Custom Greeting Cards for Christmas

To send a photo for Christmas, my great father had to go to the photo studio at Richard's, have his photo taken, wait a good couple of weeks, then finally get the custom photo card, take it to the post office and mail to aunt Sarah, his sister.

In the day and age of digital photography and Internet, all this has dramatically changed, for good ...

My 12 years old son is taking a bunch of pictures of the family, then he selects the one he likes the most, downloads it to the computer, does some kind of magic on the Internet and couple of days later the mailman delivers a dozen of high quality custom Christmas cards to our door.

You too can create custom greeting cards and photo cards and have them shipped to you in 24 hours. If you are not really into digital photography yet, you can start with selecting the ones you like the most from the existing designs. Here are some nice Christmas cards to consider.

Here is how to create your own Christmas Cards at Zazzle, from your own artwork or photographs.

• Locate Greeting Cards and click on Create Now button
• Click on Create a Card button
• Select Image link, click the My Computer button to browse for your file, then press Add Image
• Add text, if you like, in the optional text box
• Preview the stamp by selecting Make it Now button
• Move the image or change the text font by selecting the Customize It button
• When satisfied with the result, click Add to Cart and checkout your order.

The Christmas card features the following characteristics:

• 7" x 5" horizontal orientation and 5" x 7" vertical orientation
• Ultra-heavyweight (120#) card stock
• Design on all four sides of your card
• Each card comes with a white envelope

For some additional cost, you can create premium quality photo cards with the following characteristics:

• 8" x 4" horizontal orientation and 4" x 8" vertical orientation
• Vibrant, full bleed full color printing
• High Gloss Bright White 110lb Cover Weight Cardstock
• Comes with white #10 envelopes

To make the best impact to the recipient you can also use custom Christmas stamps. Here are a few nice samples ...

For more details on custom Christmas Stamps check out this article and for more custom items you can create using your onw photos or artwork check out Zazzle.com