homemade cards

 

These cards were made for 2 reasons. Documentation and blank card requirements.

We have been writing down our kids comments on a master list the last few months because they have been getting more and more amazing. I know this is the case with all kids, but dang. So, I wanted to document these quotes and was originally thinking flash cards, but wasn't sure what to do with them. Then I was thinking small business sized cards—I could tuck in cards and gifts, but again, wasn't sure how they might be kept, save putting them in a scrapbook/photo album. We needed a blank card recently to give to a family member and I realized putting these quotes on cards would be perfect.

I love making homemade cards so much. It also fulfills my creative urges to combine stark simple design with crazy child brain. (Apologies to certain design talent who are totally over Helvetica, you know who you are.)

Comments

[Katie]

Oh my gosh, those are awesome!

[Jen]

LOVE those.

[Rose]

Great idea. Much better than my old journal full of random 3 1/2 year old quotes.

[Mixing Bowl Mama]

These are awesome...what a brilliant idea.

[martha]

I love these! What an excellent idea. And that second one is hysterical, the other day my son said, "Do you have anything I don't like that I can try?"

[mrmonkeysuit]

so very great.

[Jenny B]

Fantastic! The helvetica is perfect. You always have the best ideas.

[bellaguinness]

Precious! Such a great idea. Once mine starts talking, I think I'll have to keep a journal of these type of quotes.

[Deana]

those are great! I need to get a notepad for 3yr our son's 3yr quotes. Yesterday his cousin Maddie 3yr gave a great quote.

"Where is the 'On' Button on this?" **She was playing with an Etch-a-Sketch. Maddie 3yo. :) I about died. Sign of the times, I guess, right?

[Heide]

Brilliant!!! We need to start writing quotes down, now that my 2-yr-old comes up with some real doozies.

[Katie]

Love the Helvetica - did you simply print via printer or screen print, or other Angry Chicken fancy goodness? :-)

[shannon]

I love these, what a great idea!

[Slugs On The Refrigerator]

OMG! these are hilarious! What a fantastic idea!

[amy k.]

I printed from my normal printer straight onto blank cards-

[Posy Quarterman]

I love this so much! "It's all good except for poo poo" being my favorite. Thanks for sharing!

[alice]

What a great idea!

[anne]

these are awesome!!!! so cute and funny :) [I was about to ask where you printed them - they look so professional - and then I looked above...]

[Natalie]

I need the Cliff Notes for that last one... is she listing things that work hard and well?
This is brilliant.
I may have to use my son's....
"I'm not frustrated. I am frustrating!" (Max, 2 1/2)

[rustandroses]

Awesome! Kid-quotes are the best!

[SouleMama]

Love. !!

[Laura.]

these are hilarious, and the starkness/helvetica are perfect.

[Ginny]

I love these! We keep a journal of kid quotes, but this is a great idea for sharing them!

[The Antidote]

What a great idea, must start to write down some of those crazy quotes my babies come up with.

"I love you more than Star Wars"

;)

[Mal*]

Totally genius use for a list that many parents keep. I love it.

[Sarah]

Love, love, love these. What a fantastic idea.

[Samantha]

I love these cards. So gorgeous. It reminded me of when my daughter, who was 3 1/2 at the time, was drinking some juice said "I'm pretending I'm 5 and this is beer"

[Mary-- The Yellow Door Paperie]

Such a great idea. Even if I am psudo-over helvetica (ahem...). But it is a great font, and those quotes are even better!

[kyndale]

I have been thinking about this too. All these crazy, amazing, funny and smart things that come out of the mouths of babes. Great idea, I will try it! Or at least start a list for now!

[molly]

Great idea. I think jpegs on moo cards would be pretty fun too.

[tifanie]

Yes, brilliant. Well done.

[amy]

Just fabulous!

[Anne]

Love these.

[Claire]

That's a great idea! Yesterday, my four-year-old brother (who can't stand bananas) told me that the banana I was eating was "stinkin' rich." I guess he meant it was rich in stink!

[Shalet]

These are great!

[Melanie O]

Coolest. Idea. Ever.

[hayley]

Those are awesome. I'd bind them as a book with photos and a few of their drawings/letters tucked in-- that's the closest I'd get to a memory book!

Yesterday my daughter said 'chicken is healthy for you because it has fish in it.'

Huh?!

[sara]

what a great idea!

[Zegi]

Totally cool idea. We also keep a list. One of my favorites: "oh my gosh! A freedom cat!" [in reference to a stray cat sighting]

[Amy]

I love these!

[Mary]

hilarious! our current favorite is: "Good! I closed up the accordian so if someone breaks in they can't play it." Matt, 4 yrs.

[DeerDominique]

Genius! My 2 year old told me the other day " I want no part of this!"
And just so you know...Jelly of course comes from Jellyfish.

[Steph VW]

What a smart idea! I'm book-marking this page for when my yet-unborn mogrunt starts talking.

My mother-in-law only documented one memorable quote from my husband when he was a kid. (Context: his dad is a Baptist minister, so God, Jesus and church were a big part of the lexicon in his house.)

"Was God a movie star?"

[Allegra]

I LOVE them -- what a GREAT idea!!

[Emily Flippin Maruna]

Oh! These made me laugh! Thanks.

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That is a GREAT idea & right up my alley lately w/ simplicity as a gift. :)

[Paige]

Too funny. The other day Jack, who's my 4 1/2 year old, started counting in spanish to his older almost 6 year old brother Max. Max then started speaking a little spanish, combined with jibberish. Jack said to Max "I don't ACTUALLY speak spanish Max, I'm just pretending! Duh!"
Too funny...

[Traci]

That's so funny! Great idea. I've been documenting what my littlest has been saying with the intention of embroidering them on a quilt for his bed. Like "Mommy, my heart's beeping" and "I like moco-psychos" (mototrcycles)
I should give them a trial run on some paper before heading to make a quilt!

[Jennifer]

Those are awesome! I'm also toying with the idea of making home-made cards. Super cute!

[tracy Bartley]

so good. (and i still love helvetica. no matter what.)

[Nicki]

Your girls are born comedians! I especially like the soup quote, i'm still chuckling over that one. Thanks for brightening my day!

[Michele]

Oh, this totally beats portraits and the generic holiday letter. Too fabulous!

[Allyn]

fantastic way to chronicle those moments!

[Ragnar]

When my eldest was in first grade, they would have "keyboard" practice in the computer room, making cards with mousepaint squiggles on the outside and some heartfelt misspelled sentiment on the inside.

My favorite was "Dear Jessy, Just remember, eat bacon. I love you, and bacon."

I made it into a magnet and it's still on our refrigerator, much to her eternal mortification.

Love the cards!

[betsy]

Holy cow, these are freaking hilarious.

[Travelingmama]

I love these! I've been making cards for a while and have found myself going more graphic and less "cutesie." The response has been overwhelming! Making a list of kid quotes is such a great idea too. I'm totally going to start writing down what my kids say!

[ashley]

this is such a cute idea

[Zoe]

I like the quotes in the comments section just as much as the ones in your post. My brother is still famous for saying "Hi Ho Silverware!" and calling sawdust 'treecrumbs'.

[Irene]

What a great way to use the kid-speak that comes up all the time!

[Shelley Noble]

These cards are genius! Helvetica is the perfect font choice for them. Perfect. Perfect because it's slightly guerilla urban chic and lets the hilarious quotes come to the fore without unnecessary design distraction.

You are a fountain of brilliant things.

[amy k.]

omg. that is awesome.

[amy k.]

well, thank you! I think Helvetica is a nice choice, too. I ususaly shy away from making kids stuff look too design-y, but I think this is a nice balance.

[Taryn]

Love them!!

[Erica]

These are incredible-- thanks for the great idea! My son is almost 2 and is putting the funniest words together, so we'll definitely keep this in mind. I love making my own cards, and yours are priceless. =)

[rebecca]

And again You Rock.

[Angela]

These are awesome! I have an almost 5 year old who spews out all sorts of goodies. I need to do this too.

[jennifer]

These are brilliant. I love the idea of a master list, too!

[gudrun]

Fantastic.....that first quote is going to stay with me!

[emily]

i love these. where did you get the fabulous blank cards and envelopes?

[mommycoddle]

this is SO good.

[Elizabeth]

What a great idea! I've been documenting more and more, too, mostly as my status updates on Facebook - everyone loves them. I like the idea of putting them on moo cards or something, too. :)

[Elizabeth]

oh my word. i am dying!! that is so funny!!!

[Nancy]

Too clever! Love 'em!

[Hannah]

very very fun idea!

[Kate]

lol...thats so cute! I'm so glad you come before the toilet and the lawn mower :-D.

[inga]

genius!

[amy k.]

they are from paper zone, but I know paper source has better colors-

[Stephanie]

What a great idea!

[PaisleyJade]

hahahahahah! What a great idea!

[Barbara]

Love it. What fun!

[jennie]

Great idea! My husband and I were just making a Top 5 quotes from our 3 last night...these cards are a great way to do something with our lists

[Kate]

That's a really good idea. I haven't been writing things down at all, despite the fact that the weird things my 3 year-old says keep me chuckling to myself all day.

Yesterday she told me "When our dogs pass out and we get a cat, I'll feed it grass."

[Kirsty]

These are absolute fabulous Amy. I love kid quotes. Many of our kids words & phrases have stuck & we still use them.

[Kate Bessey]

Such a great idea! I have been wondering what to do with those awesome things that come out of my son's mouth, like, "Mom are you qualified to teach childs goodly?" Love them!

[Kate Bessey]

Oh, I was just thinking, magnets would be cute too!

[CathyT]

Great idea! Love what your kids come up with!

[nicola]

i love homemade cards too, but hadn't thought of quoting my kids. great idea and the good laugh i needed this afternoon, thank you!
nicola
http://whichname.blogspot.com

[Nicole]

Awesome idea! I love kid quotes!

[Sarah]

Though the quotes are definately funny, the thing that made me chuckle is the last remark about Helvetica. My hubs is a product designer and gets the associated design mags and graphics / typeface sales catalogs. I told him I had erased some "ugly" fonts from his old computer. All he said was "PLEASE tell me you didn't get rid of helvetica!" I definately knew better from reading his magazines - Helvetica is still a favorite in that arena.

[Ingrid]

hahahaha, these are FABULOUS!

[Megan]

Great idea :)

[wilsonian]

Okay, I would totally buy these. Maybe not the last one (not that it isn't cute and all), but the rest? Absolutely!

[sarah n.]

awesome. you have my address right?

[Surya]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

[Sara]

ha - these are fantastic!

[Nicole]

what a fantatstic idea. i have to keep that in mind for my husband. we can send him notes from the kids like that.

[ning fathia]

I don't think Helvetica is outdated, no, absolutely, no! It's perfect for this card. and smart quotes!

[Sara L.]

This is totally brilliant. And that second quote had me laughing out loud. Stealing this idea? Absolutely.

[katef]

oooooooh SO SO SO cool!

[Prue]

Brilliant idea.

[Clare]

love them