Best Sites for Digital Photo Christmas Cards

Ordering a Personalized Photo Greeting Card for the Holidays

Oct 7, 2009 Jenny Evans

Where to find unique Christmas photo cards online, plus tips for sending family holiday greetings with picture Christmas cards.

Digital photo Christmas cards are the most popular way to send holiday cheer to friends and family. Do you know where to find the best value and the highest quality photo cards in time for the holiday season?

Where to Order Photo Holiday Cards Online

The Internet has Christmas photo cards for everyone from the penny-pincher to the environmentally conscious to the designer shopper. These three websites are some of the best places on the Internet to select, customize, and order holiday picture cards online:

Budget Photo Christmas Cards — there are a variety of folded and postcard style Christmas cards at Shutterfly, in sizes 5x7", 4x8", 4x5", and 3x5". The designs incorporate between 1 and 4 digital pictures, depending on the card. These cards are easiest on the wallet, with the cheapest holiday photo cards starting at $9.99 for a pack of 20.
Elegant, Eco-Friendly Christmas Cards — the signature look of holiday photo cards by Pear Tree is sleek, modern, and cutting edge. Many of the designs feature recycled greeting card envelopes, for a "green" Christmas holiday season.
Designer Photo Holiday Greetings — Christmas cards from Paper Style may be more expensive, but the quality shows in their design and construction. The back of the card is printed instead of blank, and some come with matching envelopes rather than plain white. Buyers have the option of getting matching address labels, holiday gift tags, and folded notecards with their purchase.

No matter what style, the right photo card is out there if people simply know what they're looking for and where to find it. Particularly when sent in combination with a Christmas letter, a picture greeting card is a great way to keep distant relatives and friends updated.

Other Tips for Christmas Card Photos

Featuring family members on the front of a holiday greeting card is great, but remember to keep these tips in mind:

Never use a copyrighted image illegally. This includes scanning and uploading photos taken at a professional portrait studio, unless the copyright to the pictures was specifically purchased.
Digital photos taken outdoors on a slightly overcast day usually turn out best.
If the perfect family picture is taken but the subjects' clothes clash with each other, use a management program to transform the picture to black and white.
Photographing children is tough, because they often get scared posing for a strange photographer. Kids may be more comfortable and behave more naturally with a grandparent or other familiar adult taking the pictures.
If it's too difficult to get a single photo of all family members together, use a montage of several separate photos on one card.
Check the size of the photo card envelope carefully before mailing. Oversized or square envelopes require extra postage.

Following these important holiday photo rules will ensure that the Christmas card turns out great and arrives at the house of recipients in plenty of time.

A holiday photo card is much more likely to get displayed on the fridge for months to come, rather than read quickly and thrown away like non-photo greeting cards. Make family greetings memorable by sending out photo Christmas cards this year.

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