Weddingbee Blog

Mr. Mary Jane and I wanted to send thanks to a few people who really helped us out in the home-buying process. So when I ordered our “Semi-DIY” address change photo cards from Shutterfly, I added a couple of custom photo cards to the shipment.

For the front of these cards, I chose a similar (but not the same) shot to the main one used on the address cards. I ordered five 5″x7″ cards with the image printed on them and custom text inside. Here are the results:

The quality is very nice. This was the first time I’d ordered custom cards, and if I did it again I probably wouldn’t select the “photo corners” border. It looks a little odd (especially since the top of the photo I used is pretty white and makes the photo appear border-less in some places). But overall, we’re pretty happy with them.

Inside each card, we wrote a heartfelt message to the recipients. We could have had Shutterfly print our messages on the cards, but I thought the personal touch of a hand-written note would be better. (I also addressed these by hand - even though my handwriting is nothing to brag about!)

It would be really easy to turn an e-pic into a save-the-date or engagement party invite, or to take a favorite wedding pic and turn it in to a Thank You card. It’s a nice quality photo print. if you don’t get too crazy with the border options, your recipient could easily save the picture as a keepsake. The cards I ordered were the 5×7 folded cardstock ones. They cost $2.49 each because I ordered less than 10. The more you order, the cheaper per-card they are.

Are you incorporating photos into any of your wedding paper goods?