5 Ways Mini Note Cards Come In Handy and #giveaway

 In last week post, I shared an idea on using mini note cards to brighten someone's day and let them know you're thinking about them by slipping a note into their lunch. It had me thinking of all the other ways you can use a mini note card.

Here are five I came up with:

1. Lunch Note

2. Locker Note

 These are really fun for tween and teens. Rather than passing notes in class, or trying to text one another without getting in trouble, these sweet little cards slip up into the vents of a locker to brighten a fellow student's day.

3. Mini Thank You Card

Sometime the larger blank thank you cards feel intimidating because you think you need to write to fill in the blank. While you can't mail these little mini thank you note cards, you most certainly can write a small note and hand it to the person or slip it in a purse, on a desk, or at a table setting instead.

4. Gift Card or Tag

I always think of the holidays, but parties and gifts are a great use for these mini note cards, too. You can attach them to a package (with or without an envelope), or slide them down into a gift bag. They can have a hole punched in the top corner so they can be tied to packages for favors at a party. They even slip nicely into a bouquet of flowers on mother's day or just because.

5. SWAG

If you're a business owner, like I am. SWAG is something you give your customers as a way to say thank you and spread the word of your business.  As many of you know who have ordered from the shop, I always slip in something extra along with your order. Mini note cards are wonderful for adding to packaging to thank a customer or allowing them to have something extra to use as any of the ideas above.

Well, those are my five uses, can you think of any other ways you'd use mini note cards?

Leave your ideas in the comments below or over on my facebook page under this post.  Next week, I'll pick one lucky person to receive a set of mini note cards from the shop.  Share and tag me on twitter @mrschadt to have your name put in twice.

You all are awesome!

Lunch Notes Are A Kid's Best Friend

I just finished reading the book In-Between by Jennie B. Jones. In the book, the main character is a teenage girl who is a foster child. She goes to live with her new foster family and on the first day of school she sits in a bathroom stall to eat the packed lunch her foster mother has prepared for her.

Inside that lunch, is a little note that tells her to have a great day.

Life as a mom can get really hetic, especially in the morning. Especially if you have more than one kiddo to get ready for the day in addition to packing lunches, finding backpacks, and sometimes searching for a misplaced shoe.

I'm so guilty of this. Sometimes, as I'm dropping kids off to school I forget to say "Have a great day, or even I love you."

It's hard and it's so simple.
But it means so much.

Years ago, our pastor's wife told me how she would write notes on napkins in her child's lunch. I did the same. My kids complained, but then if I forgot they'd come home from school and let me know they didn't get their note. Even though they didn't want to admit it, they look forward to it. It's still staying connected and giving your child some extra encouragement that they may need to carry on the rest of the day.

I think we all could use some of that. Not just in school, but in the work day as well.

We've all been there haven't we? There are just those days that drag or something happens that you can't wait for the day to end or wonder if anything worse could happen before the clock hits the appointed time to go home.

A few little words of encouragement can go a long ways to make it through the afternoon.

What better way to slip some hope into someone's day than a little note card with a handwritten "Have a great rest of the day." or "Looking forward to seeing you when you get home." to boost their moral.

These bright and cheery little note cards are available in my etsy shop now.  You can check out all the designs here, and more will continued to come.

They're 3 x 3 folded, and are the perfect size for slipping into a lunch. They're uplifting designs make them a keeper to hold onto throughout the day on a desk or in a locker.

What notes of encouragement do you tend to write to your loved ones to let them know your thinking of them throughout the day?

Memoirs of Mom

This morning I got up and looked at my calendar, not only was it still on April, but when I flipped it - Mothers' day is only a few days away!!

Wow where has the time gone!  No wonder my mom has been calling me these last few days.lol... I haven't even started thinking about a gift yet (shh... don't tell my mom). :)

As I was sitting here thinking about my mom this morning it reminded me of the things that stood out most about her as I was growing up.  Things like how she always kept her kitchen neat and tidy, and still does. How we used to live in an old farm house while I was growing up.  My mom used to help milk the cows and send us off to school at the same time.

So I sat here making a list of all those things, that I remembered most about my mother. Then I composed them into a short little poem.

I'm thinking that poem would be perfect for the front pages of a blank journal, where my mom could open it up and read it, know how much I appreciate the things she's done for me over the years, and give her space to reflect, expand, and write the things that stand out most about raising me and my brothers and sisters that would create a memoir from our mother.

Today, that is my mission.  To compose this poem in its entirity, and craft a journal that is just for my mom.

I may have to throw a few pictures of the grandkids in there for good measure. :)  But I'm excited that mothers'day is soon here.

I'm looking forward to seeing why my own munchkins have in store for me in the days to come. 

What about you? What memories do you hold most dear of the things your mom has done for you?