{"id":2415,"date":"2024-01-22T17:16:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T17:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:30:35","slug":"send-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/?p=2415","title":{"rendered":"Send Paper Card by Post Mail or Email to Friends and Family:"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes-1024x579.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27803 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes-1024x579.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes-300x170.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes-768x434.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1191w, https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes.jpeg?size=512x290&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/579;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Santa Claus hand in white glove holding greeting card craft paper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Send Paper Cards by Post or Email to Friends and Family<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Without necessarily going deeper into the relationship, sending a card allows you to say:<br><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m still here with you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes life becomes difficult, and things get more complicated with distance. It can be hard to maintain all our relationships if we move to another city or country. Long-distance relationships can easily lead to frustration or feeling disconnected; Even though distance alone shouldn&#8217;t be a reason for friendship problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing cards or sending wishes is a great way to stay in touch without being intrusive, until another time when it might be possible to reconnect in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any occasion is a good reason; <strong>Birthdays, new babies, Christmas, New Year&#8217;s Eve, weddings<\/strong>, or just because.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the UK, sending cards is a common tradition, especially among the older generation. Card shops are still found everywhere. It&#8217;s a very British custom, and you can often find <strong>Funny<\/strong>, <strong>Beautiful<\/strong>, or <strong>Thoughtful cards<\/strong>, with new designs coming out regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>https:\/\/www.houseofcards.co.uk\/<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>https:\/\/www.cardfactory.co.uk\/<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can also find Cards in most Supermarkets in the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"433\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes2-1024x433.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27804 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes2-1024x433.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes2-300x127.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes2-768x325.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes2.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1230w, https:\/\/b3449707.smushcdn.com\/3449707\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CardWishes2.jpeg?size=512x217&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/433;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Merry Christmas Wishes Card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sending Cards in a More Practical and Eco-Friendly Way<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At a certain point, it can become expensive and difficult to stay in contact with everyone by sending cards through Royal Mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One practical option is to <strong>Buy a paper card<\/strong>, <strong>write your message by hand<\/strong>, and then <strong>Take a photo of both the front and back<\/strong> of the card.<br>You can insert the photos into a document, <strong>Save it as a PDF<\/strong>, and send it by email. (You can even add a simple password to protect the PDF, if needed.) Creating a PDF like this only takes a few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some websites also offer the option to send <strong>E-cards<\/strong>, which have a <strong>Lower carbon footprint<\/strong> and cost only a few pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sending a paper card is still a lovely way to <strong>Create memories<\/strong>; Especially for occasions like <strong>Holidays, Births, Funerals<\/strong>, and more. And using a beautiful stamp adds a personal touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Send Paper Cards by Post or Email to Friends and Family Without necessarily going deeper into the relationship, sending a card allows you to say:&#8220;I&#8217;m still here with you.&#8221; Sometimes life becomes difficult, and things get more complicated with distance. It can be hard to maintain all our relationships if we move to another city [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"wds_primary_category":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":2415,"fr":83665,"es":84439,"pt":84638,"it":85156,"de":85513,"ko":85945,"ro":86346,"pl":86731,"tr":86887,"zh":90579,"el":90617,"fi":91619,"sl":91824,"ja":91916,"pt-br":92117,"ar":92172,"et":92367,"bg":92521,"ru":92533,"uk":92626,"th":92642,"da":92723,"he":92771,"lv":92776,"hu":92809,"id":92858,"sv":92905,"cs":92918,"lt":92938},"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2415"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80160,"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions\/80160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthinyourplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}