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shesingsnowLast year, perhaps Sept or so, I bought a year's subscription to a service called TouchNote. I can easily send a postcard from their app. I can upload photos from my phone or use their library of images and artwork. It was $120 for six postcards per month. It's actually 6 credits per month and postcards use one credit. You can upgrade to greeting cards for a count of two credits, but to me this loses value.
I sent a thank you postcard to my brother and his girlfriend. Accidentally sent it to my own address. This had the benefit of me being able to see it. It came on what seems as if it's laminated paper, although perhaps it's just super-glossy heavy cardstock. The postcard is of a very nice quality, but I can't help but feeling that the lack of a handwritten note loses something of the specialness of the intent. It rather feels as if it's one of those advertisements from Stanley Steemer that comes on the same type of paper.
I'm glad that I subscribed, because I can take a spare few minutes at any point and send out a card. But I'm not sure I will subscribe again next year. I should get my act together and start mailing actual cards instead. That said, I really like being able to send customized cards so easily. A simple upload of the latest photo of Henry or Alice and it's done. That's pretty nice.
I sent a thank you postcard to my brother and his girlfriend. Accidentally sent it to my own address. This had the benefit of me being able to see it. It came on what seems as if it's laminated paper, although perhaps it's just super-glossy heavy cardstock. The postcard is of a very nice quality, but I can't help but feeling that the lack of a handwritten note loses something of the specialness of the intent. It rather feels as if it's one of those advertisements from Stanley Steemer that comes on the same type of paper.
I'm glad that I subscribed, because I can take a spare few minutes at any point and send out a card. But I'm not sure I will subscribe again next year. I should get my act together and start mailing actual cards instead. That said, I really like being able to send customized cards so easily. A simple upload of the latest photo of Henry or Alice and it's done. That's pretty nice.
