Ideas for a retirement card

[kumacat]

Just found out that our deputy head is retiring and stuck for ideas to make a retirement card. I'm not sure what his hobbies are. Any suggestions?

[allyf]

I did one back in Jan for a friend who was retiring and I printed out the poem Leisure and then decorated it. Its very girly being pink and flowery, but you could decorate it suitably for a man as well. Theres a piccie in my gallery.
:-)

[chezbobs]

Are we talking school? How about something where you can use old pic of the school, a scrapping style one?

[Mole]

Mayvbe a pic of a graduate bthrowing the mortar board in the air and the wrods "School's Out!" or something similar?

[lesleymark]

I've done many retirement cards, none of which I've ever got round to uploading! I've used the following quotation on several of them, printed on vellum and layered over a subtle patterned paper. The only embellishment is a strip of ribbon hiding the join.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and
the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endurethe betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child,a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson"

I think it's a really appropriate quotation for a teacher, and I know my brother loved it when he retired from teaching last year.