Holiday Photo Cards To Take Off This Season CNAPSA)—Anestimated 2.5 billion greeting cards will be delivered this holiday season, including oneof-a-kind cards featuring family photos. According to a recent survey, nearly 40 percent of Americans expect to receive a personalized photo greeting card. Personalization with pictures is a hot trend, driven by the popularity of digital cameras.Forthefirst time in 2008, digital cameras outsold film cameras and, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, they are this year’s numberone “planned item”for holiday gift giving. With a digital camerait’s easy to turn snapshots into professionallooking holiday cards. To help, Shutterfly, a leading online photo service, provides stepby-step instructions that make it simple for first-time users to design unique photo cards in minutes. For the sameprice as store-bought cards (25 Shutterfly Greeting Cards are $1.79 per card), you can personalize the inside message as well as the cover picture and festive border. Shutterfly offers the largest selection of photo-borders available online (300), including new holiday and New Year’s themes. Meaningful Holiday Cards Made Easy Anyone can design beautiful, personalized holiday cards. Start by selecting an online photo service, like Shutterfly, that makes creating photo cards and gifts fun and convenient. Have the cards and envelopes delivered to you, or to save time have them mailed directly to friends and family. Snapshotof a photo greeting card and envelope ordered online It’s simple to do: 1. Upload your picture (Shutterfly’s service is free, no subscription fee or annual purchase required). 2. Add a holiday-themed border to complement your picture, which can be enhanced with a variety of free photo-editing tools including red-eye fix, cropping and changing color to black-and-white. 3. Select a special font and textcolor and type in your holiday greeting; there is even space for a family newsletter. 4. Preview your card. That's it. Don’t Havea Digital Camera? Film camera users can create photo cards by mailing color film to Shutterfly. The company will develop the film, scan the pictures, add them to your Shutterfly account and return the negatives. For more information, visit www.shutterfly.com/holidaycards.
