Photo Christmas Cards

What better way to update family and friends than with your photos added to a Christmas, or holiday card?  When it comes to sharing, the more photos the better!  Load your greeting card up with pictures of the kids, a special occasion and / or fun photos of the family pets.

We try to get as many photo templates as possible onto our cards.  Remember, the more pictures, the smaller each photo will be, and postcards are smaller in size than 5x7 inch cards.  But it's a great way for large families to get everyone in separately.

At Zazzle, designers will work with a variety of card styles to create beautiful templates for the holiday season.  Many traditional themed cards can be found on the site.   My Holiday Store caters to those people who live in a tropical location, or like the idea of sending warm Christmas wishes, but we also have traditional designs.

Many folded cards and flat paper designs are now available to purchase as an instant download.  This means you are buying the design to customize over and over, and it can be shared online.  This is perfect for busy people who never quite get around to buying and sending out Christmas cards.

When creating a personalized photo card for the holiday season, we obviously want to share our very best pictures with the recipients.

Besides the usual family picture, consider sharing photos from the past year's big events.  Did you buy a new house? Take a fabulous trip?  Get a new pet?  Maybe you were married, or had a baby.  All of these things have the potential for making an interesting greeting.

Or, send a picture of your pet if you like it better than people photos.  A sweet fur-baby always makes a lovely greeting.

Beach lovers, surfers and those who live in a tropical climate, will appreciate the many "tropical" themed photo cards in the Holiday Store.

I have lived in Florida for most of my life and we usually celebrate the holiday season in warmth.  One year my Christmas tree blew over because the windows were open and the breeze was blowing!  That sort of thing doesn't happen in a northern climate.

We also like to include fun decor like seashells on the Christmas tree and Santa in a bathing suit.  Why not send custom photo cards with designs made especially for beach bums?

One of the newer card styles in our store is the double-fold, triple page greeting card.  The inside of this card is the place for large photos - to fit the 5x7 inch pages.  A personal message, or annual Christmas letter, can be added to the center of the card.  The front has a simple image or greeting, but the inside is the part that will show when stood on a mantle or table.  Because of the double-fold, the cards should stand on their own, and I like that idea.

A photo template is created by the designer using a sample photo which takes the place of the one the customer will be using.  We try to use fun, attention grabbing images and so should you, when replacing with your own.

Each template is made in a certain size that will hopefully accommodate any photo the customer wants to add.

It's always best, as a customer, to use a personal picture that closely resembles the orientation of the template image - your photo will be centered.  

Use horizontal (landscape) or vertical (portrait) orientation as the template dictates.

Each product has a "customize further" option, where you can make more changes to the design yourself.

Holiday postcards can also have photo templates. Not only are they cheap to buy, but they have a glossy surface which works like a regular photo card.  Photos naturally look great on them!  They don't require an envelope, and postage stamps cost less for postcards.  

This year I am making more Christmas photo postcards because I believe they are a good alternative option to the traditional glossy photo cards.  You may also change the background color on some of the cards, such as the bright blue here, using the "customize" button on the product page.