I am new here and don't think I can post a link so you'll have to call me for how to do this...but there is a neat way that you can have all your post cards written ahead of time. You can create your own image or use stock photos and even include your own handwriting and then tell the system on what date to send your cards. If anyone figures out that you printed them ahead and so neatly and uniquely...just tell them about your system and they will be intrigued. 

The system also puts the stamp on for you. The whole thing costs so little, you'll wonder why you did it the hard way all this time. 

You can sell them on the system and make back your postage expense. I use the post card and the regular notecard features all the time to celebrate people's birthdays and to print photos I've taken of them on the front of the cards...I never forget birthdays and don't have to be home to send them. I can sit down in one evening and plan out all the cards I want to send for the next month or even the next year...though I don't do it that far ahead.

Should you send post cards? My son spent several months in Italy two years ago and then another 1 1/2 months this year and I loved getting his post cards and seeing what he was seeing. I would have said more is better than less so you definitely want to keep sending them. There is something special about getting personal mail among all the cold boring ads. And it feels good to know you mattered enough to someone for them to think of you while on vacation. 

Email me and I'd be happy to send you a sample post card to the mailing address you provide (these come by REAL mail...not email) so you can see how neat this is. Or send me your phone and I'll call you if you have questions about this automated card sending system.

denisehasjoy(at)comcast.net