Monday, December 04, 2006

Why I send Christmas Cards


Christmas cards are a way for me to keep in touch with people I haven't seen in a while. Maybe I haven't talked to some of these people in years, but the Christmas cards keep us connected. I love to receive Christmas cards especially the ones with pictures in/on them. It's so fun to see someone's new baby, their kids growing up, their house or their new dog. All of that makes me feel like I know that person better. I feel closer to them.

I like to send out very special, custom Christmas cards each year. My favorite from a few years ago was a timeline of all the fun stuff that happened to our family through the year. That was a year that we were lucky to have done quite a bit of traveling so we had a picture from a different location each month.

The truth about Christmas cards is that you have to give if you want to receive. If you don't send cards people may think you've moved, you don't care about them anymore, your a big Scrooge, or your dead. I send about 120 cards each year. I keep that number steady by removing the people from the list that haven't sent me a card in 2 years. If feel bad about it, but if I kept all the Scrooges on the list then I'd be sending out 500 cards per year.

So you're feeling like a Scrooge? Have your long-distance friends forgotten what you look like? Then you are in the right place. I will be happy to make you a very unique photo card based entirely on your photos and input. I offer 4x8 photo cards with envelopes. The turn around time on those is 3-4 days after the design is complete. I also offer printed folding cards that will turn out just like a Hallmark card, but with your photos printed into the design. The turn around time on that type of card is about 10 days after the design is complete.

We're near the end of the window of opportunity on the printed folding cards. If you're interested in this type of card, please contact me right away!

There is more time to think about the 4x8 photo cards, but if you want a really cool, unique, custom design that no one in the world has then we need to get started!