Luxury Christmas Cards vs. Traditional Ones: 5 Tips On How To Choose Which Is Best For You
Sending and receiving Christmas cards is one of the top things that most people either love or hate about the festive season.
Whilst many people are happy to swap physical Christmas cards for a digital version, there are still a large number of folk that prefer to celebrate Christmas by sending best wishes to family and friends, in the post.
Nevertheless, the choice between luxury Christmas cards that are modern and traditional styles continues to broaden, whether you opt to handwrite your Christmas cards, or you press Enter to send.
Luxury Christmas Cards
If you want to impress your loved ones, close friends and anyone else that you include on your Christmas card list, sending them a luxury Christmas card is what you have to do.
Luxurious Christmas cards are designed to be displayed in pride of place on the mantelpiece. These cards are made from high-quality paper and feature a stylish design with exquisite foil detailing.
Luxury Photo Christmas Cards
More and more families are creating new seasonal traditions that can be passed down through generations. Luxury Christmas cards that feature a favourite photo of the whole family is an appealing option for folk that prefer to forego Christmas cards that are overly traditional or too modern.
These stylish Christmas cards can be personalised with text and decorative embellishments, to create a unique and alternative luxury Christmas card keepsake.
Traditional Christmas Cards
Traditional Christmas cards generally feature popular festive motifs like a Christmas tree, wreaths, holly, mistletoe, baubles, bells, and an array of other equally familiar seasonal objects. Many people adore Christmas cards that feature a charming traditional design because they instantly evoke heart-warming memories of childhood.
To bring traditional Christmas cards bang up to date, choose a design that can be personalised with metallic shimmer, sparkle or foiling. A sprinkle of glitter on a vintage-style traditional Christmas card instantly makes your card more special and magical.
Traditional or Luxury?
To help you decide whether to choose a traditional or luxury Christmas card, take a moment to think about all of the things that you associate with Christmas…
If Christmas is all about the season of goodwill, a decorated Christmas tree by a roaring log fire, Father Christmas with rosy cheeks, and nostalgia, then a traditional Christmas card is the perfect design for you.
If your view of Christmas is a little more modern or unconventional, luxury Christmas cards are the perfect option to send to your family and friends. A luxurious bespoke Christmas card that is personalised helps to convey the message that all is good in your life.
With so many options to choose from, here are 5 helpful tips to help you pick:
The Perfect Design
The design of your Christmas card is the most important factor to consider when choosing between traditional and luxury Christmas cards. The perfect design should reflect your personality, style and taste preferences, and can also display your individuality and sense of humour.
Whereas traditional Christmas cards often feature a beautiful festive scene, luxury Christmas cards tend to provide a wider variety of image options. Modern Christmas cards can be highly decorative, minimalist, graphic-centric or photographic.
If a design doesn’t attract your attention straight away, pick out a few Christmas card designs to narrow down the selection. It’s perfectly ok to ask a loved one for their help in eliminating designs, if it helps you choose the perfect Christmas card for you.
If you’re designing your own luxury Christmas cards that feature a photo, choose your favourite photo before you settle on a particular design. It’s also important to make sure that the background design doesn’t distract from the photo. Choose subtle or bold colours that complement the colours featured in your photo.
A Simplistic Approach
There’s no need to go overboard to make your Christmas card design stand out. A simple elegant motif can have a huge amount of impact if you’ve chosen your details with care.
Orientation
When choosing the perfect Christmas cards to send to everyone on your list, you need to decide if you want your cards to present a landscape (horizontal) or portrait (vertical) format.
Landscape Christmas cards are especially ideal for festive scenes that are wintery and traditional. A stunning photo of snow-capped trees makes a wonderful classic Christmas card image that is traditional and modern.
Favourite Colours
Many Christmas card designs feature a palette of colours that is typically associated with the festive season – red, green and gold, and blue and silver are highly popular and timeless choices that will never go out of fashion.
When choosing the perfect Christmas cards that reflect your style and personality, opt for colours that are appealing to you, regardless of whether or not they are the No.1 festive choice for other people.
If you’re designing your own luxury Christmas cards you have absolute freedom over which colours to use. As a general rule, select a background colour and two accent shades to complement it.
Personalisation
To send a unique Christmas card to family and friends you need to add some personalisation. Customising traditional Christmas cards, by adding a few decorative embellishments, will make your card stand out wherever it is displayed.
Bespoke luxury Christmas cards can be enhanced with wording in gold or silver foil, or stamping. You can also add the perfect finishing touch by sealing the envelope of your Christmas cards with a beautiful Christmas sticker that features a stylish personalised design.
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