We did one this year, but in a little twist, I didn’t send it to anybody. I sent them the usual photo greeting card (I have ordered them from Sam’s Club the past few years — available less than 24 hours after you place the order) but simply added a link on the card.

We have one major problem with their cards, I cannot fit the name of every family member. Last year I did it like a puzzle, figuring out how many characters per line and then combining family members’ names until it all worked out. We have a bunch of kids and a couple of dogs and we include the dogs’ names too. With another dog this year they didn’t fit — and neither would the link. I outsmarted the system. I put all the names and the link into the photo itself. It took a little trial and error to get the dimensions of the photo right, but I was able to figure it out. So anybody who wants to see my newsletter after getting my card can fire up their browser and have a look. And if they don’t want to … they don’t have to. I think it might be the perfect solution.

This article was posted on Sunday, December 31st, 2006 at 4:19 pm