Last Christmas I decided to personalize my gifts a bit. I had used Visa Print at works and had seen all of the different items they sell. I thought some of them would make great Christmas gifts for the family if I added a few pictures to them.
I created some:
X-mas cards
Family calendars. Everyone got one. It had pictures of our family cabin trip we all take every summer. Much Fun.
T-shirts for my sisters kids. These turned out really cute!
A few mugs. For my parents. I included pictures of their grand kids (my sisters)
Phone case. This was for me and had a cute picture of my dog :-)
Delivery took a bit longer than I thought at almost 2 weeks. There was a lot of stuff and Vista Print waited until the full order was completed before sending. That was fine though as I had ordered right at the beginning of December so I still had enough time to get things wrapped.
It wasn't that expensive either. I saved money this way when compared to what I would have spent at the mall on everyone. It took me longer though personalizing everything. I pretty much spent a full day organizing my photos and figuring out what pictures and text I wanted on each item. I then also had to design everything. The calendar wasn't bad but the T-shirts and mugs took a while. I redid them a few times as it took me a little bit to learn how to use the Vista Print website. There are a lot of options on how to place your photos and the color, size, and fonts for text.
On Christmas I could tell it was well worth the effort. My family loved their gifts. This is something I plan to do again as you get much more enjoyment out of seeing them with a gift I sort of made compared to something store bought.
Pros
Lots of gifts you can personalize. Website is easy to use and create with.
I have used vistaprint for the last year and I haven't gone back to using the Office Depot yet!
I have used vistaprint for mainly business cards and flyers since we go through a lot with the store we run. I have also had a few larger posters printed. The quality is always good and the prices are pretty low which is one of the main reasons I switched to them after seeing their commercials on TV a few times. I wish shipping was a bit faster as waiting 10 business days for my flyers can be a pain if I don't get more order in soon enough.
The other thing I don't mind is being on their email list as they are contently sending me coupon codes for like 25% off printed materials. If you think of trying them out for your business I would recommend making an account on their site and wait for a week or 2 since I am sure they will send you a few discount codes to try and get your business.
Pros
Quality paper and printing. Decent prices especially with discount codes.