of ours (also recently married) made a great suggestion which eliminated this problem. Over a leisurely lunch, laptops at the ready, we were able to agree on our first design together along with which greeting we wanted to send to our friends and families.&nbsp; Now for \u201cwho\u2019s going to sign them?\u201d&nbsp; Imprinted holiday cards solved this for us.&nbsp; We had both of our names and a short message printed at the bottom of the cards and there was still plenty of room if either of us wanted to handwrite something.&nbsp; They looked great and our problem was solved.&nbsp; We also decided to include our new address on the flap of the envelope so everyone would have it.&nbsp;&nbsp; As a couple, we were really happy with the cards we sent out and intend to do it again this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some things were just simpler when I was single \u2013 I knew everyone I was sending holiday greeting&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,1301,1292],"tags":[123,158],"class_list":["post-3279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-holiday-cards-and-tidbits","category-holiday-traditions","category-occasions-and-celebrations","tag-holiday-greeting-cards","tag-imprinted-holiday-cards","cs-entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My Holiday Greeting Cards Dilemma \u2013 Imprint or Hand Sign? 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