Top 7 Tips For Custom Christmas Cards

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Each year, people send and receive millions of Christmas cards during the holiday season. As appreciated as the sentiment is, this routine--like any other--can get stale and generic. To try to counteract this occurrence, companies offer new designs each year, but with recurring themes this may not be enough. Here are some other ideas on how to make your Christmas greeting cards stand out.

  • New Designs:Pick a new design each year! True, you may have found the perfect card last year, but don´t be fooled. People do remember seeing a card more than once. With thousands of designs available in stores and online, it is easy to find other options.
  • New Wording: Mix it up, and make sure that you do not use the same phrase year after year. Different verses, different fonts, and different arrangements will help keep your card fresh every year.
  • Themes: There are tons of themes for holiday cards, which should also changed regularly. That cute reindeer card that you sent out last year left a great impression. Make sure this year you send a snowman, Santa Claus, or Christmas tree themed card to vary the selections.
  • Personal Info: Add a little note into your greeting cards about how your family is doing. People love to receive blessings during the holidays, but also want to reconnect with their loved ones--meaning you! Make it easy for everyone with sharing a tidbit or two from your year as well as your traditional homes of prosperity.

For a completely unique and custom look, consider switching to a digital photo card. The market and technology are generally trending towards digital printing, and Christmas cards are no exception. The number of digital photo card designs is steadily passing the number of attachable photo cards to feed an ever-increasing demand. Since it is so easy to go digital, why not? Almost every household enjoys the crisp clarity of digital cameras to capture family events. Photographers regularly offer the digital copies of their photos as well. With such ease of access, the negatives to going digital for your Christmas cards are nothing but a distant vestige.

Benefits of going digital:

  • No Assembly: You don´t need to slide, attach, sticky, crop, or even think about your photo cards. The most complex step you will need to take is placing your cards in their envelopes and mailing them out. This will save you time to do more important things, like cherish your family and finish that Christmas gift list.
  • Clarity: Not only your photo, but also the design and text on the entire card are digital. That means they will be crisp and clear, with no possibility of smudging or blurring.
  • Completely Custom: Each digital card is put together just for you! That means you will have an entirely custom card with your photos and message to share. With our professional designers and typesetters, customization is now simple, easy, and completely affordable.

Meghan Teixeira is the Marketing Manager of ImpressInPrint.com an online invitation and stationery company.