Reach Out And Touch Someone

Hello and Happy New Year!
I hope everyone made it home safe and sound after last night's festivities!

I am joining in on the 365 day scrap where you scrap a layout a day. I am just making a small badge album though so at the end of the year, I can send it to my family back in the States. At least they can see what we do all year since I am terrible about sending pictures! :o)

This is what I created for Day 1:

The front and back of Day 1. I used a beautiful kit called "Feerie de Noel" by NewLifeDreams.

I figure I will make 2 small layouts/pages a day so that maybe I can use one page and actually do some journaling! We'll see how it goes!

While I was working on these, I wanted to make something to give away every day but at the same time, something that would make someone smile and not just the person downloading it! I got to thinking how since the internet has come into my life, I don't send so many actual letters anymore! How about you? Have you stopped writing actual letters to people?
I decided to give you all a postcard a day. The deal is, you have to pass it on! Download it, print it out, and one day, when you suddenly find yourself thinking about someone you haven't seen or talked to in awhile, write on the back a little note like "Just thinking of you", address it and send it! If you live close enough, just drop it through their mail slot or slip it under the door! *Gasp* You could even knock on the door and actually spend 5 minutes talking to that person! :o)
5 minutes maybe to get back that personal touch in our lives. Perhaps you have a nursing home near you where someone could use a little pick-me-up. Maybe a homeless shelter. Maybe a child, maybe an adult. It doesn't matter who it is and it doesn't necessarily have to be someone you know! Just pass it on somehow!
Perhaps you would like to use them all to make a nice little set of cards for someone who does keep in touch, personally. Go right ahead! Give a set for Mother's day, Grandparent's day, Christmas, whatever! They are meant to be used to bring a little bit of joy to someone. Who knows? That card you send to that friend you haven't talked to in awhile may be just the thing she/he needs at that moment in their life. Will you join me in this campaign to "reach out and touch someone"? Perhaps just try it a time or two? Who knows, it might be contagious!

Each day (hopefully!) for all of 2009, I will have one postcard here on my blog for you to download. No particular theme, rhyme or reason, just photos I take and I think look nice as a postcard. They are all sized 4"x6"/6"x4", the same as a normal postcard, I believe. Stamps for postcards are cheaper then real stamps, too! :o) What have you got to lose? Download a postcard and then reach out and touch someone with it! Deal?

Here is the postcard for Jan 1:

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If you decide to join me, let me know! Leave me a message! Pass my blog address on and get others to join in this "Reach Out And Touch Someone Campaign"! Let's take back just a little bit of our personal lives, even if only for 5 minutes a day!

Have a wonderful day everyone!