Christmas in July

Elaine

Not sure if this is the right place, but I'm wondering what people do for folks who want family Christmas photos printed up with those Christmasy borders and greetings that you can find at places like Costco? I know some of my friends will want such things, but I'm trying to push Smugmug for prints and they don't offer those. Is this where you sell a digital download for a reasonable amount? Other options??

dragon300zx

Elaine wrote:

Not sure if this is the right place, but I'm wondering what people do for folks who want family Christmas photos printed up with those Christmasy borders and greetings that you can find at places like Costco? I know some of my friends will want such things, but I'm trying to push Smugmug for prints and they don't offer those. Is this where you sell a digital download for a reasonable amount? Other options??

Depends on what you are looking for. Do you want the board printed on the photo or are you looking for a cardboard frame to drop the photo into it?

Elaine

dragon300zx wrote:

Depends on what you are looking for. Do you want the board printed on the photo or are you looking for a cardboard frame to drop the photo into it?

I'm thinking of the ones where the border is printed on the photo, along with a space for a brief message and/or greeting...Merry Christmas, from the Smiths, 2007. However, I'd be interested in knowing about the card frames, if they can be purchased in large amounts for cheap somewhere?

dragon300zx

The border stuff is all done in photoshop I would presume (thats how I would do it), then you just print them like any other print.

The cardboard ones can be found all over the internet at places like

http://www.pfile.com/photo-greeting-cards/holiday-folders-frames.html

http://www.qlt.com/store/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=100&qts=google10&qtk=g10-4

search: holiday paper frames

urbanaries

this is definitely a situation where I sell the digital download. Fulfilling and editing/working up these orders is definitely not worth the trouble IMO.

The fact is every year places like Walgreens do this faster, better and cheaper than me, and with a gazillion more options and pickup/delivery locations. So my approach is, "take the file and run with it, folks!"

HTH

DavidTO

Here's a Mac app that adds borders like you're describing very easily.

http://www.econtechnologies.com/site/Pages/Portraits_Prints/pnp_overview.html

Elaine

Thanks for the ideas and links! Lynne...how much would you charge for a digital download of one family photo to be used for this purpose?

urbanaries

Elaine wrote:

Thanks for the ideas and links! Lynne...how much would you charge for a digital download of one family photo to be used for this purpose?

$50-75 per image depending on resolution.