Christmas Templates Sold Individually and with Backs

The Christmas card templates can now be purchased individually. The 5×7 and 5×5 templates also come with a backside. Many photo labs who offer high quality press printed products give the option of printing a back side. Now you can offer your clients (and I can offer my clients too!) the option to print front and back!

Here are the new backs (shown with the fronts on the Template page):

The Design Pile on Etsy

Hello All! I wanted to let you all know that I opened a store called the Design Pile on Etsy. What is The Design Pile, you  might ask? My goal for next year is to open an online resource shop for photographers who need some creative help. Just in case you are not familiar with Etsy it is a online store for handmade goods. You can now find my Christmas Card Templates and eventually other templates like birth announcements, save the dates, thanks you on Etsy. Here is how it works. You order the design of the card you want. If you are not using an image that I have taken you will send me the jpg file along with all the other information (names, greetings) that goes on the card. I will then send you a file that you can take to your lab of choice. If you are a client of mine you can just tell me which image(s) you want to be used on the card. I also offer printing services if you don’t want to hassle with that. So, go check and out and let me know what you think. I am open for suggestions and would love to hear your thoughts!

Christmas 2009 Templates

This year’s Christmas photo greeting card collection features some of my own artwork incorporated into the designs. The tree, ornaments, snowflake, stars, and select text are custom made by myself specifically for this year’s collection. Each template is a Photoshop file that includes the layers leaving the template open to customization, meaning you can make adjustments to certain parts of the template. Also included is a video tutorial to make incorporating your images an easy process. Also, most templates (with the exception of the “Christmas on Film” and the “Stripes & Dots”) have more than one background color option. The set includes 2 – 5×5s, 3 – 4×8s, and 2 – 5×7s (with a few extra variations included).

This year’s set is $65. Available for shipment October 1st. If you would like to purchase the set, click on the Templates link at the top of the page. Please contact me at jsmixon06@aol.com if you have any questions. I will be offering these for my clients as well. Clients, keep checking in for the Christmas Card sale!

Candy Cane

White

Christmas on Film

Frosty Stars

Green Christmas

Black

Ornaments

Stripes & Dots

More Product Images

I got a few more products in so I wanted to photograph them to show the variety in options and format for the products included in my wedding packages. I have really been enjoying these new proof boxes. They can be used to sit out on a table or they look really nice in a bookshelf disguised as a book. The custom designed wedding album can be seen on the Products page too, but this is a different design with different cover materials. I was so happy to finally get my studio sample in!

More from the Design Pile

Just more from the Design Pile:

Connor is featured Collage #19, Collage #21, and Collage Dots:

By, the way, more of this cute little fella to come:

Design Pile Versatility

I recently shared with you a little bit about the upcoming disk I am putting together called “the Design Pile.” It is a collection of borders and collages that I have created for photographers to use for their albums and presentation prints. I plan on continuing to share more from the collection. Just a reminder, all the Coalesce Workshop attendees will be getting first dibs on the Design Disk and will be receiving $25 off the disk if purchased at the workshop. The collages included in the design disk are quite versatile. Which is great, because you can take one collage design and use it in so many different ways. Thanks to my family for letting me use them as examples!! Here is an example of the versatility using Collage #7:

Collage # 7 with white border/black background:

Collage # 7 in conjunction with Design Dots.

Collage #7 with floating images: