Design Crafters

If you are someone who loves to save old letters and Christmas cards, you already understand what a potential future treasure trove your old Christmas cards will be to you one day. Just think: if you can get such a kick out of looking at old photos and holiday greetings, your someday grandchildren and great-grandchildren might find it even more fun to see them.

A large part of why millions of people worldwide send Christmas cards to their family and friends is to stay in touch and to send out holiday greetings and well-wishes. After all, the “trend” of sending Christmas cards is now well into its second century…and still going strong.

Another reason that so many folks wouldn’t even consider not sending out Christmas cards one year is because the cards themselves are memories in the making. They make a fantastic snapshot of the times of the family who might be sending the cards For example, it’s rather likely that at one point or another, you’ve looked at old Christmas cards and said to someone,“oh look at this old family photo on the card; can you believe that little Susie Q hadn’t even been born yet?” Or perhaps your family is the kind who can date a photo on a Christmas card going by the house that the photo was taken in (“that’s definitely the house in Springfield. Oh, I haven’t thought of that house in years.”). And of course there’s the ever-popular past-time of being both amused and slightly embarrassed by the clothing choices you might’ve made 20 years ago, as in “wow, I wore some really big glasses back then. Those were very stylish at the time, if you can believe it.”

It’s so frustrating!  You’ve gone to all the trouble of getting everyone dressed up and looking presentable, posing in front of the camera, kids fidgiting, adults trying to keep smiling, and then you look at the photos and see that someone in your family blinked just as the photo was taken.  Ugh!

Now you can save the photo (and the day) by making small, subtle, but very effective edits to the digital photo. Professional photographers and ad agencies have been using photo editing software tricks for years, why not take advantage of the technology and end up with your all-time best family photo for your Christmas card this year? If you’ve ever wanted to have a family photo without tears, flyaway hairs, or even blemishes for your Christmas cards, but never did manage to get that perfect photo, then let us tell you a little secret:  photo editing software programs.  These little miracle programs have saved the day for countless families each and every holiday season for the past few decades.

Forget about those awful times you’d look at photos and be disappointed by the many things that are wrong with them.  With the wonder of photo editing software, we have photos where none of the kids are throwing fits or refusing to look at the camera.  We have photos where the baby’s drooly chin is amazingly drool-free.  We even have photos where the dogs are sitting quietly at our feet and looking at the camera along with every member of the family.  All thanks to photo editing software. It takes some trial and error, and a lot of practice, but it’s possible to remove stray hairs, unsightly blemishes, and clean up the dreaded red-eye from the camera’s flash…and the end result is your dream family photo to go on the front of your Christmas card.

Each year our suppliers are trying harder and harder to select their line of Christmas Cards to carry for the following year and get that information to us as soon as possible.

Many of our customers it seems, like to get this chore out of the way as soon as they can. We are trying our best to accommodate those "early birds" and we really appreciate those who take care of this task early because then we have fewer jumping on the wagon after Thanksgiving when things really get heated up.

The only problem is that when we get so many requests too early, we just don’t know if a particular card is coming back. We are actually in the process of updating our site with some new information and have labled it such so you will know if a particular card is available or not.

In the meantime, we have received our new paper Christmas card catalogs and would be more than happy to send you one if it would help in your selection process. We don’t have a lot of these images online yet, but hope to get them in time to have them up in a couple of weeks or so.

As soon as we know that a particular card is going to be available this season, it will say so in the description. If it doesn’t say, it just means that we don’t know yet. As soon as we know that a card is not returning this year, we will delete it from the site. It may be awhile however before we know this information.

To request a catalog, please go to our Christmas card site and scroll down to find the "Sample Cards" link around the bottom of the left column and just type in "Christmas Card Catalog" and give us your mailing info and we will send it right out to you.

We get so many questons about the whole Christmas Card ordering process that I will try to address some of them here. We get many requests for a Christmas card catalogue that can be passed around the office. We do offer a catalogue are are more than happy to send one out to you but it is limited in that it only has ~ 100 of what one of our manufacturer calls "Favorites."

We have over 1200 differnet Christmas cards on our site so it is limited. I know that can seem overwhelming but we have categorized our cards into 50 different categories hoping that will help to narrow your search.

We recommend that you browse each category and pick out a few cards that interest you the most and request samples. Let me explain the best way to do this.

When you are looking at the first thumbnail page of each category, there is a drop-down list it gives you choices of how many cards you want to view per page. If you select "All" you can see all in that category without having to click through all the pages. It is a quick way to see all the cards in that category.

If you click on any thumbnail, you are taken to a page with a larger image which shows you much more detail. you can click on "Add to Favorites" which loads that image in to a "Favorites" folder on your computer which can be accessed by a link in the left column under the list of categories.

After you have selected a number of "Favorites" you can go to that folder to see what all you have collected and eliminate any at that time that you may have changed your mind about after having seen so many at this point.

If you click on those thumbnails you again will get the larger image. Under that image is number. Simply highlight and copy that number , open up the "Sample Cards" form which can be found right under the "MY Favorites" link in the left column and paste the numbers in there. Fill in your mailing information and the samples will be mailed out to you by way of first class mail the next day.

If you just want a catalogue to start, you can use the same form and just enter "catalogue" and we will send you one.