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I received my first Christmas card of the season yesterday! It is one of the cards I look forward to receiving most each year as it always includes a picture of my college friend and her family. Its fun watching her children grow up and seeing how she is aging as well! The family picture is usually taken at some fabulous vacation spot which may explain how she always manages to have her cards in the mail early each year. This year’s photo was taken on a beach and my sorority sister is wearing a bathing suit! Now it has been quite some time since I’ve seen her in person, but I can assure you we’re no spring chickens and I am amazed at how well she has held up! Holiday photo cards don’t have to be in elaborate holiday settings with everyone smiling in red and green; any fun snapshot will do. My friend always includes one of those newsletter updates too. I know some people make fun of those but I actually enjoy hearing what she and her family have been up to during the past year. Happy Holidays! Tags: Christmas Cards, Greeting Cards, Holiday Cards, Photo Cards Photo holiday cards are always popular greetings. Everyone loves to receive updated pictures of you and family members or just the children each year. It is great fun to watch everyone grow and change from year to year, especially when you can’t visit in person. But, it certainly isn’t easy to get everyone all dressed up in their matching holiday attire (before its even cold outside) and grouped together for that annual holiday photo shoot. Getting all family members in the same place at the same time is a chore. Add the difficulty of getting that perfect backdrop and everyone’s hair in place and you have the makings of a family meltdown! You’ll always find one in the bunch that just will not smile on demand, no matter what incentive you offer. And if you have a teenager involved, forget it! The hair is never perfect enough and no one wants to smile at the same time. Mom wishes she were skinnier and dad just wants it done! The baby won’t stop crying and that pushing the camera button and running to get in the shot can be a real adventure! So, how do you capture the family moment in style without suffering and still have an end product you’ll enjoy sharing with your family and friends?! How about this…
Tags: cards, Christmas Cards, Greeting Cards, Holiday Cards, personalized greeting cards, Photo Cards, photo greeting cards, Photo Holiday Cards Good news! The 2008 CardsDirect Holiday Greeting Catalog is in the mail and you should be receiving your copy soon! And, we offer a special promotional discount with savings up to 40% on orders before December 1. Inside the 32 page catalog are images and pricing for a sampling from over 1,500 of our popular holiday greetings.
New this year is our line of Recycled Holiday Cards printed on 100% recycled paper. These environmentally friendly seasonal greetings are sure to be a big hit this year. CardsDirect is one of a very few online retailers offering cards printed on recycled paper. The catalog also features our new Digital Photo Cards that include your favorite photograph or original artwork printed on the designed card of your choice. With a custom imprinted verse, personalization and lined envelopes, these cards are truly one of a kind. And the best news of all … we offer a special time sensitive catalog promotion discount with savings up to 40% on orders before December 1 and even greater savings for orders placed earlier! So, if you’ve not yet received your catalog, click on this link www.cardsdirect.com/catalog.aspx to order a catalog now and receive your promotional discount code! Tags: CardsDirect, cardsdirect-catalog, cardsdirect.com, catalog, digital-photo-cards, Greeting Cards, Holiday Cards, holiday-greeting, Photo Cards, Recycled Cards, seasonal greetings Without question, Ms. Cards Etiquette loves photo cards because they are so personal and can be used for anything from birthday invitations to personal stationery. But, there are some things to keep in mind when choosing pictures for photo cards.
I hope this inspires you to make a wonderful photo card! Tags: Photo Cards
Tags: Photo Cards Dear Ms. Cards Etiquette,
First, congratulations on your accomplishment! And, no, it is not too late to announce your achievement. A custom photo greeting card would be a great opportunity to deliver your graduation message in style. With several designs to choose from, upload a special picture of yourself and we’ll do the rest. Maybe you have a picture in cap and gown or a less formal pose or even one of you as a little kid. A photo card is a great keepsake and a personalized message custom printed inside will let everyone know you are a new grad! Best of luck in your future and congratulations graduate! Tags: CardsDirect, Greeting Card Etiquette, Photo Cards Dear Ms. Cards Etiquette, Good question and good for you for wanting to help save our planet by sending cards printed on recycled paper! For any printed greeting cards, including photo or digitally printed cards, fade resistance is attributed more to the inks involved in the printing process than to the paper that is used. All printed materials will fade over time, or more quickly if left in direct sunlight, but the chemicals in the inks used are meant to prevent fade and maintain color quality under normal circumstances. Photo cards are printed with much the same inks as those used for traditional printing so should not fade any faster than any other printed piece. The recycled paper will “hold” the ink just as well as non-recycled paper. So, don’t worry about the quality of photo cards printed on recycled paper, Grandma and Grandpa Springer will be able to pull out the photo card of the grandkids and see their toothless smiling faces for years to come! And, not only that, but they’ll be pleased with your effort to go “green” to help this and future generations of little Springer’s! Tags: CardsDirect, Earth-Day, Photo Cards, recycling Dear Ms. Cards Etiquette, What is the proper etiquette involving hospital gifts and cards? Do I give thank you notes for people who only sent gifts or do I need to send thank yous to the card givers as well? I was in and out of the hospital for several months, and I am feeling a little overwhelmed by sending out my thank yous. Cancer Free and Thankful Dear Cancer Free, Congratulations on beating cancer! The proper etiquette is to send thank you cards out for both cards and gifts. You’ll also want to write thank you notes for people who came by and visited you when you were in the hospital. It may take some time, since you were ill for so long, so pace yourself and do them a little at a time. One idea sent in by a reader to make this process go a little faster is to use photo cards for this purpose. You can personalize the front of the photo card with a good picture of yourself cheering on the front of the card and write on the inside “Thank you for helping me beat cancer!” You can get your return address pre-printed on the back of the envelope and then, all you’ll really need to do is add a sentence or two, your signature and a stamp and you’ll be done. The thing is, while it may take some time to do this, people will really like to hear this type of news. And honestly, you have good reason to celebrate. Tags: Photo Cards Ms. Cards Etiquette has always been a self-professed nerd, and, while reading the March 5, 2008 edition of Discover Magazine, was surprised to learn that Albert Einstein had his own photo card stationery. At the time, he was so famous that reporters, photographers and people on the street would often take his photograph. Einstein often felt bullied by the paparazzi of the day as they would not stop taking pictures after he told them to stop. After growing tired of the harassment on this particular night, Einstein gave up and stuck his tongue out at photographer Arthur Sasse. When the picture was finally developed, Einstein liked the picture so much that he cropped his friend out of the image and used the picture of himself as his own personal photo stationery. At the time, this was a novel idea: putting your image on a card and sending it out to people. But then, Einstein is known for being a little ahead of his time. Tags: Photo Cards
At the time, I’m sure John and Abigail didn’t think much of their letters back and forth. They probably only saw them as a way to communicate and not as a way of recording history. But that’s what they turned out to be. John and Abigail’s letters aren’t perfect: often you can see mark outs and misspellings. I’m sure if they had any idea that their documents would be studied by an entire nation, they may have worked on their handwriting and insured there were no spelling mistakes rather than just writing what was on their minds. Today, I don’t think anyone believes that their letters/ emails/ IM’s could someday give a picture into the past. How many emails have you seen today that have misspellings? When people write online, it seems they seem to relax and just let it out — misspellings and all. They say what is on their minds and what his happening in their lives. They are recording history without even knowing it. Things have changed with written correspondence. People see it as something much more formal than just a way to tell people what is on their minds. Instead of writing what is on their minds, they wonder what they are “supposed” to write. (One of the most asked questions Ms. Cards Etiquette receives is “What do I write on a ____ card?”) From a historical standpoint, though, when a hard drive dies, how much history is lost? Handwritten letter and cards are often kept, put in a shoe box and forgotten until someone finds it and looks through it. I’m sure there are many of us that have at least one birthday card or holiday card they have held on to. Photo cards, in particular, seem to be something people are very likely to keep. There’s just something about a picture that triggers the pack rat in all of us. But why?
Can you imagine what John and Abigail would have on their photo card? Photo cards don’t just have to happen only during the holidays. You can easily make blank cards with no verse on the inside to use as regular stationery. When you’re waiting in the parking lot to pick up the kids, you can easily scribble a few notes down and send them to surprise an old friend. Just as John and Abigail’s notes were not perfect, yours don’t have to be either. Just let loose and write! Feel inspired? You can make your own photo card stationery here. Tags: Photo Cards |
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