Monday, December 6, 2010

Creative and Crafy Christmas Photo Cards!


I LOVE SHUTTERFLY! Since we eloped this year and our friends and family weren't able to see pictures yet, I thought it would be a great idea to create a Christmas card with Shutterfly that shared photos from the event. I got the idea from a co-worker who created a card with Shutterfly for my wedding shower. It was so personalized and adorable! The background was my favorite shade of blue and she put 3 pictures of us on it that she found on my Facebook account. The personalized "Congratulations" card was the best gift I received! I even framed it in our home.

Shutterfly is great, they have all sorts of Christmas photo cards to select from. For our Christmas card, I picked the one above. It is classic in design, had great holiday colors and just enough slots for the pictures I'd like to share :)

The great thing about Shutterfly though is that they also have a variety of other items. I plan to get their matching address label as well. They go great with the cards and pull everything together nicely. They also have creative photo calendars which are a unique gift to give a loved one. Another great idea is their Thank You cards. These could come in handy to thank everyone for the great wedding gifts they gave us. The possibilities are endless!

Also, right now Shutterfly is doing a Christmas promotion where they give away 50 Christmas cards just for blogging about how great they are. I'm excited that I'll be able to get for free, what I was already planning to purchase anyway. Thanks Shutterfly! That money gets to get put towards paying down another bill. In all honesty, I wouldn't blog about something that I haven't used or don't believe in. So, if you're feeling creative and want to get some cards made, I suggest you check them out here!

Question : Have you ever used Shutterfly? What did you make and how did it come out?

5 comments:

  1. I use something similar called Smilebox by Hallmark. There is a lot of free stuff as well as stuff you can buy. You can create all kinds of cards as well as invitations, scrapbooks, photo albums etc. I've created Easter cards, birthday cards and anniversary cards so far - it's a lot of fun and a great way to put together a group of personal photos for a special event.

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  2. Would you be willing to email me the link to the 50 Free promotion?

    ifiwerearichgirl11@gmail.com

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  3. Here's the link for anyone who would like to do it :) http://blog.shutterfly.com/5358/holiday2010-blog-submission-form/

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  4. I used Shutterfly for our New Years cards and they were really quite nice..and definitely reasonably priced.

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  5. I wonder if they are available to us in Oz ?? Must go look.

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