Hi, did you know people are still sending holiday/Christmas cards -- paper ones that is! by Joyce Schwarz, blogging at www.hollywood2020blogs.com. Do you or don't you send a paper card out. It's such a wonderful tradition. To get that thing called a p-e-n in hand and actually write something personal. BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS...and will I be the only nerd who actually sends out cards when my fellow electronic media pals will be sending cards that sing, squawk and dance online?
Joyce Schwarz' JCOM company greeting card -- made at SHUTTERFLY.com with a collage of Pix from client and travel experiences in 2006 is shown here:
Click on thumbnail to preview our JCOM, www.joycecom.com holiday card. We made it at Shutterfly.com and could not be happier. We identify the collage of pix inside and also got a chance to show off our favorite pix of the year.PS could not be happier with the service at Shutterfly.
USA TODAY has an article WHAT'S IN THE CARDS on this that answers some of these questions -- and it hit the wires just 33 minutes ago....Americans will send nearly 2 billion cards this Christmas, according to Hallmark, the leading greeting card company. According to American Greetings, the No. 2 greeting card company, three-quarters of card consumers will buy multiple styles of cards, whether they're purchasing cards individually or by the box.
WHO BUYS CARDS? Women buy more than 90% of all holiday cards, and they tell us they buy three kinds: Religious themes they send to someone who appreciates it. Humorous cards they send to a close girlfriend or someone whose sense of humor they know well. And the more general 'Season's greetings' kind they send to professional associates or people who celebrate both Christmas and other religious holidays," Angela Thompson, a manager at American Greetings told USA TODAY..
Even e-mailers send multiple styles of cards according to the USA TODAY ARTICLE....they mention Jamie Shaw, who lives in Utah and Rio de Janeiro, says she couldn't keep track of all her friends' addresses to send each a physical card. "Now I create my own custom electronic cards each year," with different e-cards for different recipients.
At Hollywood2020 we checked out the electronic cards from our American Greetings subscription and saw a gingerbread man/girl who talks-- our pals online can watch for a version of that to come around with a special customized greeting in Joyce Schwarz voice. Very kewl card....more on that later.
SHUTTERFLY DVD -
- check out this Shutterfly.com DVD option -- it is amazing and offers all kinds of editing options/wipes, dissolves etc and even needledrop music to go with your card/DVD. It is truly amazing-- now if we only had the time to take some of our 100 favorite pix and import them to Shutterfly and make that DVD...well, New Year's isn't far off or maybe for Valentine's Day??
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