The Holiday Card That's Really in Your Hand
Your family photo goes on the front, printed on heavy cardstock. Inside, a pen writes your message across every card in your own handwriting, captured once on your phone. We address the envelope, add the stamp, and mail it. You send forty cards without writing forty cards.
Watch the pen writeThe part no printer can fake
The card is printed the way a good photo lab prints, with archival pigment inks on premium cardstock, so the color stays rich and the photo doesn't go flat or plasticky. Then the card goes under a pen. A plotter writes your message in real ink, in handwriting built from your own sample, tracing the paper the way your hand would. There's a slight impression where the pen pressed, the same as a card you'd sit and write yourself.
Premium photo-card sites sell designs with a handwritten look built in, a script font or a lettering graphic printed next to your photo. That look imitates handwriting. What we put on your card is the handwriting itself, yours, written out one card at a time.
Order by December 5 to arrive before Christmas
December is the post office's heaviest stretch of the year. Get your list in by December 5 and your cards go out with room to land before the holiday. Sending later? Set your date in the composer and we'll hold them.
The card people keep
Christmas cards bought in the US in a year, boxed cards included, more than any other seasonal card. The tradition is not going anywhere. What has changed is how a real handwritten one reads next to a stack of printed greetings.
Source: Greeting Card Association, 2020The personal letters and cards Americans mail each other have fallen by roughly half over the past decade, pushed out by email and text. Real mail with a pen on it is rare now, so it gets noticed and it gets kept on the mantel.
Source: USPS Office of Inspector GeneralThree in four people who send holiday cards say they do it because they know how good it feels to get one. The handwriting is the part that makes the getting feel personal.
Source: Greeting Card Association, 2020Kumar and Epley found that people who send a heartfelt note underestimate how much it means to the person who opens it, and overestimate how awkward it will feel to send.
Source: Psychological ScienceWhat will your holiday cards cost?
Put in how many cards you're sending. The price covers the printed card, your handwriting inside, the envelope, and first-class postage. A nice printed holiday card runs a dollar or two. Ours costs more, because a pen writes every single one in your hand, which no print run does at any price.
Card type
Photo folded card (5x7, in an envelope)
Your estimate
$200
| Cards | Folded notecards |
|---|---|
| 10 | $100 covers 25 |
| 20 | $100 covers 25 |
| 40 | $200 covers 50 |
| 60 | $300 covers 80 |
| 75 | $300 covers 80 |
| 100 | $400 covers 105 |
| 150 | $600 covers 160 |
| 250 | $1,000 covers 300 |
Prices come from prepaid credit packs in fixed sizes, so a total usually buys a few more cards than you need, and any unused balance stays on your account. Credits never expire. See full pricing.
Choose your pack
Starter
$100
25 folded notecards
1,000 credits
Payment is handled by Stripe. After you pay, we email you a link to sign in to the Note Composer.
Need more than one Starter or Standard pack? Change the quantity on the payment page.
Questions? Book a walkthrough
How your cards get written and mailed
Upload your list and your photo
Import your address list from a spreadsheet or your contacts, and add the photo you want on the front.
Capture your handwriting, once
On your phone or tablet, draw each letter, number and symbol once, then add your signature. It takes under 10 minutes.
Review and personalize
Write one message for everyone or vary it by household. Nothing gets written until you approve it. Edit any note or write your own.
We print, write, and mail
We print your photo card on premium stock, a pen writes your message in real ink, and we address the envelope and add first-class postage. Order by December 5 to arrive before the 25th.
Every kind of holiday card, handled
Family Photo Cards
Your best photo of the year on the front, a real note from you inside. The card people put on the fridge and leave there.
New Year Cards
Missed December? Send a New Year card in January instead. Fewer cards in the mail, more room for yours to stand out.
Cards to Far-Flung Family
The relatives you only reach at the holidays get a real note in your hand, not a group text.
Non-Christmas Holidays
Hanukkah, a plain happy-new-year, a season’s greetings with no religion attached. Your message, your call.
Business and Client Cards
Sending to clients as well as family? Same card, your handwriting.
Thank-You and Holiday in One
Got a gift and owe a holiday card? Do both in a single note.
Holiday card questions, answered
Is the message actually handwritten?
How is this different from a premium photo-card site?
What paper and ink do you use?
Can I use my own family photo?
When should I order?
Do you do Hanukkah and non-religious holiday cards?
Is my handwriting and photo kept private?
Can I write a few myself?
What if I miss the December cutoff?
Order by December 5 to arrive before Christmas
December is the post office's heaviest stretch of the year. Get your list in by December 5 and your cards go out with room to land before the holiday. Sending later? Set your date in the composer and we'll hold them.
Send the card people keep
Your photo, your handwriting, mailed before the rush. Get your list in and we'll handle the pens, the envelopes, and the post office.
Order by December 5 to arrive before Christmas.