Desktop Publishing Christmas Cards - Explore and Express
The tradition of Christmas greetings extends past a century, and the ephemera from yesteryear are really exquisite works of art.
But with technology being what it is now, surely we can still create beautiful works of art to send as Christmas cards! (By the way, ephemera is a term used for everyday paper documents printed for temporary use such as postcards, calendars, or greeting cards.
) Nowadays desktop publishing packages are quite powerful and the array of features are impressive, as well as user friendly.
Hence we have the tools required to produce first-rate, top notch cards that look as good as store bought; especially if you purchase the card stock to do so.
Three of the best desktop publishing softwares are: Art Explosion Publisher Pro 2.
0, Page Plus, and Microsoft Publisher (the prices range from $45-$140).
Even Print Shop, which is a less expensive package is quite efficient.
You can buy it at Target for less than $20.
It's user friendly and can produce some mighty fine results! It seems that the only thing that desktop publishing softwares don't offer is the actual words themselves.
Well, they do, but the fact is the greetings offered are very ordinary and regurgitated.
No one wants to invest time into producing the ordinary.
A card is a cohesive little unit: the words, pictures, colors, card stock...
it all works together to convey a greeting that touches or tickles the heart of the recipient.
Just look at how long people spend in the card aisle before finding "the card.
" That's a testament to all the parts equaling the slam dunk! Most boxed Christmas cards have sentiment that's been spit-out 1000 times over.
What most people want is something new, fresh, and original! But they also want to send what I call a "paper touch.
" They want the person receiving the card to laugh, cry, dream, hope, or believe.
That's the intent of any greeting card, and that's the beauty of making them yourself; you get to pick the pictures, the fonts, the colors, etc.
The tradition of sending Christmas cards hasn't died out.
We still want to send that "paper touch.
" We still want to impart something through our greeting.
We still want to cause someone to have "warm fuzzies" and we send cards in order to do that.
So why not make your Christmas cards this year? Make it personal.
Make it beautiful.
Make it striking.
Make it yourself!
But with technology being what it is now, surely we can still create beautiful works of art to send as Christmas cards! (By the way, ephemera is a term used for everyday paper documents printed for temporary use such as postcards, calendars, or greeting cards.
) Nowadays desktop publishing packages are quite powerful and the array of features are impressive, as well as user friendly.
Hence we have the tools required to produce first-rate, top notch cards that look as good as store bought; especially if you purchase the card stock to do so.
Three of the best desktop publishing softwares are: Art Explosion Publisher Pro 2.
0, Page Plus, and Microsoft Publisher (the prices range from $45-$140).
Even Print Shop, which is a less expensive package is quite efficient.
You can buy it at Target for less than $20.
It's user friendly and can produce some mighty fine results! It seems that the only thing that desktop publishing softwares don't offer is the actual words themselves.
Well, they do, but the fact is the greetings offered are very ordinary and regurgitated.
No one wants to invest time into producing the ordinary.
A card is a cohesive little unit: the words, pictures, colors, card stock...
it all works together to convey a greeting that touches or tickles the heart of the recipient.
Just look at how long people spend in the card aisle before finding "the card.
" That's a testament to all the parts equaling the slam dunk! Most boxed Christmas cards have sentiment that's been spit-out 1000 times over.
What most people want is something new, fresh, and original! But they also want to send what I call a "paper touch.
" They want the person receiving the card to laugh, cry, dream, hope, or believe.
That's the intent of any greeting card, and that's the beauty of making them yourself; you get to pick the pictures, the fonts, the colors, etc.
The tradition of sending Christmas cards hasn't died out.
We still want to send that "paper touch.
" We still want to impart something through our greeting.
We still want to cause someone to have "warm fuzzies" and we send cards in order to do that.
So why not make your Christmas cards this year? Make it personal.
Make it beautiful.
Make it striking.
Make it yourself!
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