As many of you know, we create three new greeting cards each month using the pictures from the last few weeks. Members of the Card of the Month Club get an automatic 25% discount on these three cards.

Can you help me pick the cards for September? For your convenience, I printed the file number on the images.

What do you think the three new cards for September should be? Let me know your choices in the comments below.

With email, text messaging, cell phones, blogs, twitter, facebook and a dozen new ways to communicate every day, why send an old fashioned greeting card? I love paper greeting cards, and here are seven reasons why I still send them:

1. It somehow means more to me when I get a paper card in the mail. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s something tangible that has traveled from afar. Or maybe it’s the fact that someone took the extra time to buy a card and stamp, write a message and send it. It makes me think they care.

2. With so many ways to communicate now, I find it hard to keep up with all the chatter. It’s sometimes hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, and I end up paying less attention to all the electronic messages I now get. But when I get a card, I stop and pay attention. Paper greeting cards somehow rise above the noise.

3. Greeting Cards are experienced without a computer. When I’m at my computer, I’m usually working, and often trying to quickly wrap things up so I can experience a few hours of computer-free time every day. Greeting cards come in the mail, when I’m away from my computer. They are a break in my day. That kind of communication is especially welcome.

4. I can hang a nice card on my wall or refrigerator. I can even frame a card that I love. Cards from my friends remind me of them for as long as I wish. They last longer in my awareness than any electronic message.

5. I can see the handwriting of my friends. A note from my mom or my dad brings me right to their world. How many times have I seen that handwriting? And I can smell the perfume on the paper. More senses are involved when we communicate through greeting cards.

6. Photo greeting cards uplift my mind before I even read a word. A beautiful card picked just for me has me ready to read anything that’s been written. If I want to make someone’s day, a simple note in a beautiful card is all it takes.

7. It’s never been easier to send photo greeting cards with Todd Smith Photography’s Card of the Month Club. In just a few seconds each month, you get as many cards as you need, delivered with stamps and return addresses. In the same time it takes to write an email, you can send a card that will really make a splash.

There are now 120 cards to choose from in my greeting card line. And another 66 snowy, winter cards appropriate for the holidays. Check out all the new cards here.

Friday is the deadline for placing your Card of the Month Club order for August. Cards will ship on Friday, July 25, in the morning.

Jump on over to the Greeting Card of the Month Club section of my site before it’s too late.

I’m getting lots of requests for return addresses on the envelopes. And about 50% of the members are requesting stamps. Come find out how easy it is to keep great cards on your desk. Join the Card of the Month Club now!

The new photo greeting cards for August are now ready at the Card of the Month Club.

Check out these awesome benefits:

• You get to have beautiful new cards on your desk every month.
• You don’t have to drive somewhere or spend time searching the internet to buy your cards.
• You save 10% off regular card prices.
• You don’t have to fool with a shopping cart every time. Just choose your cards and you’re done!
• You always have the option not to buy.
• You get return addresses on your envelopes for free if you want.
• You get postage stamps on your envelopes at cost, $0.42 each, without having to make a special trip to the post office to stand in line.
• In literally two minutes per month you always have a great selection of cards on hand.
• You get to have happy friends who know you love them.

Here is the card selection for August:

And these are the stamps available for August.

Go to the Card of the Month Club to sign up. But hurry, August’s order closes on July 25.

Check out the all new Card of the Month Club!

Only at the Card of the Month Club can you get a postage stamp and return address on all your envelopes!

This cool, new feature is made to save you time.

Card of the Month Club members already know how easy it is to keep fresh, beautiful cards on their desk. Now, you can order cards, stamps and return addresses in a couple of mouse clicks every month.

As your needs vary, you simply adjust the quantity of cards or stamps you want. It’s that simple! There’s never an obligation.

Try out the Card of the Month Club today!

Here are the cards for July: