Making Your Own Photos into Postcards

My business cards are an embarrassment. I won't mention where I got them, but I went to a local chain store, picked out a stock icon, a typeface and a paper color and texture. I paid several hundred dollars (yes!) and within a few weeks I had my business cards and stationary.

Are they ever ugly! People ask me about the icon. "Why do you have a _______ on your business card?" and I explain that it's because I live in the country and that's where I work. It makes no sense whatsoever. I am tired of explaining and may change my explanation to, "Because I'm an idiot, so you probably don't want to hire me for your writing project."

Things have changed, and I may get to change my business card even though I have several hundred of them left. PS Print Printing can print custom business cards much cheaper and faster than the way I did it before -- and their templates will keep me from making it ugly (though I'm not sure anything could keep me from making it say something stupid). It's kind of fun to look through all the options and design it myself. I don't even have to order hundreds and hundreds.

They also let you make affordable, quality postcards from your own photos. We used to send out Christmas cards with Lily's picture on it, but it really did get costly. So, I got "smart" (yet again). I bought a high quality photo printer and started printing my own photos to send in Christmas cards. Holy Mackerel! Those photos really slurped up my ink, and it's $100 to reload the cartridges. End of that idea.

This year, I might try PS Print's postcard printing for my Christmas cards. They make it easy, and they're fast. And so much more affordable than using my aggravating old ink-drunk printer.

I love getting photos of my friends and their lives at Christmas. Now I can return the pleasure by sending photos of Lily, or, if she doesn't feel like cooperating, perhaps the cat.

Comments

[groovyoldlady]

Hundreds?????? Gee...I bought a box of 500 custom made business cards with a stock icon for less than $30.

Of course, that was like, 17 years ago, but still...