worldle is endless

Have you seen Wordle? I love it! I've been playing around with it for weeks, and today I created some "welcome baby" cards for several of my friends (two had babies the same night!). I played around with it for awhile to get the word sizes right, and I'm very happy with it. I'm going to print it out, back it with darker cardstock and attach to a simple blank white card.

Here's a tip: numbers don't really show up in wordle, but they'll show up with letters. So for "October 1, 2008", I input it as "october~1st~2008." The "~" indicates a space should be included. I put the basic template for the words I used below. Fill in the baby's name, date, weight/size, and parents name. Obviously, you can add other words like brother/sister, or make it for a girl by switching out all the gender names.



word template for the baby one:
welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome
welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome
welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome

baby baby baby baby baby
baby baby baby baby baby
baby baby babybaby baby
baby baby baby baby

name name name name name
name name name name

dayoftheweek dayoftheweek dayoftheweek dayoftheweek dayoftheweek dayoftheweek
date date date date date date

time~pounds~inches time~pounds~inches time~pounds~inches time~pounds~inches
time~pounds~inches time~pounds~inches time~pounds~inches

family family family family family family family
joy joy joy joy joy joy joy joy
happiness happiness happiness happiness happiness
hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs
son son son son son
nephew nephew nephew
parents parents parents
grandson grandson grandson
kisses kisses kisses
blue blue blue
cuddles cuddles cuddles
bottle bottle bottle
teddy~bear teddy~bear
lullaby lullaby lullaby
gift gift gift
crib crib
bib bib
blankie blankie
crying crying
diapers diapers
waiting~for~you waiting~for~you
special special special special
grandparents grandparents
aunts aunts
uncles uncles
cousins cousins
hospital hospital
onesie onesie
pacifier pacifier
rocking~chair rocking~chair
rattle rattle
nursery nursery
toys toys
naps naps
games games
books books
first~words first~words

mom~and~dad mom~and~dad mom~and~dad mom~and~dad mom~and~dad mom~and~dad mom~and~dad
momname~and~dadname momname~and~dadname momname~and~dadname momname~and~dadname momname~and~dadname


One I made out of Le Petit Prince, the entire text (older books are easy to find online in RTF! just google it)

high on envelope glue

I started making Christmas cards back in November. I collected last year's cards from several friends, intent on remaking them into new cards. It got a bit tedious, so I finished up the cards for my office with regular old scrapbook supplies and blank white cards.




a somewhat blurry closeup of one of my favorite cards. Most of them use the main image from the card, scrapbook paper, and some silver-inked stamps. I scored the stamps last year at Michael's after Christmas in the 75% off sale. I definitely got my $4 worth this year, as I used them in some form on every card!!