{"id":13291,"date":"2012-03-27T00:05:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T07:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=13291"},"modified":"2012-03-27T00:05:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T07:05:33","slug":"igift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/13291","title":{"rendered":"iGift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tI wonder \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Could it be?<\/p>\n<p>Is there really an \u201capp\u201d for everything?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It sure seems like it. On a whim, I set out to search for a thank you card app.<\/p>\n<p>Why not?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I didn\u2019t have to Google far before I found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igiftthanks.com\">iGift Thanks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No stationary, no pen\u2014no excuses.<\/p>\n<p>This app is all about APPreciation and, moreover, manners made easy.<\/p>\n<p>Every gift and generous gesture deserves recognition, right? But even the most mannerly gal has been known to put off a thank you note past the point of politeness.<\/p>\n<p>No longer.<\/p>\n<p>iGift Thanks simplifies sincerity, allowing you to share custom-crafted thank you cards, complete with photos. You can send your virtual thanks via e-mail, Twitter, or text message, and you can also post your sentiments on the gifter\u2019s Facebook wall for the world to see.<\/p>\n<p>Picture a party \u2026<\/p>\n<p>A wedding shower or child\u2019s birthday bash \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Instead of scrambling to scrawl a gift list on a scrap of paper while ribbons and wrappers are flying, you can simply snap a quick photo of each gift (accompanied by a big smile, of course). Add a cute frame, \u201cseal\u201d with a kiss, and\u2014presto!\u2014send it off. Notes, nowadays, are optional.<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, as handy as this awesome app is, I\u2019m a holdout when it comes to handwriting. Old fashioned, I know. But there\u2019s no refuting the romance of it, no denying how dear a personal letter can be to its recipient.<\/p>\n<p>So, I hope a few hardy sisters will help me keep the art of letter writing alive (at least once in a blue moon). Think of it as preserving history with the power of penmanship.<\/p>\n<p>If you need a little kick-start, here\u2019s a link to some legendary (handwritten) letters of thanks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/archives\/116624\">11 Amazing Thank You Notes From Famous People<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13293\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13293\" class=\" wp-image wp-image-13293\" title=\"gallant_manners-igift\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gallant_manners-igift.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"239\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Petar Milo\u0161evi\u0107.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder \u2026 Could it be? Is there really an \u201capp\u201d for everything? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/13291\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[335,445],"class_list":["post-13291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gallant_manners","tag-gallant-manners","tag-igift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}