Start early with your holiday shopping (& get a discount)!

I released this printable kit in March of this year, and in case you missed it, I wanted to share it again. This is a fantastic gift for those beloved kiddos in your life (I've also had a few adults purchase this for themselves!). If you're like me, you might often find yourself feeling overwhelmed by the amount of toys (and junk!) that your kids get for the holidays (or birthdays!).

What I love about this printable, is that it isn't a plastic toy they'll just end up not using. And this kit encourages so many positive things like writing letters the old-fashioned way, sending mail, practicing handwriting and learning about new cultures and people through pen-pal communication!

These can be printed at home or at your local printer. I include printing tips for both.

I'm offering a special discount for a limited time for Earlybird Holiday Shoppers! You might have multiple kids you want to buy for - the more you buy, the more you save. (these coupon codes only apply to the FULLY CUSTOMIZED Printable version. Not the PARTIALLY customized version. Read below for more details.)

HOW IT WORKS:

For example: If you want to buy 3 printables for 3 different kids, just contact me through Etsy letting me know, include all the description information for each child, and I'll create a Custom Reserved Listing for you. Then you input your "20happymail" code at checkout. Easy-peasy. If you're just buying one, then you can go ahead and purchase the listing in my shop and input your "10happymail" code then.

As you can see above, you have lots of options for "building" your child in his/her likeness.

There are two options available for this printable:

No. 1: A Fully-Customized PDF with your child's likeness, name and address added to all the elements in this printable kit. It is ready for you to print at home or print at your local print/copy shop.

No. 2: If you are very familiar with Photoshop, you can purchase the Partially-Customized Kit in which  I give you the illustration with your child's likeness that YOU add to all of the appropriate materals. You also add name and address. This is the more economical version for those that are very familiar with Photoshop. (If you are not well-versed in Photoshop, I do not recommend this version.)

Go to the shop to see them both!

Below are some sample gift Pen-Pal sets I put together so you can see all of the possibilities: one for a girl, one for a boy. (Details on where I bought everything are included in the printable.)

  I'm putting together some customer testimonials on their experiences with this printable... those coming soon!

Comments

[Beka {Ginger*Urchin}]

Just a quick question, and forgive me if I missed you say already, but would this kit work on Photoshop Elements 8.0, or do users have to have full-monty Photoshop to make use of the partial-custom kit? I'm just thinking how cool and useful this kit would be come post-xmas and birthdays for all those thank you notes :) Thank you, kindly.

[danielle thompson]

Hi Ginger! Yes, you can open the files in the Partially Customized kit in Photoshop Elements. : ) For the Fully Customized kit, you only need to be able to open a PDF file (you would need Adobe Acrobat Reader, and most computers come with that already installed. If not you can download it here free: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html)

Hope that helps! : )
Danielle

[katrina]

you probably know about this already, danielle, but i just found out about it and i'm rather excited... etsy created a 52 Weeks of Mail Challenge -- send a letter/postcard once every week beginning 10/9. your re-introduction of this kit comes at a perfect time!

http://www.facebook.com/52weeksofmail

52 weeks is quite a commitment, but i'm really tempted to join -- sounds fun, doesn't it?

your happy mail correspondence kit would be perfect for this challenge, for adults and kids alike.

[Heather I.]

Thank you for the lovely flowers in the Daily Digi newsletters!

[jorjiapeach]

cuteeee!!