Anyone who has moved from one home to another knows what a hectic and stressful time it can be. It doesn’t mater if you are moving across town or across the country there is a lot involved from packing and unpacking your household goods to making the necessary calls to have the utilities disconnected and reconnected. Shortly after settling into your new home, you should consider informing others of your new address. Traditional moving announcements can be purchased at most mass retailers and card shops upon which you hand write your new contact information. The styles may be limited, but they are an affordable moving announcement option if you have the time to hand write your new contact information, address the envelops, stamp, and mail them.
If you are lacking in the time department and would like more design options, there are many websites that offer customizable moving announcements. Here are a few worth checking out:
www.vistaprints.com -In the “Invitations and Announcements” section of Vista Prints, you will find a decent amount of designs for moving announcements. You choose the design and color format and input your information. You also have the option of moving the text around and including print on the back of the card. You may even consider uploading a picture of your new house on the back. Moving announcements are reasonably priced on this website and are sold in sets of 10.
www.familymovingcards.com -Family Moving Cards offers 4 fun designs of moving announcements to choose from. The unique feature about this site is you can add caricatures of each of your family members including pets in addition to your new contact information.
http://movingannouncementstore.com -The Moving Announcement Store is an environmentally friendly company who offers several designs for moving announcements from traditional to contemporary and they are all printed on high quality recycled paper. A variety of beautiful photo moving announcements are available for order on this site as well as military moving announcements which are offered at a discounted rate. The minimum order for any design is 25 and The Moving Announcement Store plants a tree for every order processed.
www.currentcatalog.com – On the Current Catalog website search for “new address postcards”. Here you will find eight different styles of postcards that can be personalized for you and used as moving announcements. Since these are standard postcard size, you save a little money on stamps.
www.smilebox.com – Smilebox is a website which enables you to send moving announcements digitally by email. We’re not just talking any old email, this site offers photo greetings in which you can add pictures and music along with your new contact information. After completing your moving announcement design on Smilebox you can email it for free.
Whether you choose the traditional hand printed moving announcement, a customizable printed moving announcement, or a photo greeting email your friends and family will be happy you are keeping them informed. You can also smile and feel a sense of accomplishment as you check off another thing on your “Move-To Do List.”
