Looking for links/contacts to have calendars and cards made.

Exploring the possiblity to having calendars, greeting cards made with some of my photos for friends and family. Looking in particular for a website of a business that produces cards that you insert your photos into or open to any other suggestions.

Thanks

As far as greeting cards, Photographers Edge is who I've used for the last couple of years. Very nice quality and customer service. They have a website but not sure of the address. Try google. I'm awaiting my first printed calendar from a self publishing company called LULU. www.lulu.com . If you're interested in what I receive in terms of quality, check back with me early next week. Hope this helps. Dan

Hi Jake,

depending on the volumes you want you might look into local printers who use digital inputs.

I helped the Conservation Trust in my town publish a calendar and note cards and the prices were very reasonable. Note cards were about 65 cents each plus 9 cents for envelopes. These are small ~4X5 cards of very high quality. Only issue for you might be you must order 100 or more. But I found 100 note cards very easy to use/sell. I also had some of my own printed and sold them at a local crafts fair.

The calendars also needed to be ordered in lots of 100 but were equally good and cheap -- a four color 11X17 calendar was $8.25 each -- plus a small charge for set up. This is probably too expensive for you to do for personal use but the results I got were so excellent I thought I'd let you know about it. The printer I worked with uses an Xerox printer -- if interested I'll find out the model number. They are Ink Etc. in Acton Massachusetts -- 978 263-1555, if you call ask for Joe Rotondo or John Sheehy. John is the graphics designer and he gets every once of quality his equipment has out of it.

Cheers,
Frank

I use Photographers Edge routinely and love their cards. Great quality, and since you put the actual photo in the card, it makes a nice keepsake for the recipient.

Jake,

I am using MOAB Entradada Bright 190 ( Matte) 5 x 7 scored cards. You print right on the paper. They come scored and fir in A7 envelopes. They look great.

Send me your address at jack@jackgrahamphoto.com and I'l send you a sample. ( under 1.00 per card!)

www.moabpaper.com

JG

thanks to everyone for the info, Photographers Edge is the place I was looking for.

You might also try CafePress. The quality isn't spectacular, but most people don't appear to notice (photographers are always the most critical bunch!). You can make as many or as few as you like.

Martin

Thanks, I will probably give cafepress.com a try.