Photo Greeting Cards

Digital Photo Cards as Keepsake Memorials

April 7, 2009

The loss of a family member or friend is an emotionally wrenching experience. We all know that. We search for words and gestures to help soothe this grieving period. Using digital photo cards to create a memorial keepsake can be an aid in healing the acute initial response to such a loss. Start the process [...]

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Scanning Photos for Greeting Cards is Worth Your Time

March 24, 2009

Everyone has them filed away in their closet, under their bed, or stored in the basement. They are there, you know they are there, but you just never find the time to do anything with them. You dread the thought of having to go through them; You hate the notion of having to spend hours [...]

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Photo Ops for Photo Greeting Cards

January 13, 2009

What makes you choose a photo for photo greeting cards?  There seem to be lots of occasions for which, looking back, I realize that I’d forgotten to bring the camera or (I sincerely hope I’m not the only one who has done this) actually did bring the camera, carried it around all day, and never [...]

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Digital Photo Christmas Cards – A Test of Patience

December 30, 2008

Anyone out there have kids who make it a challenge when taking pictures?  Am I alone in this?  You know the daunting task of taking a young child to have digital photos shot professionally at one of those photo studios that specialize in such things? Each year, I bring my son to have digital photos [...]

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Birthday Photos for Photo Greeting Cards

December 9, 2008

Birthday photos might be the one type of picture we have the most of.  On every birthday we seem to take the same poses: big birthday grin over decorated cake, blowing out the candles on said cake, and face smeared with frosting from said cake.  So it makes sense that birthday photos would be a [...]

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The Artistic Side to Photo Greeting Cards

December 2, 2008

I visited a friend in the hospital last night and her seven-year-old son was holding his newborn baby brother for the first time.  Another visitor was taking pictures and asked Jack to look up and smile.  I am sure the family photo will be beautiful but what was lost was the look of wonder on [...]

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Some Photo Christmas Cards Cross the Line

November 25, 2008

I love receiving photo cards of my friends and family. Really, I do. I love that more and more people are sending photo cards as the way they say Happy Holidays or as invitations and other imaginative uses. Really, I do. It’s great to see photo Christmas cards of the little ones and how they [...]

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Taking Pictures for Family Photo Christmas Cards Can Be Challenging!

November 18, 2008

So here’s my problem: if taking pictures is getting easier and easier, how come getting the right shot for my photo Christmas cards is such a trial and tribulation? If you’re saying, “Don’t I know it,” then you are probably also aware of how the challenges when taking pictures convolute over the passage of time. [...]

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