Shutterfly - 2010 Christmas Cards & Opportunity to Earn $25 GC for bloggers!

I'm a huge fan of Shutterfly (and I think my family is too) because we use their personalized cards so often -- my husband has one for his birthday and Father's Day, and all the grandparents had one for their birthdays! These cards are well-constructed and great for displaying pictures -- I know our cards are still displayed (all over the world) even though the events celebrated are now over! And I do appreciate the variety of designs and themes.

Previously I wrote about Shutterfly's new Christmas card designs and Shutterfly even graciously offered cards for a review and giveaway (sadly that's ended). I still have to design a few more cards, and I'm going to order a few in different themes -- I like variety! Here's a preview:

Lord Has Come Religious Christmas 5x7 folded card

Make a statement with custom Christmas cards at Shutterfly.

View the entire collection of cards.

Currently Shutterfly has Christmas cards discounted by 20%-30% as well as discount on some of their popular products. You can see all the specials here.

***Bloggers: you might already be aware of this promotion.

Help us spread the word. Embed project and receive a $25 gift certificate. Here's how:

Embed your project on a blog or Web site you own. Email an active link (no screenshots, please) to the Web page containing your embedded project to: shareproject@shutterfly.com. We will confirm placement and reply to your email with a discount code.

Limit one per customer. See terms & conditions.

These are a few of my favorite...

I really enjoy using Shutterfly to create photo cards. The website is easy to use, and high-quality, personalized cards are wonderful to send and receive! Shutterfly has new designs for Christmas gift tags and photo Christmas cards this year, and I'm sure you'll find something that catches your eye! The religious Christmas cards provide a new and uplifting option. One (because there are several I like) of my favorites is this, "In His Name."

"All of Us" is great too -- it has the date printed so everyone remembers when those pictures were taken! (ooh...I need to connect with our family photographer!)

As part of their promotion of the new 2010 collection, Shutterfly is offering bloggers 50 free cards -- see details here.
And if you're not a blogger, there are some specials for you, like a free card, here.

****This is not a paid post. The opinions are solely my own and may vary from others. Thank you to Shutterfly for the photo cards!****

Shutterfly Review and Giveaway!

Since starting our family, I've found that some of the best gifts have been photo gifts -- what grandparent wouldn't want more pictures of their grandchild around?!? I've personally utilized several companies to either print digital pictures or make photo gifts and have found Shutterfly to be one that I really enjoy using.

It's very easy to set up an account and begin any project. The upload time has never frustrated me, and there are many options for designs. Personally I've created Photo Christmas Cards, which were definitely a hit with the recipients! I've also made several Thank You Cards, personalizing with fun pictures; some of those cards allowed me to change the captions on the front of the card, for even more personalization, and several designs will allow you to choose a layout on the inside to include more pictures! There are also templates for Party Invitations -- just take your pick! The quality of the cards are outstanding, and often, the delivery time is true. (Only once out of about five times have I had problems with shipping -- I ordered Valentines which somehow got lost somewhere. So I contacted Shutterfly, and they redid my order; however, I received those after Valentine's Day, which was a little disappointing for me to send belated Valentines.)

Overall, I'm very pleased with Shutterfly and its products. They are a very generous company, and if you haven't done so, you can get 3 free greetings cards "to celebrate summer" with code SUMMERCARDS, but that expires tomorrow....Sept. 1.

WIN IT!!!

Shutterfly has given me 10 free 5x7 flat stationery cards to give away to 3 winners! You'll have to the end of the year to use those and will have to pay taxes and S&H (which is probably a couple of dollars). To enter, tell me in 1-2 sentences about your Shutterfly experience (or what you hope will be your Shutterfly experience)! This is required and must be done before extra entries count! As always, please leave your email address with each entry.

Open internationally!

EXTRA ENTRIES!

You can do any of these for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do, along with your email address.

1 - For ONE extra entry, Follow me via Google Friend Connect.

2- For ONE extra entry, Follow me on twitter.

3 - For ONE extra entry, Get my blog's button and let me know where I can find it.

4 -For TWO extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to this post.

5- For TWO extra entries, Subscribe to my blog via email.

6 - For ONE extra entry, Tell me what card you'll be creating!

7- For ONE extra entry, Enter my other giveaways!

8- For TWO extra entries, Be my Friend on Facebook!

Contest ends at 10pm EST on Sunday, September 19, 2010 when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address in your entry (use a format like the following so you won't get spam email: discoveringthemeinmommy at yahoo dot com). I will notify the winner, and s/he will have 36 hours to respond!

****This is not a paid post. The opinions are solely my own and may vary from others. Thank you to Shutterfly who supplied the products for the review and giveaway!****