Comments on: Selecting Images for Greeting Cards

By: Jeanmarie Frost

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:45:15 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

So do you buy your own card stock , print, and do you shrink wrap?

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By: Jeanmarie Frost

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:42:47 +0000

In reply to Beth West.

Yes I am looking for info on greeting card publishers.

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By: Fuel for my Muse | Art Working

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:17:04 +0000

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By: Kelly Titus

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:56:38 +0000

I’m a photographer, I;ve found that my photographs that can fit for a few different holiday’s work best. Also, humour goes a long way for a lot of people. If you make them laugh, you have engaged them in your work and they want to share that good feeling with someone else.

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By: Richard Kreider

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:48:59 +0000

As to Jeanmarie’s query as to where to sell greeting card art, a great source is the website of the greeting card association. Believe it’s gca.com …or google it…greeting card association. Their web site lists numerous greeting card publishers and their web sites….from there you can visit their home page and the ones that take freelance work will have a section for “submitting your work”…this will tell you what they pay…when to submit (for instance, when they review seasonal work, etc.) and what they pay and what rights they buy…for instance…all rights, or simply North American greeting card rights and for what duration. Hope that was helpful…rick kreider

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By: Brennen McElhaney

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:30:04 +0000

If you’d like to see the five paintings that I selected for my greeting cards, along with a brief narrative of how it all happened, check out my blog post – “Greeting Card Set”.
Thank you Alyson for this post, and thank you all for your comments.

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By: Greeting Card Set | Art Working

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:17:39 +0000

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By: Kate Klingensmith

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:16:50 +0000

I’ve been able to successfully sell cards made from images of my paintings. One way that I gauge the potential response has been to simply watch how people respond to the original painting. The card that was most successful was of a painting that was a little whimsical and made people smile. Because of the price difference, people were thrilled to be able to get the image on a card, even if they couldn’t afford the painting.

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By: Lisa Philipps Goldstein

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:35:25 +0000

I think that cards that sell tend to be those that give a “feel good” message or image. I certainly wouldn’t want to send a “dark” card to anyone, and it’s too open for misinterpretation (“what exactly is she trying to tell me by sending this”).

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By: Yasmin Sabur

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:32:57 +0000

Alyson, this was a timely post. The holiday season is coming up, and artists’ note cards make great stocking stuffers and grab bag gifts. So now is the time to consider what to sell and how to sell it.
I agree that simple compositions work best, unless you are using a really high end printer that has the capacity to pick up details.
Sets are a way to bypass the $5 sales. The sets look great when the cards are individually packaged and then placed in a bio-degradable clear box. Tie them with an attractive ribbon or colored raffia and they are a gift for under $25. Don’t forget to include a business card. I do hand prints and add a clear label with a thank you, my logo and contact info on the back of each card.
If you don’t want to be bothered with selling an extremely inexpensive product go the internet sales route. There are several sites where you just upload your image, select your product, set your profit over the production price, and let the site do the selling, shipping and handling.
Jeanmarie, I would recommend this for you instead of a greeting card publisher. Some of the photo printing sites have agreements with designers for greeting cards. You can also Google just about anything you are interested in doing and follow the trail from there.
Thanks again.

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