Our first eight bloggers loved tiny*prints. Not surprisingly, our final five reviewers did as well. Just like last time, our bloggers professed their love in straightforward terms: “I love Tiny*Prints cards. It really is as simple as that. I love them. These contemporary and stylish personalized cards are simple to make, simple to order, and Tiny*Prints has a wide range of choices in different price points for every occasion”

One reviewer specifically mentioned being attracted to the site design itself: “Not only is there website easy to navigate, it’s eye catching with a simple design that doesn’t take away from the real art - the cards, invitations and announcements. Immediately I was drawn into the designs of the cards and felt the urge to see more.” Fortunately, the cards themselves live up to the beautiful website: “The announcements are durable (no crappy thin paper here) and just as cute as they look online!” Indeed, a discussion of paper thickness is included in the website. Reports one reviewer: “I noticed that they even have a page describing all the papers they use - including their weights and thicknesses. I was elated to see that they give the consumer all the information needed (or wanted) to make an educated purchasing decision.”

Tiny*Prints sounds fabulous so far, doesn’t it? Here is a “secret:” Despite absolutely loving the holiday greetings I purchased from tiny*prints last year, and knowing how my fellow PBN reviewers felt about the company, I purchased my son’s birthday invitations from another site. My son had a gymnastics-themed party and I really wanted an invitation with a little gymnast on it. But I was duped. I should have taken a photo of my own little gymnast to put on one of tiny*prints’ excellent photo birthday invitations.

Although the invite I got from the other company was cute, it took several tries to get the proof right. Each time, a different staff member sent out a new proof, clearly not actually looking at it before sending. I received someone else’s proof. I received one that was nearly right but had the address wrong (clearly left in their “cut n’ paste” from a previous client.) Then I received one that was oddly spaced. Each time there were no apologies, just “Attached is your proof! Please email confirmation that we can print!” Happy Use of Exclamation Points Does Not Make Me Like You! The invites cost more than they would have from tiny*prints and took longer to ship.

Of the cost, one reviewer remarked, “I had a ridiculous amount of fun trying to find just the right card style for our birth announcement and in the end decided on one of the cheaper ones. I really like the design and was thrilled to see that the less expensive ones were comparable to the pricier options.” And of the shipping: “After I ordered them, they came very quickly, which is great if you’re a master procrastinator like myself.”

Meanwhile, I purchased personalized thank-you notes from tiny*prints for my son. The card I selected was designed for two people so had an ampersand as part of the design. The proof has a little notice saying that if only one name is submitted the ampersand will be deleted, even though it will appear on the instant online proof. I wasn’t worried because I knew tiny*prints actually looks at the design before printing it. Less than five minutes after I pressed the “place order” button, a tiny*prints designer phoned me. She wanted to confirm that I was using a single name and probably didn’t want the ampersand. I laughed a little and told her that I had read the little notice on the site so wasn’t worried. Still, I was impressed that she had called to double-check. This personalized attention to detail was completely absent in that “other site’s” so-called “customer service.”

Indeed, one of my fellow reviewers wrote, “The Tiny*Prints folks are OH so cool and talented and have a REALLY great customer service department, and they are helpful and friendly and have SUCH attention to detail. Hence, this perfect invitation!” and another confirmed, “You get to approve what your design will look like before ordering (to ensure your announcement is error free.)” This was very lucky for one of our reviewers who accidentally left out some information on her card that a tiny*prints associate immediately caught.

One blogger did have a couple critiques. First, she remarked, “They don’t have a huge selection of moving announcements…They had some cute ones that combined a new baby with a new pad, but that didn’t apply to me, so all of those designs were out,” but she did find several options to consider. However, color-choice was a concern: “If i had one improvement for tiny*prints, it would be that the cards themselves would come in a variety of color options. i know that at their sister site, if you click on a card you like, 3 or 4 (or sometimes more) color choices come up…there was one announcement that i really liked, but since it was only offered in the color shown, that turned me off to it.”

Many of the reviewers enjoyed the wide selection in categories such as baby annoucements and birthday invitations: “There are soooo many cool looking birthday invites to choose from. I was literally on the site for 30 minutes going, “I like this one! Oh wait, no I like this one better! Or should I do this one? ” I really liked them all.” remarked one. A blogger who knew she was expecting a baby boy exclaimed, “I spent so many hours perusing all the designs: it was nearly impossible to choose since they are all so well designed, colourful and bright. With almost 150 design choices - just for boys! - there is something for everyone. Many are very modern and chic designs with great colours and wonderful patterns, all very complimentary. I truly wish I could have bought a card in each different design.”

All in all, our reviewers were very happy with tiny*prints. In their own words:

• “I highly recommend them for all your announcement needs. They’re quick, easy and fun to use!”
• “I highly recommend them if you are looking for a personalized photo card.“
• “[The cards] are absolutely stunning and such great quality. So wonderful in fact, I think I may become a regular user of their cards and announcements.“
• “Isn’t [my daughter's birthday invitation] awesome?“
• “Do you really have to ask if I would recommend Tiny*Prints photo cards, announcements and invitations to my friends? Really? Did you not read the last few paragraphs?“

Indeed, re-read this summary and that of the the first eight reviewers if you still don’t recognize our undying love for this excellent company. Trust me: I tried another company and will not make that mistake again!