An American tradition of sending photo cards for holidays each year is one we all treasure and enjoy!
What is a better way to showcase your most beautiful photos and loved family members while staying in touch with your relatives and friends than designing a beautiful card to be displayed on their mantel? With so many options for printing your cards from local stores to multiple online printing services, it’s easy to get lost. How do you know if the card is going to look good, the paper is thick enough, or if the printing is of good quality? Normally, you can’t until you order it. Most standard printing services, like local big box stores or mass production online services underwhelm with their final product.
Daily Mom decided to bring to you six card printing companies that offer amazing designs, affordable prices, plenty of options and great print quality! Read on!
Paper Culture
A new card printing service is in town and it’s about to give everyone a run for their money. Super cute designs and card options combined with reasonable prices is what Paper Culture is all about.
Fun Jumbo sized cards will ensure that your holiday card have enough real estate to fit all those gorgeous pictures (because, admit it, the hardest part about designing a card is selecting only a few photos to use) and will be the one card that stands out in the line up on everyone’s mantel. Premium paper (130lb) is a standard for Paper Culture, so you’re not going to be surprised with a thin card you could have gotten at a local big box store.
Plenty of options means you can customize the cards based on your desires and budget. You can select double thick or triple thick paper that will add heft to the already thick cards, each design comes with several color options so you can coordinate those with your outfits and photo background. The design process is a breeze, leading you through the photo upload and warning if the photo is not large enough.
The best thing is that by ordering cards from Paper Culture, you are selecting an eco-friendly source that prints on 100% post consumer recycled paper and for every order a tree is planted in your honor! See how they compare to other services.
Paper Culture also offers a complete FREE Mail-and-Address Services (you pay for the cost of the stamps and they do the work for you) and Free Pre-Purchase Design assistance. You can’t find more customer friendly or eco-conscious printing service than Paper Culture.
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HOLIDAY13 is 20% off + free shipping orders over $125 (see website)
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Minted
Minted is a community of thousands of designers, which ensures that you will find the perfect holiday card for your family every single year. Minted has an ongoing design competition that allows them to uncover hidden geniuses, as well as offering you a ton of different styles available all the time.
You won’t ever feel limited ordering your holiday cards from Minted. There are so many options available, such as custom designed edges, shapes, paper quality, foil pressed cards, and more! The people at Minted are true paper lovers, and it really transfers into the cards. The quality and thickness of the cards is amazing. A stack of 50 cards looks and feels much thicker, and you will adore how luxurious they feel, as well as the amazing ink and printing that you receive.
You can upload your image, and customize many different things about your card to add a personal touch. You also have the option to add more photos on the backside of the card, and add text. Another sweet option you have is to upload your friends and family’s addresses into the Minted website, and they will address the envelope for you at no extra cost! Pair that with your customized return address labels available, and sending out your Christmas cards will be a breeze year after year.
All designs are looked over by a real person once you submit them, to make sure that everything fits, and photo quality is up to par. Once you submit that their draft matches your vision, your cards will be on their way to you. All of this is done within 24 hours. It’s not too late to order your holiday cards, because right now, Minted is offering a free upgrade to 2 day shipping with your order, allowing even last minute people the opportunity of spreading printed holiday cheer. Check out some of the other top notch designs that are our favorite:
Not to mention that Minted just rolled out their latest type of Christmas cards: foil wrap. Each card features real foil that is sure to impress. Minted offers lots of different items to keep you coming back throughout the year such as save the date cards, wall prints, party decor, and much, much more.
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DAILYMOM10 for 10% off holiday cards
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MPIX
Looking for amazing Christmas cards with great design that won’t burn a hole in your Christmas budget? Than you must check out Mpix for their wonderful selection of Modern Pop Christmas cards. There is a card for every design type, from the minimalist to the more eccentric.
We love not only the look of these cards, (choosing one over the other was a daunting task) but the high quality of the print and material of these cards are outstanding. Each design can be printed on their premium paper options, including the Signature Paper (Mpix has 5 different materials to choose from) at no extra charge!
Wondering what the “pop” stands for in these Modern Pop cards? Well, the main image can be “popped” out giving you a second option, they can be hung as ornaments! Now how cool is that? So, what are you waiting for? Time to order your Christmas cards before Christmas is here. Mpix offers standard shipping and 1 day FedEx service, for those of us running just a wee bit out of time.
Don’t forget Mpix for your other Christmas needs. Mpix makes beautiful gifts that friends and family will cherish for a lifetime. Besides the Modern Pop Cards they carry a wonderful Holiday card collection, as well as; Thumbrint Photo Boxes, which make wonderful grandparent gifts, this wood storage box houses 10 mounted prints (or 50 unmounted) 4×4 photos of your choice with 4 easels to display your beautiful photos. Accordion mini’s; printed on high quality paper these little guys can be carried around so that loved ones can not only “brag” about their loved ones, but now they can show wonderful photos of them. Our favorites are the Holiday Ornaments and Photo Books! Make your tree more personalized with ornaments emblazones with your loved ones faces or create a stunning book that will surely please any one receiving it. Other gift ideas: Framers, Framed Prints, Standouts and Calendars. Mpix makes it easy to create beautiful works of art for anyone on your Christmas list, from high quality prints to beautiful design, they are sure to stand out from the rest.
Pear Tree Greetings
Pear Tree is a small company made up of 16 people who believe in sharing life’s precious moments! They pride themselves with being innovative and fresh, creating new designs and styles of cards. Their cards are unique, yet easy to personalize with pictures, colors and your own words. Accordion style cards, photo stand cards, cards that unfold into an 11 x 8.5″ poster, cards that tell a story and cards with real foil! Those are only a few of their styles that make Pear Tree stand out from the rest – the options are truly unlimited! Do you like to send a Holiday letter each year? Pear Tree has cards that fit your letter into them perfectly!
Pear Tree introduces fun, new ways to send your greetings to family and friends. Their Bold Gold Foil cards are shiny and make your greeting really stand out. The real, gold foil adds just the right amount of sparkle and shine to your holiday cards. Pear Tree’s cards are made out of high quality paper (up to 100 lbs) and you can choose cards that are made on 100% recycled paper!
Pear Tree’s website is very easy to use to edit your pictures and add them to your creations. They allow you to choose type of paper used, style, format, number of pictures, size, card layout, photo orientation and unique features to narrow down your options to exactly what you want! Pear Tree offers multiple cards for every occasion in unique styles and formats. They also have great gift options such as personalized children’s books, coloring books and placemats! If you want to impress your family and friends, start creating now at Pear Tree.
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$10 priority shipping with code 2DAYSHIP. $100 minimum order.
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Pinhole Press
Want to send a card that will stick around all year? Check out Pinhole Press‘ Ultrathick Holiday card selections! Upload your favorite images, customize the text and receive a high-quality card printed on Ultrathick backing. Cards come in vertical and horizontal designs, and include single-photo or collage image options. Pinhole Press boasts a fantastic selection of simple, clean, elegant designs that showcase the photos that you want to share this holiday season. The company’s slogan is “Beautifully Simple Photo Products,” and its products live up to it. Besides the amazing holiday cards, check out other products to personalize with your favorite photos. From photo books to calendars and coasters, Pinhole Press has something for everyone on your list!
We are delighted with the thickness and durability of this card from Pinhole Press. Beyond the cardstock itself, the printing quality is top-notch with bright colors and a sharp image. Interested in making your own holiday cards from Pinhole Press? Use the code before to a discount.
Cardstore
Completely digitize and automize your card sending experience this year with Cardstore! Choose from a diverse and beautiful selection of holiday card designs, customize the card with your photo and text, and add the addresses of your friends and family into your cardstore address book to be used again and again for future events. You can even schedule cards to be shipped automatically for future holidays and events using their Future Send feature! Cardstore will print your return address as well as the recipients address onto the envelope and even send the card straight to them! No writing addresses by hand, no post office trips to buy stamps and no licking envelopes. Cardstore will do it all! It could not get any easier to send beautiful cards this Christmas!
We love this gorgeous square design that is a bit different from the norm and the glitter look on the text is so festive. The cards are matte, smooth, and the colors are rich and crisp. You get the full service card sending experience at a very competitive (affordable!) price! You’ll become loyal to Cardstore for every holiday and birthday once you try it out this holiday season!
We love the quality of the designs offered. From whimsical text overlays, to collages to the currently trendy infographic style card to update your loved ones with fun facts about your family! Cardstore designs are artistic, modern and classic and they truly allow your photos to shine and your personality to come through.
