Christmas card printing?

I'm wondering if anyone has experience printing their own Christmas cards. I'm thinking about a folding card with envelopes rather than the postcard like cards I get. I probably could get a kit from someplace like office depot from my home printer, but I'm thinking more along the lines of a commercial place that might have good cardstock and a professional printer. I've had Costco do some decent photo print jobs some time ago, but am no longer a member.

I'm a holdout on the tradition of card exchange.

Rogar, I still do a lot of cards, too. The past 6-7 years I've done a photo card with diving photos, but I didn't do that this year. You might be rather late in the game this year. Do you have photos or not? It was difficult to determine from your post. All the usual places do folding cards, as well as the postcard like cards. If you have photos, Snapfish is nice. I would get my photo cards from Walmart and they do folded cards, too.

I've done a lot with Snapfish--their templates are super easy to use, and you can usually pick up the product at a local business--like Walmart or Walgreens. That was a great benefit for me when I was working up to the very last minute getting calendars done for my kids. (I disagree with Tradd that you're too late in the game)

See what you think:
https://www.snapfish.com/home

If you don't want to go that route, try Staples. They are good, but. not as seamless as Snapfish.

The too late in the game comment was for Rogar's idea of using a commercial printer.

It looks like Snapfish is saying a delivery date of Dec. 11, which is time enough for me, but I have an idea for a photo that I've yet to take. I'll have to see when I can put everything together. Staples is a second choice. Thanks. That's great.

I happened to be at an Office Depot today & noticed they have blank cards & envelops in their inventory. I don't print my own, but embellish 6-8 with beading or stitchery for select few friends.

I am trying Snapfish for the first time to print some pictures to clean out my phone. I'm running out of storage. I struggle with storing photos digitally, but I've always done fine with storing physical prints, I have a decent system with a pretty small footprint, so I'm going with that.

I'll start earlier next year. I don't have a Staples near by so it's going to be Office Depot for blank templates. I have a fairly decent home printer, so it might work ok, plus their cards are 60% off right now.

The very few photos I print I get from Walgreens online service. I place the order online and pick up at mu nearest store.

I have used a couple of those online print shops (Zazzle?) for business cards. They have stock images to pull from and I was able to find 2 separate images of iris for my 2 iris clubs.

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I'll start earlier next year. I don't have a Staples near by so it's going to be Office Depot for blank templates. I have a fairly decent home printer, so it might work ok, plus their cards are 60% off right now.

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That's a good discount! Make sure you have extra printer cartridges on hand!

I needed some extra cards. Hallmark does some nice budget cards - 30/$10 at Target. I got two boxes. Good enough price, even though not on sale, to have for next year, too.

So, I went to Office Depot and pickings for what I wanted were slim. As a prime member I was able to get fast shipping on blank cards and using this image. It's not Roadshow prize, but from a generation back on Masonite and I think hand painted by a family member. I have a decent printer, but it's not the quality of a high end commercial printer. I found a solar spotlight in the garage for the nighttime. I'll remember to start earlier. Seemed like sort of a simple living thing among all the plastics that go around.

I did take a rechargeable battery to Office Depot, which they claim to recycle.

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Originally Posted by Rogar

So, I went to Office Depot and pickings for what I wanted were slim. As a prime member I was able to get fast shipping on blank cards and using this image. It's not Roadshow prize, but from a generation back on Masonite and I think hand painted by a family member. I have a decent printer, but it's not the quality of a high end commercial printer. I found a solar spotlight in the garage for the nighttime. I'll remember to start earlier. Seemed like sort of a simple living thing among all the plastics that go around.

I did take a rechargeable battery to Office Depot, which they claim to recycle.

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Cute card! I'm glad it worked out for you!

That is a cute photo!

Cute card!

I went out shopping yesterday to pick up a few things, including some cards. Pickings were pretty slim, as I look for "holiday" cards versus the religious-themed ones. Found a couple. My send some out today.

What a happy, friendly snowman!

I remember those Masonite creative figures, my mom and dad made some, gosh, 70-ish years ago.

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That is a cute photo!

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I watch for Hallmark's Image Arts cards. Holiday themes and quite reasonably prices. 30 cards for $10 at Target. You can also find them on Amazon. They are not cheesy cards. I had some I had bought a year or two ago I used this year, as well as new ones I got.