Design Crafters

You probably never think about this, but did you know your photo Christmas card could become a keepsake? It can. If you search eBay right now there are lots of old photo Christmas cards from times past for sale. You’ll find that many are very poignant.

Your Christmas cards can become a piece of history. Not just your family history or for your friends. There might be a market for your cards because they capture an era, they are particularly unique, or someone in them becomes famous.

I love the old Christmas cards with their unique messages and one-of-a-kind quality. They can give you ideas on how to design or inscribe your own custom photo cards.

Once I discovered the value of these cards, a whole world opened up for me. I don’t just think of my cards as a one-time thing. They could be of worth to collectors or part of our national history. I talked about how soldiers can send cards with pictures of them in uniform a few posts ago. That’s a perfect example.

Keeping this in mind, I start to look at my Christmas cards as an investment. I’m more thoughtful about the pictures and the inscription. I think of them as something worthy of putting in a family scrapbook or photo album. Even if they never have value beyond my own circle of family and friends, I see our yearly Christmas cards as part of our family story.