Holiday Cards, Start to Finish: Bring Us a Photo, We Do the Rest

The usual holiday card process has three weak points: ordering from a photo website and hoping the printed color matches the preview, hand-addressing a hundred envelopes, and a December trip to the post office for postage.

Our process at AIM Mail Center removes all three. Bring us a photo in October. We're a quick stop between Orchard Town Center and Legacy High School, and we design the card with you, print it in-house, print the envelopes from your list, and mail the finished stack. You approve a real proof before anything runs, and you're done before Thanksgiving.

Step 1: The Design

Bring your photo on your phone, email it, or send it through our file upload page. Tell us the vibe: classic, modern, funny, religious, "the dog is the main character," and we'll lay it out with you. You see a real proof before anything prints, which is the step the websites skip. Typos get caught here, not after 100 cards arrive.

Step 2: The Printing

Flat or folded, your choice of paper, envelopes included. Because everything prints at our print counter in-house, the turnaround is fast in October and you're not paying rush fees or waiting on a shipment from a warehouse.

While you're at it, the same counter handles the rest of the season's paper:

• Photo calendars (the gift grandparents actually use)
• Gift tags, return-address labels, and stickers
• Party invitations for December gatherings
• Thank-you cards for January

Step 3: The Mailing

This is the part nobody else offers. We can print your recipient addresses straight onto the envelopes from your list, with no hand-addressing, add postage, and send the whole stack out from our counter. Your cards go from "photo on my phone" to "in the mail" without you licking a single envelope.

Sending cards or calendars to family overseas or shipping a box of them to be handed out at a reunion? Same counter, through our shipping department.

For Businesses: Real Cards Beat Email

A printed holiday card to your best customers stands out in a way no email can. We'll add your logo, print the envelopes from your customer list, and mail them. Pair it with a year-end postcard or a small branded gift and you've done your holiday marketing in one trip. Bigger jobs run through our commercial printing team.

Why October?

• Proofing without pressure. See it, tweak it, love it.
• First pick on paper stocks and envelope colors before they sell out.
• Mail the week after Thanksgiving, when cards get noticed, instead of racing the December cutoff.

Questions We Hear a Lot

Can you design the card if I just have a photo?

Yes. That's most of our card customers. Bring the photo, we handle the layout.

Can you address the envelopes from my list?

Yes. Send us a spreadsheet and we print recipient and return addresses.

How many should I order?

Count your list, add ten. Everyone forgets someone.

Can you mail them for me too?

Yes. Postage and mailing from our counter. You can be completely done in one visit.