Graphics Ideas for christmas card

[mchilly]

Since chirstmas is fast approaching, I'm asking everyone for their ideas of a christmas cards for my clients. What probably the best design :rolleyes:... Just need your opinions.

[budafist]

I don't see any images....





...oh wait, did you want us to do all your work for you? How about you come up with few ideas you've been tossing around and we can comment on them for you? Asking people to give their ideas to you for free for you to make money off just isn't right.

*edit:
What kind of company is your client? What do they want to associate themselves with? What kind of people are your client's clients? Those are the people that will be receiving the cards.

[tZ]

one with santa clause, reindeer, candycanes, elves and the whole nine yards,lol

Honestly, though I absolutly can't stand it when people bluntly ask or trick people into giving away concepts.

Think of something different, catchy and reinforcing your brand.

I mean… whats your company? How could they be related to christmas or 'the holidays' in some way. There are a multitude of answers and only the actual designer should be creating the concept(in my opinion).

[PrintDriver]

2 weeks before Christmas is NOT the time to be thinking about custom designing Christmas cards.
That should have been done in September. At least.
Unless you are going to email them.
Do a lazymovie.

[panzer]

i love budafists sarcasm

she hit me with it once

right in the mush too

see thats why my smile is to the left

:)

[captain spanky]

i have no idea... but make sure you use lots of comic sans and swooshes. chicks dig them. :)

[Virgo Nightingale]

Nativity scenes are HOT.

[Jeff Fisher LogoMotives]

I always recommend that clients not do a "Christmas" card due to many people celebrating other religious holidays. A new year's card is always a great alternative.

- J.

[PrintDriver]

I dunno Jeff. That may be going to far the other way. A tastefully done Holiday card is always welcome at Christmas time. People have to lighten up about it.
:D
New Year's would seem a bit "late".

[(gra-ph!c-D'sig-nah)]

I believe happy holidays would do...it is more diverse to anyone. We need more info on your company Mchilly before we can help...other wise you will get a decorated idea that won't work for you!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS GDF!!!!

[PrintDriver]

They are a Visual Effects company. I'm guessing 'designer' of some kind. Or at least 'creative'. Why work on what is essentially a marketing piece for no compensation?

It's one thing to ask for advice on direction if there is something to advise on. Asking for the GDF to collectively come up with something for an idea is well...uh...lazy. ;)

[Jeff Fisher LogoMotives]

I dunno Jeff. That may be going to far the other way. A tastefully done Holiday card is always welcome at Christmas time. People have to lighten up about it.
:D
New Year's would seem a bit "late".

I disagree - my Jewish friends/clients don't all appreciate receiving a Christmas card. If anything, I should respect their beliefs and acknowledge their own holiday. Christmas isn't any better or more important than the religious holiday of anyone else. I also know people who do not celebrate Christmas at all.

How could a New Year's card be "late." Late for what? Did someone forget to send me a copy of the "rules?" :o)

A New Year's card is the perfect opportunity to thank a client/vendor for their efforts in the previous year and wish them all the best for the upcoming business year. It is also an opportunity for your mailing to stand out - instead of getting lost in the massive amounts of holiday/end-of-the-year mail.

The considerations are similar when considering gifts for clients. An article about the topic is posted on the TCG ezine. (http://www.creativegroup.com/Dispatcher?file=/TCG/Feature1003)

- J.

[budafist]

i love budafists sarcasm

she hit me with it once

right in the mush too

see thats why my smile is to the left

:)

Opps I didn't mean to get you in the mush panzer. I just like to say it like I see it. On here in anyway. In real life I tend to sugar coat just a little bit more coz you might come over and bop me on the head :D

[MD]

I disagree - my Jewish friends/clients don't all appreciate receiving a Christmas card. If anything, I should respect their beliefs and acknowledge their own holiday. Christmas isn't any better or more important than the religious holiday of anyone else. I also know people who do not celebrate Christmas at all.

Then your friends/clients are too uptight :D
Christmas (more and more each year) is a commercial holiday. As an atheist I don't celebrate the "true meaning" of Christmas but I not about to get offended for people sending me Christmas cards.

I agree with PD - I like the idea of "holiday cards" better than new years cards. People like to display their Christmas Cards and if you get them out early thats a full month of exposure. For business I would certainly steer clear of any religious overtones and use generic terms like happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas.

[Sphinx]

It's "Merry Christmas" if that is what you want to say. People need to lighten up a bit. The "Happy Holidays" now sounds very protective.....and not sincere.

[MD]

It's "Merry Christmas" if that is what you want to say. People need to lighten up a bit. The "Happy Holidays" now sounds very protective.....and not sincere.
I agree but from a business standpoint I would rather put out generic holiday cards than run the risk of alienating an uptight customer.

[vtwin_gary]

and all this polical correctness is why i send out Happy Groundhog day cards. (this year will be the 2nd annual for the company) i've got a few ideas & i'll post em up for everyone to tear apart when the time gets a little closer.


ohh by the way MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone

[budafist]

Happy Summer Solstice guys!

(coming from the southern hemisphere...Have insulted all the northern hemisphere dwellers?)

[frankster]

Would it be wrong to send out a "Merry whatever" card? Shakespeare called twelfth night "what you will" and showed that to the queen, so how bad can it be?

[Kool]

Happy Summer Solstice guys!

(coming from the southern hemisphere...Have insulted all the northern hemisphere dwellers?)

Yes you have ;)

We're not to happy about the water swirling around the wrong way in your drains either. :D

(Didn't the Simpsons do an episode on this?)

[budafist]

The water swirling ting you won't even notice. I went upstate (anything over the equator) and I forgot to notice the opposite water swirling action :)

Summer Christmas will frustrate though. All these Christmas dinners and celebrations. Too much booze and food is no good when it is also the season of beaches and bikinis!

[mchilly]

Okay thanks everyone for your opinions, I got your ideas ;)

[PrintDriver]

It all depends on what the Card is for, Jeff. If it's a marketing tool, like MD said, the idea is the exposure. Our holiday card wall at work starts up right after Thanksgiving and comes down the day we get back from New Year's. Because of the Creatives we work for, and with, that wall is pretty darn amazing sometimes. :)

Hmmm.... a Thank you card after the blitz is a good idea as well.

As far as my own Jewish friends go, we've talked about this season many a time and they are just as happy to get a Holiday card as a Hanukkah card. Happy to be remembered by friends and all, you know? How they celebrate has nothing to do with the card they get...they're no more offended to get a Merry Christmas card than I am to get their Hanukkah card. It's the thought behind the card, not the sentiment on the cover that matters.

The trick, I guess is not to offend clients.

[panzer]

i think jeff has a valid point
its not a bad idea
personally i despise commercial christmas

[Fredonia2k]

Yes you have ;)

We're not to happy about the water swirling around the wrong way in your drains either. :D

(Didn't the Simpsons do an episode on this?)

Yes they did. Bart was supposed to get a giant boot to the backside, but Homer somehow ended up getting kicked... if memory serves.