Pleased to Greet You

Do you ever wonder how much money greeting card companies are making? Three dollars a card times sixteen birthdays, plus the occasional baby shower, frequent thank you notes, graduation cards, sympathy cards...and I haven't even started with the holidays.

I'm not here to revolutionize the system (an e-card just doesn't cut it sometimes); I'm just here to show you how I organize my cards. Here's the box:

Just a plain plastic bin (with an unshown lid) that's a little wider than my cards. The dividers came with a box that's long gone. I have some generic cards and specific ones I've already purchased for people's birthdays. I put address labels and stamps in the front for easy access.

I have another plastic bin for blank cards and then a stack of the boxed sets that I purchased recently.

How I get cheap(er) cards:
1) Sign up with Hallmark and take advantage of the coupons they send. I've received a few promotions this year for buy-one-get-one-free cards.
2) Look at the cheap bins at Michael's and the Christian bookstore for very cheap sets (these are often fairly generic).
3) Keep on the lookout at yard sales.
4) Check out clearance sections of card companies (Dayspring, etc.) and other online vendors like eBay and Amazon.
5) Purchase boxed sets for special occasions. If you have a hard time remembering which set of parents got which anniversary card which year, write it inside the lid of the box.

This works for me! How do you keep up with the greeting card onslaught?