Decoupage and Greeting Cards

"Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquistion of friends. "-- Epicurus


Greeting cards, get well cards, birthday cards, sympathy cards...I cannot bear to throw them away because the sentiments, although sometimes only pre-printed, are efforts to keep friendships alive.

Several years ago when I was going through an extended illness, cards sent by friends and family helped keep my spirits uplifted. I decoupaged them onto a little table where some costume jewelry resides, and those bits of cards remind me of the value of friendship.

A little Modgepodge and some cutting and pasting were all that was necessary to make this useful little side table an enduring sentimental symbol of love.

Taking on an old piece of furniture and decoupaging it with special gift wrap or other unique papers is a project which you might like just for its preservation value of sentiment alone.