subject: Express Gratitude Through Thank You Cards [print this page] If you were invited to an event or has received a unique present, take time to send a thank you card. Write your thank you notes to a person who has shown you support through tough times or has given you immeasurable joy. Without a doubt, your effort can be priceless and will give a big smile to the receiver, endearing you more. Thank you cards are a simple way of showing how you value the other persons efforts. There are a lot of good doings around us, and these often come unrewarded. Be one of those who show your thanks and sentiments through carefully thought of offerings. These are not necessarily expensive or material gifts; you can express your gratitude through a simple thank you card that you can make yourself.
Thank you cards can be made from scratch. Using a computer program, such as Microsoft Publisher, you can create a design template on your own. Open a new document, and then choose thank you cards from the selection. You can be provided with different design templates that you can use as inspiration. Or you can use one of them for your own thank you card. You can just edit the design template, so that it can match your design preferences. You can replace the color, font, or even background image. You may also use design software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw or InDesign, which can offer you full creative control. You can create professional looking as well as personalized cards from these design software.
In order to guide you on how to make thank you cards, here are some pointers:
- Organize your design ideas. You may have ideas in mind as to the appearance of your thank you cards. You may have thoughts of making it dramatic, inspiring, and comical anything you imagine. In design preparation, you may want to sketch them on paper first, include the position of design elements, before zeroing on one theme the one that suits your message best and will be appreciated by your receiver.
- Your thank you cards need to be visually appealing. Although you can make it monochromatic, or black and white, you need to put emphasis on aesthetics. Always consider the design concepts, such as symmetry and balance, in order to come up with a great-looking thank you card that will be kept for posterity by your receiver. Your thank you card should be able to get their attention once they open it.
- Make use of color in your design. You may want to make your thank you cards fun and vibrant on paper. What good way to make it that way than to add color on your thank you cards. You do not have to put a lot of colors. You may just want to use three main colors and use other shades or hues for accents. The key here is to make wise use of colors. Experiment of color combinations!
- Spend time writing the message. Aside from the visual design, message is a critical element of your thank you card. As you are expressing your gratitude to someone, you need to make it heartfelt. Always be honest and apply brevity. You can get away with flowery words, but you can keep it simple and concise. Your message should always be direct in order to be effective.
