Christmas/Holiday Photo Card ‘09 REVEALED! Plus a Tiny Prints Giveaway

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

I have rules for things. Things that don’t need rules.

• Rules for naming my girls: no nicknames (“Angie” for “Angela”), no double letters (Lily Lynch), no uber-popular names (Katelyn, Emma).
• I’m a grammar nerd, and I expect other people to live up to my expectations with the written word.
• I possess the TV remote unless sports are being shown.
• Kraft Mayo.

My own rules can be hard to live by, yet I still make them.

I have a rule for Christmas/Holiday cards: no pictures of the parents. No one wants to see you. They want to see cash your kids, if anyone. Really. If you put your own picture in your Christmas/Holiday card, I will compare you to your last year’s photograph to see how much weight you’ve gained. I know you’d do the same to me.

My Christmas/Holiday cards also have to prominently feature the photograph(s). They have to be pretty, but not frilly. They need to be simple, but not boring. They need to be flat so I don’t have to think of anything witty to write on the inside of a folded card.

It takes me an estimated 3 weeks every year to search for the perfect Christmas/Holiday card. I’m not joking. It’s kind of sad.

This year, I was lucky enough to be approached by Tiny Prints to print and review Christmas/Holiday cards. Oh sweet Jeebus, that makes me narrow down my search to just one photo card site.

It still took me 3 weeks to search for the perfect card. Sad.

It took me 3 weeks because there really are THAT many incredible designs from which to choose for our Christmas/Holiday photo card. To top that, if there’s something I wanted to change on the card, the Tiny Prints graphic gurus would change it for me. (Not just for me ’cause I’m awesome, but they’ll do it for anyone.)

I finally picked a card I liked that matched my girls dresses (yeah, I do that. shut it.), that was simple, yet cute, and also featured my girls in all their cuteness. The cardstock quality is FAR beyond any other photo cards I’ve sent out in years’ past. My snail-mail-only family and friends will think I’ve hit the big-time.

Yeah. Flippin awesome.

Discount
Tiny Prints has a whole page on their website dedicated to giving customers discounts. The best one, in my awesome humble opinion, is FREE Shipping PLUS Up to $30 Off Holiday Orders with code TPSHIPSALE.

Giveaway
I loves me a giveaway. Tiny Prints is allowing me to give away a $50 gift certificate good for shopping their store. Pretty awesome, I know.

To enter, leave a comment below telling Tiny Prints which Christmas/Holiday photo card is your favorite. Leave a second comment by tweeting about the contest and leaving a comment with the tweet link below.

1 comment & 1 tweet comment are allowed per day (that’s a total of 2 entries per day for the mathematically challenged) now through Wednesday, November 18th at 11:50pm EST.

The winner will be announced here on this post, on Prizey.net, and will be contacted directly by Tiny Prints with your gift certificate code to use as you wish.

Good luck!

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Our winner is…..
Jennifer Ferrara
!

Check your email in the next few days for your gift certificate from Tiny Prints!

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Disclosure: I was provided products from Tiny Prints in exchange for this honest review.

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Being productive is hard. I don’t expect it to happen again soon.

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

It’s not every day that I finish my daily grind chores work and feel accomplished.

Today, is one of those rare days when I feel like I finished and followed through with what I set out to do.

It’s so weird.

And tiring.

I don’t think I’ll do it again for a few weeks days because my eyes burn and not in a good way.

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I’m giving away a $50 gift certificate to my store, Good for the Kids. Go, enter, take advantage of me.

also…

I wrote a tastylicious-ish post for Uptake about some Thanksgiving dinner buffets in Orlando. Now I’m hungry. And I’m also considering skipping the annual family turkey dinner and sending my avatar on a stick in my place. Most of them won’t notice.

also…

I wrote an asshole post on Aiming Low.

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Holiday Gift-Buying Guide for Kids PLUS a Sweet Giveaway

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

You can’t run.

You can’t hide.

It’s coming no matter what you think you can do with your Jedi Mind Tricks.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON
IS
HERE

My store, Good for the Kids, is here to help. You’re welcome.

I’ve put together a quick & easy Holiday Shopping Guide to make it super duper simple to find the best toys and gifts for your kids and the kids in your life. Again, you’re welcome.

For kids from newborns to toddlers to preschoolers to young elementary kids, I have the perfect presents ready to ship for free. Yup. Free Shipping for the holidays. You’re totally welcome. And awesome. You’re completely awesome. And that shirt is super cute on you!

Newborn-1 Year
Brand New Baby
1-2 Year Olds
Toddlers
3-4 Year Olds
Preschoolers
4-8 Year Olds
Young Elementary



Now for the super-cool stuff.

GIVEAWAY!

I’m giving away a $50 gift certificate to Good for the Kids. Use it however you wish.

Bonus: Free Shipping. That means you can buy more.
Double Bonus: Use a coupon like this one for 20% off through Nov 16th: nov4blog. (Anyone can use it. Even you.) That means you can buy even MORE and buy NOW. If you buy now and you’re the big wiener winner, I’ll totally refund your payment. Triple. Bonus.

How to enter:

Leave a comment below with the name of your favorite item from Good for the Kids. Leave up to 3 comments per day for the duration of the giveaway using the methods below.

YOU MUST LEAVE THE LINK to your TWEET/BLOG POST/STUMBLE in the comments below. Use only one link per comment or you’ll be cast out as spam. No soup for you.

Increase your chances by

  • Twittering about the discount and/or giveaway from your own Twitter account.
  • •Following @goodforthekids on Twitter.
  • •Blogging about this discount and/or giveaway with a link back to here on your own blog.
  • •Stumbling this post.
  • •Sharing this giveaway using any of the social media icons at the bottom of the post (those down there).

The giveaway will be open through Tuesday, November 10th, at 11:59pm EST. The lucky duck winner will be notified via email, on this post, and on Prizey.net.

Good luck!

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Congratulations to Cindi for winning the $50 gift certificate! Check your email.

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