Do you have need for A Family Business Card? You might say, what is this world coming to? Why on earth would I need a business card for my family? Well, I find the rational quite sound, and given the fact that I can get them for paying postage alone, I did it.

Friends often ask and need to contact us at more than just our home phone number. They need to access our cell phone numbers and at times they might need to reach my husband at work.

Keeping track of all these numbers proves tiresome because they aren’t used frequently. Now, I have given our friends and family our Family Card and our numbers are easily accessible. Some have even asked for multiple cards to be placed at home, in their purse or on their desk.

Another use for the card could be while filling out forms for credit or a store purchase. I hand them a card. It is a rare situation but I still find it useful when we are having something delivered to our home to hand them a card. There are no typos on their part or misspellings.

I place a card in each of my children’s backpacks. When they are away from home they have a card that a caregiver could use to contact us. While their preschool program has all our contact information on file, it is easier and quicker to access the card.

I have even given them to family members we don’t see often. When we are together and at a large gathering place like say Disney World, it is easy to contact us since they have our card with our cell phone numbers on them.

Does it make for random calls? No. I haven’t had anyone abuse the privilege. Of course we don’t pass them out as if they were water either. I do keep a few copies in my purse and my husband always has a few of them in his wallet.

Many people that have seen them think they are a great idea. And, they are. I used Vista Print to create the card. They have an online template library to choose from. They often run specials for their printing services and I highly recommend signing up for their email list to benefit from these deals. I received 250 Family Cards and I only paid just under five dollars for the postage fees.

Our card includes our names, address, home phone, cell phone numbers, work numbers, email addresses and url for our family website that has photos of our children. You might choose these options or customize your card to your personal needs. I would highly recommend them for babysitters to hand out to all their “clients” as well. I am sure there might be other uses for a nontraditional business card once you put your mind to it. Given the excellent service and price from Vista Print, you might consider more than one!