This inexpensive and personalized postcard gets its unique look from small trinkets and refrigerator magnets placed around family photos.

Materials

• Photographs
• Card stock
• Scissors

• Construction paper
• Glue
• Magnets

Instructions

1. Find a few family photos that capture your favorite moments from the past year, such as a vacation or a birthday, and carefully place (don't glue) the pictures on a large sheet of construction paper (ours was 12 by 18 inches).

2. Gather small objects and arrange them around the pictures. If you like, use word magnets to add text. We also included the year by stamping the numbers on white paper and then cutting them out.

3. Snap a few pictures of your collage, with the collage filling the entire frame. For best results, shoot in plenty of indirect, natural light.

4. Take your picture to a copy shop and ask them to print two 4 1/2- by 6 1/2-inch copies of the photo, one right above the other, on each 8 1/2- by 11-inch sheet of card stock. (You'll only get 2 on a page because of the photocopying margins.)

5. Have the copy shop cut apart the cards and trim off the borders. To send them as postcards, simply write your message and the address on the back.
   
   Cost per 100 cards: about $75

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• November 2005