13 Best Holiday Cards

Don't panic. It's still early enough to get organized with your annual Christmas cards. We know you want your beautiful family to stand out from the rest. That's why we rounded up a list of the 13 Best Holiday Cards. It won't take long to find something fabulous and original—just for you.

When it comes to creating our own cards, we've flirted with other photo processors for our pictures. But finding out that Winkflash prices started at $0.24 (for a single 4X6 print) and a flat shipping rate of $2.65—no matter how big our order—got us stuck on their service.

Inspired by the daily dose of wit and sarcasm supplied by someecards.com found on your Facebook feed? Instill the same vintage look to your cards with clip art from other eras, then create your own laugh-out-loud statement for a stand out seasonal greeting.

Kids know all about being good around the holidays (thank you, Elf on the Shelf), but it's never been easier for everyone in the family to do a little good, too. This year, order your personalized cards from charitycards.ca and 20% of the proceeds go to The Children's Wish Foundation. Wonderful.

BC-based Dolcetto Designs offers dozens of original options if you prefer to outsource your holiday card creation. Note the shipping times to other provinces so your cards don't arrive post-season.

Keep the faith. Canadian card company Little Star Greetings knows how to deliver seasonal cards without any surprises and they'll improve on the original photo if it requires brightening, slight adjustment or better colour contrasts.

You're a bunch of posers—which is precisely the point. So if you're printing out your own annual holiday photo greetings, go for matte, quick drying, water resistant and light card stock paper.

Finding the perfect design isn't always easy, but it'll all end up fine. Really. US-based Fine Stationary—with straight-forward Canadian shipping—offers a range of original and upscale designs that run the gamut from reasonable to profoundly pricey.

Ontario-based Grace Announcements offers holiday greeting cards, holiday birth announcements, address labels and more with a signature style that is simple—yet is sure to make your card a stand out.

Sometimes the devil is in the details. Like buying the card but forgetting the stamp, then forgetting to send it all together. Card Gnome knows this. So for friends in the US, have the gnome address and post your precious letter (which you create online) and ensure it arrives perfectly on time. Can the laundry gnome be far behind?

We've turned over enough printed cards to read the tiny print, which is why we know that Tiny Prints has proven to be terrific at producing customizable cards for the holidays or any occasion.

These fun and fabulous stamps come from one of our favourite mompreneur companies, The Penny Paper Co. They'll allow you to customize your holiday cards, as well as your stationary or holiday gift tags this year.

Ask a busy mother of four to help design your annual holiday ‘hello?' Hear us out—we're serious. Carolyn Fuhrmann, owner of Canada's Pink Dot Design (and a mother of four), will create sweet yet sophisticated seasonal greetings for your yearly shout out.

We couldn't forget about a photobook for when you need to send more than just a card to the cousins or in-laws. Try Keepsy—known for being easy and affordable. We especially love the small, completely customizable pocketbooks that might be the season's most perfect gift.