This year, I will be ordering our Christmas cards through shutterfly. I will be completely honest here, I have only used shutterfly once. And that was to order my sister-in-law large prints of the pictures I took of my niece and nephew. But, let me tell you, I was soooo happy with my decision! The coloring was amazing, the edges didn't cut off the image and there wasn't any distortion what-so-ever! Besides their Christmas cards, there are some other products I'd love to try of their's. Their photo albums and calendars. I know from my experience with their prints that the quality of these two products would probably be fabulous! And the other product I cannot wait to use is their photo story cards. And the reason I use the term "cannot wait" is because, I would never use them until I have an active family. Who wants to hear about the best chicken I ever made? Yep, no one...that's what I thought!
I have a few different things that are important to me when creating my Christmas cards.
The first thing:
It must say "Christmas" within the card or at least reference to "Christmas". I know, I know, some of you may choose to disagree but, my reasoning... we are Christians. And this is the reason we celebrate this holiday...for Christ. So, :P
The second thing:
I like to have a signature of some sort. Such as, "The B's", "Love, The B Family", or "Merry Christmas from M, H & R". I like to make it personal that way...and show that it's directly from us. Plus, as a newly married woman, I like to see my "new" last name everywhere! ;)
The third thing:
We don't have children...so, yes, I am "one of those people". I prefer to have our pooch on the card. He is family. And everyone that receives our card knows this too -- so, why not show a picture of our "child"? What? He's cute too!
So, with all of those standards...here are a few of the cards that I think our family would select as our Christmas card for 2010. What do you think?
This one I'd probably be more likely to choose...why? Because it meets all of my criteria :)
I love, love, love this one. But, if I were to choose it, I would want a different picture. One a bit fancier...prettier...don't you think?
And this one was just so simple. Like us...it got the message across. Plus, it fit the picture the best. Oh, now the choices!
Where will you be making your Christmas cards? Do you send out Christmas Cards? Do you have criteria for your cards?
