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Shutterfly: A Review and Giveaway

Gwen — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:14:38 +0000

Last year I was given the opportunity to make our Christmas card at Shutterfly and for the cost of shipping I received 50 cards. I worked really hard on the cards and I think they turned out really well. They certainly reflected us and I was impressed by the quality of the cards and how easy they were to make. They still cost about the same as if we bought some store made cards when you took in the shipping costs to Canada but they were so much more personal and beautiful.

This year we still need to take our family picture and I am not sure which card I will use. I am partial to folded cards because I like to have room to make each of the cards personal. While all of them will have the same sentiment inside, I also like to take the time to write a bit of a letter to the people we send the cards to. It is one of the best things about the Christmas season for me. I love that people take the time to actually write to each other. My boys love opening cards from back east and the letters that I write every day for advent.

I have a few cards picked out and I am hoping that you will help me choose a style. I love our card from last year but I am hoping for something a little different.

I like the black and that the card has room for a few different pictures. It works as a card to go to friends and family with different religous views and it should be meaningful to everyone.

I like the simplicity of this card and it also has room for lots of pictures. I have cute kids and a tonne of pictures I can use.

This is also a simple card with room for lots of pictures. I think I like it better than the previous one because of the square picture format. I think this would be great for my instagram pictures.

This card appeals to me for its design. I love the red and the way the banner scrolls over the pictures.

Lastly this card is simple and beautiful. If we can get a good picture of either the boys or all four of us I might choose this card.

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If you would like a code for 25 free cards, I have 3 to give away. Simply leave me a comment on this post by November 7th and I will choose 3 winners at random. The code can be used for any 25 cards on the Shutterfly site. They do not need to be holiday cards at all.

I recieved a code for 50 free cards again this year, but all the opinions are my own. I was very impressed by the cards we received last year and even more impressed with the photobooks we had made (at our own expense) to commemorate our big roadtrip this year.

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Getting Ready For Christmas

Gwen — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:37:37 +0000

I know, I have just been posting about Halloween and already I am starting in on Christmas. I am determined to get a head start this year on Christmas and that will begin with two things: getting my holiday cards made and sent out and getting the calendars made for the family.

I always think around the middle of December that I really should have made some personalized Christmas cards especially when I get a few in the mail. This year I will be on the ball with some from Shutterfly. They have a ton of different cards and I am having a hard time choosing just one.

I have narrowed it down to 2 designs.

This one has the colours I like and it is a folded car so there is room for a personal note. I also like the collage feel of the photographs.

This one I like also because it is a folded card, but I think I may like the design better. I am not sure which photgraphs I will choose and I am sure that will be the deciding factor between the two.

Which one do you think we should choose? Which one do you want to come to your house this year?

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Weekend Update

Gwen — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:57:00 +0000

I guess you could say that like most of my weekends this one was nothing too out of the ordinary. Friday night filled with “Take Home Chef” and “What Not to Wear” on TLC. Saturday filled with “Flutag,” sunburns, video games and cards. Sunday filled with two sickies.

It seems as soon as Aidan gets a cold the next day Anthony has it as well. I am not really sure what to make of this. It is a little annoying but there is not much we can do. Anthony will almost never take time off when he is sick so he stays sick longer and on the weekends he is pooped. Both of them are getting better but as with any cold they seem to linger for a long time. This one seems much longer since it came only 3 weeks after the beginning of the last one.

Friday I managed to get a couple of cute pictures of the kids. Aidan and T. sitting on their matching chairs.

Aidan sitting like a “big boy” after nearly giving his mother a heart attack. He has taken to climbing on anything that he possibly can.

On Saturday we went to see the Flutag (Flying Day) sponsored by Red Bull. We went with our friends Tomer and Carla and we found a pretty good spot to watch the first few. It was pretty shady and Aidan took the time to suck up to Carla. I swear he is an opportunistic little devil.

The flying machines were pretty silly and most of them didn’t make it very far. This one was still in first place when we left.

When we got home we decided to extend the day and Carla and Tomer stayed for supper. A nice corn on the cob, nugget potatoes and green beans for Carla and that plus some good steak for the rest of us. While we were preparing supper the boys were able to get some video game time in on the x-box. NHL hockey anyone? Aidan had at least three controllers trying to find one that would actually let him play. I am thinking that we will need a game system for him very soon. (Ok we will play too, but it will be mostly his.) Carla managed to get a nice picture of the boys playing.

After supper we got Aidan down to bed and then played the weirdest game of wizards ever. I swear that in the first game Anthony had crap and got way too many tricks for the hands that he had. In the second game I was under 50 until the very end because he had passed the luck my way. There was a hand where I had 2 wizards and a bunch of trump and still managed not to get the right amount of tricks.

Sunday we made a lazy day. Aidan was pretty cranky and Anthony needed a day of rest to get back to work on Monday. I was a bit cranky too, but Anthony really did need the time and he rescued me when I reached the end of my rope.

Now that I have the weekend up I might have to do a week update.

Tags: Flutag, Wizards, X-Box, TLC