The theme for September is Back to School. For those of you with children with college ahead, start saving now. For relatives who would like to contribute, using part of the birthday or Christmas gift money possibly (worth a try), you will need to set up a college savings plan.

To research the saving plans and the various options for college, we recommend starting with Clark Howard’s web site.

For those of us whom this is not a need, no you do not get a month off from the financial tasks we are working on this year! Our task this month, is to review any previous month’s tasks and do what you have not gotten completed. Trust me, you will feel better once it is done…

This custom colored graduation card design, with black & white sections as background with touches of maroon as geometric accents and text, can be adapted to use a sepia or black & white photo, to alter the fonts, to write out the date or for anything else you need. The colors can be changed to suit your taste as needed, and it can also be printed on cardstock to include additional information on the back.

Custom-colored to match a red & gray version of our Custom Colored Blocks Photo Graduation Invitation, this photo thank you card design can be created in any colors to suit your taste, school colors, or optional photos. The wording & fonts can also be changed, and you can use one or several photos (senior photos or photos of your open house party even). When printed on cardstock, the back can contain more photos, text, or be formatted as a mailable postcard (this can be printed on double-sided flat cardstock or on four panel folded cardstock). Order this design here: Custom Colored Blocks Photo Graduation Thank You.

This variation of our Custom Colored Blocks Photo Graduation Invitation was custom colored maroon & gold to match this graduate’s Florida State school colors, then printed on our double-sided flat cardstock to allow an additional photo to be faded on the back of the card beneath the commencement ceremony information. The photos were left in color on this design, but we can also convert your photos to black & white or sepia if you desire.

Cardstock back with commencement information & additional photo (we used the maroon from the front to tie it together and add interest): Read more

This elegant black & white graduation design features your photo in color, black & white, or sepia along with your name, school information, graduation date & optional event information for your graduation party or open house if you wish. When printed on flat or folded cardstock, the inside or back of this card can be used for additional information, college details or more photos.

This light graduation card design, with ecru & brown sections as background with touches of spring green as geometric accents and text, can be adapted to use a sepia or black & white photo, to alter the fonts, to write out the date or for anything else you need. The colors can be changed to suit your taste as needed, and it can also be printed on cardstock to include additional information on the back.

This gold & black graduation invitation/announcement showcases a custom graduation photo (in color, sepia, or black & white) as well as a smaller photo of the graduate as a child (which may also be in color, black & white or sepia). Ceremony information is shared on this card, which can be customized to include open house information or other text as well, or it can even just be an announcement if desired.