Custom Christmas Cards – Good For Business, Good For Friends

Custom Christmas cards are a great way to truly wish others a happy holiday season or a Merry Christmas. We’ve all been to the stores and card shops looking for cards that will be right to send out to others, but the greetings inside are often so generic as to take away from the well-wishing. Customizing the card adds that touch that shares the holiday warmth without the necessity of settling with “the thought that counts.”

In the wealth of ways that we interact with others – be it co-workers, co-members of organizations, or neighbors – personalized holiday cards allow the flexibility to express ourselves in ways that generic cards cannot. It’s the expression of one’s self that comes through to the recipient of customized cards.

I just recently received such a card from an employer. It was a lovely card on a high quality dark stock paper. As would be expected from a company that has diverse employees, they sent corporate holiday cards without any sectarian words or design. The greeting and signatures were what made it so personal for me. It was a simple note that brought to the fore my importance as an individual to the company, having the titles and signatures of the executives.

I think the finest card that one can give or receive is one that has been custom made to make an accurate expression of the value of another.

The Best Business Christmas Cards in the World

I used to go to the store to purchase my greeting cards for my friends and family but things have certainly changed now that I work for a company that produces the most elegant, high quality business Christmas cards and corporate greeting cards I’ve ever seen. The card line is called The Gallery Collection, and true to the name, there’s a gallery of cards to select from…what you might say from soup to nuts in greeting cards. There are Christmas cards, Thanksgiving cards, thank you cards, anniversary cards, birthday cards…you name it, we have it. There’s a greeting card for every occasion, and what we don’t have, we can find a card design that would be appropriate for the occasion and customize the inside of the card to meet your needs.

Working for a custom Christmas cards company I am fortunate to be able to purchase cards for my personal use. When I give a Gallery Collection card to someone, the comments I receive when the envelope is opened to reveal the card inside makes me proud to work for the company. Let’s just say I score big brownie points with family and friends who receive a card from me. We all agree the cards are quite impressive!

Creating Custom Christmas Cards – Holiday Toy Shoppe

The holiday cards that we offer at the Gallery Collection are more than just cards…they are works of art. Each piece of art goes through a creative process from design to actual custom Christmas cards. These cards are some of the finest, high quality cards available. Below highlights the creative process for the very popular Design 157CW, Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card. We’ll show you how this card went from an original design to a beautiful masterpiece.

The original sketch for Holiday Toy Shoppe is a black and white line drawing of what will eventually become a playful, vibrant, colorful card that brings back fond childhood memories of the holiday toy store.

Design 157CW - Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card Original Sketch

The artwork appears framed here, showcasing what the final design may look like after production, encased in a lovely border with a joyful holiday sentiment.

Design 157CW - Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card Stage 2

Design 157CW - Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card Final

And here is Design 157CW, Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card in the complete and final form. The black and white line sketch has made it’s transformation into a colorful winter wonderland, complete with border and holiday wishes. The Creative Team at the Gallery Collection is responsible for this holiday magic, making sure that all of the artwork we use for our personalized Christmas cards is made to be beautiful enough to hang on your wall.

Design #072CT – Burgundy Jewel

I have a “thing” for Christmas tree ornaments. I simply love them and can’t get enough. I have ornaments from the family trees of my childhood. I have homemade ornaments from those first few, somewhat impoverished newlywed years. I have ornaments collected by, and given to, various members of our family. Each year I buy a selective few more, and my kids have even taken to bringing me ornaments as mementos from their vacation trips so my grandchildren and I can hang them on my tree. Believe me when I say, there is quite a variety of interesting and beautiful ornaments on my tree each year.

None, however, is anything like the stunning ornament depicted in design #072CT, Burgundy Jewel Card, which I’ve decided to use for my custom Christmas cards. The most difficult thing to describe about this card is the intriguing balance it strikes between elegantly traditional and richly exotic. Its unusual shape makes me think of clever Japanese origami. The scrolled vines with leaves and berries, the lines, and curlicues of reflective silver foil look like the finely wrought inlays you might find in the surface of an artistically crafted treasure box. This “box” is of the deepest, satiny burgundy. The pyramidal shape carries a portent of good luck.

Design #072CT - Burgundy Jewel Card
Design #072CT - Burgundy Jewel Card

The ornament hangs from a golden foil ribbon, its ends festooned with crystal prisms. This ribbon with crystal ends is a repeated theme, hanging from the bottom tip of the ornament. The large bow at the ornament’s top is striped with solid and reflective gold foils, but tied with simplicity. A sweet sprig of evergreen and berry branches, tucked into the bow, is delicately detailed in mirrored silver foil.

Set within a finely drawn frame of light-refracting foil, with an understated “season’s greetings” at its base, this ornament projects both sophistication and warmth.

2008 Custom Christmas Cards Strategy Session

When my sister left for her overseas military duties, her biggest fear was missing out on all the special occasions: cookouts, birthdays, Thanksgiving, and even worse – Christmas. Every Christmas season our family comes together for our yearly custom Christmas cards strategy session. Each year we come up with a new Christmas card as a family; this was a tradition my grandparents established in our family. The fact that my sister was going to be absent from that holiday tradition, but even worse, not there for the Christmas season, was very upsetting for me. I have a very close relationship with my sister and the 2008 card would not be complete without her input.

My youngest son saw how heartbroken I was. He would look at me confused and ask, “Will Aunt Sophia be there?” I didn’t have the heart to tell him that she wouldn’t be there and that he wouldn’t see his favorite aunt for a very long time.

I attempted to cancel the Christmas card meeting but my attempt was met with a slap across the back of my head; I became the family Grinch. So when the day for the gathering came and everyone was together in my back yard lined up, I decided I wouldn’t participate. Sure I was creating a huge argument with my wife, but it was a matter of principle. Then, as I watched everyone discussing across the lawn, I saw my son holding up a picture of my sister. He waved at me and said, “I told you.” The gesture was heartwarming and I felt embarrassed for my behavior and the 2008 card was born – a family photo card. We took a photo of the entire family, my center in the center holding my sisters picture.

Off course we needed to make this card happen, so we went to our favorite personalized holiday cards website – The Gallery Collection. I chose a very festive card design that let me place our wonderful family Christmas photo as the front cover. I knew my sister would love it because it would show her that we all missed her that day and she would now have a complete family photo to comfort her.

When she received the card, she and her troops were astounded by the quality and perfection of the card. I wouldn’t expect anything less from this site. They always come through and this time they provided me with a way to help my sister feel a part of the moment.

Why Custom Christmas Cards are More Personal than a Holiday Newsletter

Which would you prefer to receive…a custom Christmas card or the increasingly-popular holiday newsletter? Some say custom Christmas cards, with an imprinted holiday message and the name of the sender on the inside, are impersonal. I disagree. I think a customized imprint actually reflects the care and thought that you put into choosing your holiday card. When I have ordered such holiday cards, I always take the time to address them to each recipient and sign each individually…this is a simple way of making your holiday correspondence more personal.

Personalized holiday cards are distinctive and beautiful, often with embossed designs with shiny foil details. In the past, I have been told by friends and family that my cards are the prettiest…so pretty that they kept and stored my card with their other holiday décor instead of just discarding it like the other holiday cards they received.

I find the holiday newsletter (or the “dreaded holiday newsletter,” as I often refer to it) to be quite impersonal. What is so thoughtful about writing down all the events that have occurred in your life in the past year, printing it on some cheap paper (often with faded holiday designs), and photocopying it 50 or 60 times to send it to your nearest and dearest? If they were truly “near and dear,” they most likely already know about all the things you wrote about, especially in the age of email communication. If they do not know any of it, then perhaps they are not so near and dear after all and sending them such a newsletter will just reinforce that fact.

Personalized Christmas Cards Help You Keep in Touch

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” a quote by John Lennon, is quite profound and can mean different things to different people. To me, it means that life can be so busy and hectic that in many instances we lose sight or control of what we would like to do. Before we know, years have gone by and we regret missing out on the things we wanted to do.

For instance, think of all the people that you have met and lost contact with over many years’ time. Whether it be coworkers, neighbors, teammates from a club or sports team…how many really close friends do you not see as often as before, or perhaps, never?

So how do we try to keep something like this from not occurring? One way is to make sure personalized Christmas cards are sent to those whom you may not have social contact with—either seldom or at all—to let them know they’re in your thoughts. Custom Christmas cards can be personalized with a longer, personal message or a shorter, handwritten message on the inside of the Christmas cards.

In any event, it is the thought that counts (as they say), and keeping touch with someone by sending custom Christmas cards each year is a great way to let someone know you’re still thinking about them even you may not have seen them for a long, long time.

Custom Christmas Cards – The Perfect Personalized Touch

If you’re looking for a way to create the perfect custom Christmas cards, look no further for I’ve got the answer for you! The key to making that lasting impression is to make your Christmas cards a personalized experience to each person you’re writing to. And no, that doesn’t mean you have to buy difference greeting cards for all your recipients.

I’m sure it’s been said before about many things, but the personalized touch is all about the details. You should start off by picking out your personalized holiday cards design. This design should be something your recipients would like, but more importantly something that reflects your personality. Next pick out a greeting that you would actually say to people in conversation. Creating an original greeting that is universal for your friends is another way to really make your cards unique. There is no escaping having to pen in something in writing to each of your recipients, but remember to make your writing stand out with a high quality pen and ink.

When you personalize your holiday cards, it really makes the season special. Giving generic store bought Christmas cards with nothing more than the person’s name and a generic season’s greetings will have your recipients smile. However, the combination of a beautiful design, a greeting from the heart, and a thought out, hand-printed message written from you in fine ink will have them thankful for seasons to come.

The Twelve Days of Christmas Cards

On the first day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
A silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the second day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the third day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Four sparkling ornaments,
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Five Golden Bells!
Four sparkling ornaments,
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Six reindeer prancing,
Five Golden Bells!
Four sparkling ornaments,
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the seventh day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Seven stars a-shining,
Six reindeer prancing,
Five Golden Bells!
Four sparkling ornaments,
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Eight winter scenes a-shimmering,
Seven stars a-shining,
Six reindeer prancing,
Five Golden Bells!
Four sparkling ornaments,
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the ninth day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Nine snowmen dancing,
Eight winter scenes a-shimmering,
Seven stars a-shining,
Six reindeer prancing,
Five Golden Bells!
Four sparkling ornaments,
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Ten snowflakes a-swirling,
Nine snowmen dancing,
Eight winter scenes a-shimmering,
Seven stars a-shining,
Six reindeer prancing,
Five Golden Bells!
Four sparkling ornaments,
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Eleven poinsettias a-pointing,
Ten snowflakes a-swirling,
Nine snowmen dancing,
Eight winter scenes a-shimmering,
Seven stars a-shining,
Six reindeer prancing,
Five Golden Bells!
Four sparkling ornaments,
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
I received custom Christmas cards from thee;
Twelve holiday greetings glittering,
Eleven poinsettias a-pointing,
Ten snowflakes a-swirling,
Nine snowmen dancing,
Eight winter scenes a-shimmering,
Seven stars a-shining,
Six reindeer prancing,
Five Golden Bells!
Four sparkling ornaments,
Three frosted pinecones,
Two peaceful doves,
And a silhouette of a glistening Christmas tree.