Frugal Gift Ideas: Free Personalized Stationery

by Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger

28 Nov 2007 10:04 AM

Pretty stationery is a wonderful gift for someone special for Christmas. It is the kind of gift that you can give almost anyone, from close friends and family to service providers that you want to thank for helping you throughout the year. Personalized stationery makes a great gift for teachers, especially. You can the pair stationery with desk accessories, such as pens, pencils, postage stamps, stickers and paper clips to fill out the gift and make it grand, or just give the stationery as it is.

Making your own stationery is the best way to go when it comes to being frugal. And making your own gift will allow you to personalize and customize the gift to make it a wonderful fit for your gift recipient.

You can make your own gift stationery using stamps, stickers, etc. But I found a great website that has hundreds of really nice stationery designs that you can print out for free. This isn't the cartoonish stationery that you might have seen in the past. These papers have sophisticated or whimsical designs. Some of the papers even feature background designs. This stationery is quick and easy to download and print, making it the perfect gift for last minute gifting. Just download the design you like, personalize it with the recipients information and print the sheets. Then add a pretty bow and some blank envelopes to complete the gift. You can buy a design for matching envelopes at $4 per design, if you like. You can even jazz it up a bit with a candy cane or inexpensive ornament tied in the ribbon. And don't worry, the designs are specifically Christmas or holiday related, so your gift recipient will enjoy using the stationery all year round.

You can find the stationery by clicking here: http://www.freeprintablestationery.net/

Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here.

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Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat.

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