Grandpa's Hearts: A Card Game

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Our family loves to play the card game Hearts. Every time we visit Grandpa Blanding we pull out two decks of playing cards and play a round (or two).

I decided that I would use the template #1131 "Basic Playing Card Set 3" to make a thank you gift for his generosity at our family reunion. I had spent the better part of 2010 scanning all my husband's family's photos. I used pictures of his children in one deck and pictures of his grandchildren for the other deck. I made the backs the same so we could play our double deck of Hearts.

To view the kids' deck click here
To view the grandkids' deck click here

My favorite cards were the four jokers (two each deck). They were "blackmail" pictures of him (but I won't show them). Of course the other two favorite cards were the Queen of Hearts--Grandma B.


He loved them so much he wouldn't let us play with them. Don't blame him--they are precious photos.

Now here is the clincher. I didn't think it would cause a stir but it did. I think I saw a tear in both the eyes of my father-in-law and my mother-in-law. I think they were genuinely touched. Other family members were touched as well as they looked through the deck of cards. They laughed as they realized their dad did once have hair or look at their aunt in a silly pose or what about that ...... oh the stories that came out!

I was overwhelmed at the response. I almost felt guilty because the cards were so easy to make. I think I made both sets in an afternoon. I just changed the photos--someone else designed the cards. Oh, the beauty of templates and the treasure of Heritage!
Man I just love Heritage Makers!

Specifics:
Project: playing deck of cards
Membership: Basic
Design: Basic Playing Cards Set 3 #1131
Retail: $25/each

But this project was truly PRICELESS!
worth every minute spent scanning, planning and swapping pictures.