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You may be the reminder guru, with your calendar outlining the important birthdays, anniversarys and holidays that you need to remember, but it’s all for nothing if you don’t have the supplies to facilitate a timely acknowledgement of those important dates!  After making sure I had text and email reminders of important birthdays, as well as documenting them on my calendar, I continued to find that I never had greeting cards on hand, or if I did, I had no idea where they were!

My solution was to purchase a greeting card organizer and stock up on greeting cards to fit every occasion.  And the Iris Greeting Card Box is perfect for the occasion.

This organizing tool has six dividers for your cards, with a labeling system to keep them neatly organized.  The durable box also makes sure your cards stay flat and don’t get crumpled.  The six divider system is perfect to separate cards for the following occasions:

• Birthday
• Anniversary
• Thank you cards
• Sympathy
• Holiday/seasonal
• Blank cards for any occasion

And of course, you can set up the box however you wish.  I visited my local Michaels store to stock up on blank note cards from their $1 bin (they have some amazing cards with designs that rotate week to week and season to season) and purchased 3 or 4 for the other occasions from the drug store.

It’s a simple system, but it works.  If your week gets out of control and a card needs to go in the mail the next day, you’ve eliminated a trip to the store and have cards available right away.  If you are rushing to a dinner party or birthday lunch and need a card for the occasion, you always have something on hand that can act as a gift and give a personal touch.

It also saves money: after a holiday like Christmas or Halloween, stores will discount greeting cards to get them off the shelves and if you plan ahead to buy a few multi-purpose cards throughout the year, you’ve taken a step towards being organized and saved some cash at the same time!

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