Another Christmas season is coming, should you buy paper Christmas cards or electronic Christmas cards?
I wouldn’t be surprised if you visit some popular website and send free eCards from this site as you might think this is the best way to save your time and energy. But if you take the Christmas greeting as a very important way to reconnect with your family and friends, paper Christmas cards are your best options.
Here are the top 3 reasons why I think you should choose to use paper cards:
1) Your family and friends really want to keep your Christmas greetings longer.
These cards ensure that your close friends and family can keep and treasure your personalized Christmas greetings. On the other hand, if I ask you where the Christmas e-cards you received from your friends last Christmas are, I bet you have no idea where they are.
2) Show people your personality and your concern for them.
It’s so much fun to send personalized paper Christmas cards by making your own with die cuts, rubber stamps, or designer paper.
Christian Christmas cards are a great idea. You can make angel Christmas cards with images of angels as the focal point in the greeting card design. An alternative way is to use Christian clip art with some Christmas greeting words. There are many Christmas clip art you can choose from, such as the three wise men, Mary and Joseph in the manger with baby Jesus. You can also add some contemporary Christmas clip art to your paper card. For example, you can use a snowman, a Santa Claus, a Christmas tree, an ornament, etc.
Some of your recipients may have many pets in their home, so you can get creative with sending them pet photo cards. Here is an idea for you. Use any kitty rubber stamp with kitties playing with a ball of yarn or doing other cute activities. This is very funny.
3) Family photos – This is the best time to use them!
If you are good at taking digital photos, instead of another typical card with a picture of Santa Claus or a snowman, or other typical images, now you can send many more personalized paper Christmas cards that are relevant both to you and to the addressee. . And the beauty is in its simplicity: all you need is a digital camera and a computer.
Once you’ve taken your photos, the next thing to do is upload them to your computer so they’re easily accessible when you need to transfer them to an online photo site. This is where you can use the various tools that companies like Shutterfly.com and Tinyprints.com have on their websites. With these tools, you can add various effects, such as holiday costumes, additional winter background effects, and many other features that your digital camera software doesn’t include.
I love using these sites because I love traditional Christmas cards. And I don’t need to give up this touch when I use the online service to send Christmas greeting cards. Yes, I mainly use them to create Christmas cards and send them without any manual work, but I can turn them into a very nice “paper” card design with just a few clicks.
Ok, that’s enough to show you why I choose to use paper Christmas cards and make them myself.
Imagine when they say “We show up now our holiday break!” or you find that your dog loves to dress up and pose for Christmas photos, you know what he should do for his paper Christmas cards.
Have fun!