personalized Christmas cards with family picture

[premama]

Hello,

I'm thinking of making personalised Christmas cards with our family picture (with our baby) on it - does anyone know where I can get these made?

I've seen so many nice personalised Christmas cards from abroad but the local ones (e.g. from Fotomax) look really tacky.

Also, if we need to take our own photos and bring them to the printers, does anyone have any recommendation as to (a) photographer good at taking natural family photos and (b) where to print these cards?

Thanks!

 

[rani]

There's a place in Causeway Bay that you can try. They have xmas backgrounds and the packages seem quite reasonable

http://www.digitalthinking.com.hk/Epackage.html

Also check the similar thread below

 

[rani]

Also have a look at www.blanksheet.com.hk

 

[miaka]

thanx rani, much nicer than fotomax

 

[mamaS]

Premama, i am also looking for a printer, i went to fotomax and they say they don't have the software yet for Christmas. Pls let me know if you find anything.

Blanksheet is so expensive for $50 each.

 

[premama]

Has anyone actually tried blanksheet?

I also found a website, www.shutterfly.com. Has anyone tried ordering from here? What is the quality like?

 

[sky123]

I tried shutterfly and their service is good. The quality of the cards are good (stock card) but you have to be careful with the photo cos it comes out darker than on screen. They also do great photobooks which make great momentos. But for Xmas cards it may be a bit risky cos post sometimes takes a while.

 

[cebe_mama]

My friend went to a Photo Studio specialised for babies, located in TST, called Vita Pixel.

http://www.vitapixel.com.hk

You can refer to my photo album for the sample! Now it is chosen to be the cover of the studio web site!

 

[NYCMOM]

you should try www.tinyprints.com a US company, but they ship internationally. you upload the digital image and can see what it looks like in the different card formats before ordering.

 

[jane01]

I used blanksheet this year, they were excellent. Really good customer service.

With the overseas websites, you might want to consider whether you will actually get your cards in time to send for Christmas. I think at this late stage you should look at a local HK company.

PS. agree re Fotomax, yuck.