Club tackles making greeting cards

By Mark Abromaitis
THE ERICKSON TRIBUNE

Unique, pretty, and poignant greeting cards are showing up all over the Ann’s Choice campus. But they aren’t being created by greeting card giant Hallmark; they are being hand-made by residents at this popular Warminster community.

The Liberty Belle Crafters at Ann’s Choice are creating cards for every holiday and for every possible feeling or sentiment. All of the proceeds go to the Ann’s Choice Scholarship Fund.

The brainchild of the Red Hat Society, the Liberty Belle Crafters wanted to do a little something extra for the students who work at Ann’s Choice.

“The goal was really to do something philanthropic rather than just eat constantly,” Red Hat member Lynn Swan says with a laugh. “The students [in the restaurants] here work so hard and do so much for us, we figured that the scholarship fund was an appropriate outlet.”

To date, the Liberty Belle Crafters have raised over $1,000 for the scholarship fund.

Creating a card
The cards themselves are regular-size notecards, dressed up with fabric designs cut out and glued to the front. If you can think of a reason to send a card, the Liberty Belle Crafters probably have a card you can send.

“We have holidays like Christmas and Chanukah, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, patriotic themes, birthdays, and all of the seasons covered,” card maker Betty McQue says. “And then there are animals, like dogs, cats, horses, and frogs. We have them all.”

Being sender-specific
The program has been so popular that the Liberty Belles have started taking requests.

“If someone has a style of card they like, or an idea in mind, the group will consider the request if possible,” Swann says. “It’s really all about finding the right fabric, and we look everywhere for it.”

The local craft stores and craft departments at superstores have the best designs.