Design Crafters

The term "custom" Christmas cards or "customized" Christmas cards seems to have a  rather broad interpretation. The most extreme definition would be to design a card from scratch, making it one of a kind, inside and out. To have something like that created is very expensive. In order to make our cards affordable at the same time very elegant with lots of foil stamping and embossing, many thousands are made at the same time and the dies, plates, templates that are used to produce the cards are used over and over for reprints, keeping the cost down.

To customized the inside of a card is still more expensive than choosing a standard verse in which a template is already made to use over and over. However, it is not that expensive and gives you a way to express your own thoughts, sentiments and appreciation in your own words and not those of others that are seen in so many other Christmas cards.

If you are not all that creative but want to do your own thing, you can get ideas by reading several standard verses that come close to what you want to say, but just change it up a bit and even include your name or company name within your verse making it very personalized. Choose a font you like and there you have it.

 We will help you format your verse in you favorite font in the space provided on the card and email you a proof before printing so you have an opportunity to provide feedback in case you want to change anyting before printing. That way you will know exactly how the inside will look before we even place the order.

Some folks think that having their name or company name printed inside the card is customizing it. We in the industry call that "personalizing" the card. Most businesses like to personalize their cards for a couple of reasons. It looks professional and if you are ordering a lot, it is a lot of work to hand sign them all.

There are those individuals who want their cards to appear more personal so choose to sign them themselves. That certainly is a personal choice. We have many clients email us their signatures and we have them printed inside the cards. That is another form of customization.

Some companies who send out thousands of cards probably have no choice but to use labels for mailing, but it is highly recommended that you start early enough and if necessary, get some extra help and hand address your Christmas cards. It just makes it so much more personal. This is one time of year that it pays to take a little extra time and effort to be personal with those receiving your Season’s Greetings.