Make an Alternative Holiday Newsletter (Recipe Card Style)

It's nice to know what happened to people during the year and to have a summary of the events that are most salient to people at the end of the year, but wouldn't it be fun to know what people actually did?

This Instructable shows how to make an alternative end-of-the-year newsletter of things that you did using a recipe card format.

 

 

 

 

Step 1 Materials

You'll need:
-Computer with Word Processing Program (I'm using Word)
-Printer
-Printer Paper
-Card Stock
-Contact Paper
-Sharpie
-Scissors
-Paper Cutter (optional)

 

Comments

[scoochmaroo]

Did you send one project to each person or six cards per envelope?

[AngryRedhead]

Shhh!  I'm actually still working on it, but it's going to be 6 "projects" per person.  In reality, it's going to be 6 things that we did put into how-to format.  For instance, gardening has been a big thing for me this year, and this was the first time I've entered into a plant show.  The rest of the how-to's will probably be a little more humorous such as "How to Write Wedding Vows in 48 Hours" and stuff that generally hits a memorable moment/theme in our lives.

 

[lemonie]

Nice! You've had the seasonal correspondence telling you how super someone's kids have been doing, what a top-holiday they had and how sad they were when the pet got put-down I guess?

L

[AngryRedhead]

Ha!  Not yet, so this is a preemptive strike in the hopes that people will return the favor next year, if not this.

 

[lemonie]

I have had them, you hear nothing for 12 months less 1 day, then a whole year of "we-are-super" on one page....

L

[AngryRedhead]

Hmmm, that's not my bag.  The people I know who send out newsletters are my sister.  Yep.  And then there's me and my SO.  A snippet from last year's newletter from which you can imagine the rest:

The household population is holding steady at one human, two dogs, three cats, and one Adam.  This discounts the feral cat population that lords around outside.  We started a vegetable garden, and then a vegetable garden to replace it.  So we have a compost pile now too which is doing very, very well and is doing Adam and Hanna proud.

I actually went through and toned down the sarcasm A LOT between draft 1 and draft 2.  It was originally sarcastic to the point of being bitter - we were drunk during the first draft which I wouldn't recommend.

 

[lemonie]

It sounds good. I might be spared this year...

L