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Which company does the best QUALITY calendars?

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80 deviants said deviantART

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25 deviants said Other (please comment)

13 deviants said Redbubble

8 deviants said VistaPrint

7 deviants said Shutterfly

4 deviants said Lulu

3 deviants said Costco

3 deviants said Snapfish

3 deviants said MyCanvas

2 deviants said Zazzle

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~zasu Nov 22, 2009

i've only tried snapfish.com. the quality was better than i'd expected, but i remember being disappointed by some of the edges being cut off.

i ordered a small book by a friend of mine that did it on lulu.com, and i always thought that was the way i'd go if i make a photo book too because the quality seemed really good, but i recently did some research on them and found a LOT of customer complaints. :/

i did some more research and found a company called Blurb which has excellent reviews for high quality and ease of use (of their program), but i don't know if they do calendars.

*La-Vita-a-Bella Nov 22, 2009 Professional Photographer

I actually decided to split my order. For my family calendars, I went with Costco since they already have all my family birthdays. And for my friend calendars, I ordered from Lulu. I only have to have two "friend" calendars, but I ordered 5 because you get a discount at that quanity and then I used a coupon code I found online so I saved even more. I'm sure I can find a few people who would want to buy the extra calendars.
I looked up Blurb, but I don't see anywhere where they list calendars. If you have a book done by them, let me know how the quality is.
I got a free book made from Shutterfly. I thought the quality was good.

~zasu Dec 1, 2009

did you do the free book through some oprah winfrey deal? a friend of mine sent me info on a free book through shutterfly and oprah, but you had to do it in one day, and i just couldn't get organized that quickly. :/

i'm desperately trying to get through editing my photos now to make a blurb book for xmas gifts. i'll let you know if i get it together, how nice they look

*La-Vita-a-Bella Dec 1, 2009 Professional Photographer

No, I didn't know about a free book. I ended up doing 7 calendars through Costco and 5 calendars through Lulu. I forgot when I did my calendars for Costco that they always come out overly dark. I swear next time I will remember to lighten my pictures!!! But they arrived really fast. I am still waiting for the ones from Lulu and do not know what kind of quality they will be.

~AdamsWife Nov 20, 2009

Vistaprint calendars are good and I've only had cards from redbubble and Greeting Card Universe and quality from both was very good.

*La-Vita-a-Bella Nov 20, 2009 Professional Photographer

I think I am going to try Lulu. I have always wanted to try them. Thanks for the info, though. I had considered Vista, but am a little wary of them due to a recent lawsuit they had against them.

~AdamsWife Nov 23, 2009

I've been buying stuff from Vista for several years and never had a single problem.

*La-Vita-a-Bella Nov 23, 2009 Professional Photographer

That's good to hear. I finally decided to buy 7 calendars from Costco (my family ones with birthdates) and 5 from Lulu (my friend ones). Costco is who I've gone through in the past and the quality is consistent, but not ultra fancy (but what can you expect for $9.99?). At least this way, I won't be putting on my eggs in one basket...just in case Lulu isn't what I hoped. But when I get the calendars, I will post about the quality.

~Kiara-Vestigium Nov 20, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

page-a-day is quite good, too ...
you said quality, well you would need biiiiiig calenders then, so maybe the best are from national geographic, they make great scenery and animal calenders

*La-Vita-a-Bella Nov 20, 2009 Professional Photographer

I am looking to make my own calendars, not buy calendars already made. The calendar doesn't have to be big, just normal 8x10 for the picture, but the quality of paper/print makes a huge difference. I have been using Costco, but might try Lulu this time around.

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