{"id":3294,"date":"2017-04-28T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2019-05-24T14:49:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:49:13","slug":"20-ways-to-start-off-a-greeting-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/20-ways-to-start-off-a-greeting-card\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Ways to Start Off A Greeting Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #00265d;\">So you know how to sign off a greeting card thanks to our handy-dandy post on <a style=\"color: #00265d;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/55-ways-to-sign-off-a-greeting-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">55 ways to sign off a greeting card<\/a>, but do you know how to start one?!&nbsp;Not to worry, we&#8217;ve decided to give you a diverse set of options just for you. And if you&#8217;re about to embark on a thank you note writing journey, you may be interested in checking out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/how-to-write-a-thank-you-note-the-ultimate-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the ultimate guide to writing a thank you note<\/a> (because you&#8217;re definitely not the only one who doesn&#8217;t know).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Open-_Card.png\" alt=\"Open _Card\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Open-_Card.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Open-_Card-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Open-_Card-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Open-_Card-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone possesses the skills to write a concise and delightful greeting message, but we&#8217;ve thought ahead for you and created a whole list of ways to start such a greeting. If you happen to be writing thank you notes, you can also checkout our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/how-to-write-a-thank-you-note-the-ultimate-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ultimate guide to writing a thank you note<\/a> that will have every detail you need to write a killer thank you.<\/p>\n<p>1. Dear ___,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00265d;\">2. Howdy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00265d;\">3. Miss\/ Mrs.\/ Mr.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00265d;\">4. Hey Girl!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00265d;\">5. Hi!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00265d;\">6. Hello.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hello9.png\" alt=\"Hello9\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hello9.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hello9-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hello9-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hello9-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hello9-1024x1024.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00265d;\">7. Aloha!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00265d;\">8. Greetings!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>9. To&nbsp;whom it may concern,<\/p>\n<p>10. Hola!<\/p>\n<p>11. Bonjour!<\/p>\n<p>12. Sup.<\/p>\n<p>13. To: _______<\/p>\n<p>14. Hey!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/xT8qBhUUelhfFfl7Py\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>15. G&#8217;day!<\/p>\n<p>16. Shalom!<\/p>\n<p>17. How goes it?<\/p>\n<p>18. How you doing?<\/p>\n<p>19. Hi-ya!<\/p>\n<p>20. Yo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you know how to sign off a greeting card thanks to our handy-dandy post on 55 ways to sign off a greeting card, but do you know how to start one?!&nbsp;Not to worry, we&#8217;ve decided to give you a diverse set of options just for you. 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