Here’s an example of a business owner who sent out this custom, photo card to his friends, family and the customer’s that he felt had a sense of humor.  I think it is priceless.

The front cover is self-explanatory.  If the inside doesn’t make you laugh, you need to have your sense of humor checked.

(inside photo below)

Inside this clever greeting card, the businessman wished every one a laugh for 2009 and announced that his son had finally accomplished his life-long dream of becoming a fireman for the local fire department. He also included a picture of his swearing in on the inside of the card.

See how using a custom, photo greeting card can get you remembered by your friends, family, and even your customers? He could be proud of his son without being a pompus idiot. People will share the card with others. It’s a great referral marketing piece, because people will think of this business owner when someone asks if they know someone who provides his service.

(We have no word how the son took to the card, especially if the firemen in his department got a hold of it. Oh, well, it is small town. Who knows?)

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I just wanted to share one of the customized Christmas Cards I did last year.  Here’s the front of the card.

I fell in love with this photo of a sculpture of Santa at the Beach. While his permanent home is on the West Coast, I couldn’t help but borrow his likeness and turn him into a dear old Santa at Miller Beach, Indiana. Miller Beach is my home, along with a whole lot of really cool people, who love living on the southern shores of Lake Michigan.

Maybe this is not the way you imagine Santa, but he is just too cool! He is a sculpture, designed and created by Lisa Gapen, who I’ve known for about 13 years. In fact in another life, she helped us train our blind and deaf cocker spaniel, long before we realized that he had any vision problems. He was a “ring-tail tooter” of a puppy. He’ll be featured in another custom Christmas Card soon.

One of Lisa’s hobby’s is custom designing Santas. She is quite an artist. Because I wanted to give her credit in my custom greeting card last year, I  inserted the information below into this card that went out to my Miller Beach neighbors.

Here’s the credit insert that was in the card last year:
We are so excited to share my favorite photo of Lisa Gapen’s
holiday creations with you. May it bring you a smile.
Lisa Gapen is a sculptor and artist in Northwest Indiana. Each piece is a
one of a kind sculpture made from plymer clay with a wire frame and soft
sculpted body with handmade costumes. Many of the accessories are hand
made by the artist as well. More of Lisa’s work can be seen at
www.theGrandfatherClaus.com

Hint: if you have a friend who is an artist, maybe you can use a photo of their work and turn it into a custom photo greeting card that gets framed by some of the people who receive it.

Share the Joy, spread the smiles, build connections.

Click on the button below, fill in the form, and you can send two custom photo cards of yours on me.

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