Saying Thanks with Photo Cards
Photo Cards -it sounds like a novelty now but there was a time when people sent each other photos of moments shared. And by photos I don’t mean jpeg files sent as an email attachment but actual images printed on glossy photo paper. For my son’s birthday thank you cards, I decided on personalized photo collages.
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| A Personalized Photo Collage This summarizes the event and highlights photos where the receiver is the main star in the photo. Admit it, you like photos when it’s a good one of you. So make sure you also choose the best ones of your friend to send. |
Steps to Making a Photo Collage
There are many ways of doing this- Photoshop, Word, Pixelmator, but it all depends on your skills level. I will show you some shortcuts that will make your photo cards look professional without taking a ton of time or costing a fortune.
I used the card feature in iPhoto ‘ll. Apple would like you to purchase the cards through them, but we can just as easily print these ourselves with a trick or two!.
These are the steps:
- Create an album with the photos you are going to use for the photo collage
- Go to file and click on NEW CARD
- Select FLAT option and browse through theme selections
- Choose the theme you like and drop in the photos of your choice in the particular boxes. For a 4 x 6 size, 4 images is a comfortable number so the images don’t appear too small.
- Editing photos can be done while you are making the card, just watch out carefully for buttons and options, there’s a lot you can do while you’re in the card making mode.
- Take a screen shot of card. Command+Shift+3 in Mac OS. The image will appear on your desktop with a name like “Screen Shot 2012-02-02 at 5.55.55 PM.png”
- Crop photo and print on 4 x 6 photo paper.
- Take some card stock, fold in half. Cut the stock to 4 x 6 so you are left with a 4 x 6 folded card.
- Stick the photo on the cover of the card with double-sided tape. This makes a very sturdy (and beautiful) card you can give as a memento to your guests.
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| One Photo Says It All Here’s a different lay-out for the photo card I sent to family and friends overseas who wished they could be present and are eager to have a feel of what the party was like. Sometimes, one happy photo says it all. My husband and I were just delighted that we got one perfect shot wherein everyone-big and small- was facing the camera. |
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