If no pictures were printed upon their porous, papery surfaces, comic books would be blank and baseball cards would be nothing but tiny, single-purpose resumes. Add some photographic flavor to your next paper-based bounty with today’s Groupon: for $3, you get one custom photo calendar, plus free photo uploads from Vistaprint (up to a $20.98 total value).

Vistaprint makes every custom paper creation shine by allowing customers to insert their personal, uploaded photos into artfully designed templates. The custom photo calendar, a memory-coated creation, comes standard with a similarly high degree of customizability. Choose from hundreds of templates, and then spice up the seasons across up to 13 personally uploaded photographs. Classic wall calendars add a splash of color to everyday planning and executing, while the sleek poster calendar goes bigger, putting on a stylish display that is both legible and enviable. For most calendars, makers can add captions and icons to mark special days such as anniversaries, birthdays, or Wednesday, nature’s most nondescript day.

In addition, purchasers of today’s deal will get 50% off more calendars as well as 50% off other holiday products.

Although Vistaprint sometimes offers discounts on their photo designs and photo calendars, today's Groupon is still the best deal available.