Let me see your Christmas cards!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Let's see those cuties! Bonus points if you tell us where you ordered from/if you got a kick ass deal.

[jessila]

*poofed*

Carl the bulldog was a jerk during pictures so didn't make the card this year.

I got them at vistaprint. I paid somewhere around $30 for 50 cards and matching return labels.

[kemdupuis]

We got ours from tiny prints. I had a $50 off coupon that was a one time use, but they always have a ton of deals going on. I know I have more coupons for discounts- I can share them if anyone would like! I cut off a chunk of the bottom of ours because it shows our name and I'm mobile and can't blur it out. You get the idea, though

[tiffbot]

I AWd mine already, but didn't give the info on the cards!


Poof
]I get mine from Picaboo. They are a bit more expensive but I like the quality and the customer service/shipping to Canada is great. I think I bought these at 50% off and got our return address customized and printed for free on the envelopes. They always have vouchers you can buy too, like $20 for $60 worth of product and such. I always order my photo books through them and never pay the regular price. Just took pictures myself at home one day.

[sugarkissed]

I just added the words to the photo and printed them as 4x6 at Costco! $5 for 50 Christmas cards!

[mrsdee1982]

Ordered ours off Shutterfly.  Used a ton of Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals

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DD and repost because I accidentally posted the one with our last name. Shutterfly, 50% off.  About $100 for 70 cards and matching address labels. (Poor picture quality = I took a picture of the computer screen.)

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[alayne926]

Walgreens they had 40% off cards on Monday.

[Widget123]

These look amazing! I am so jealous! I put too much stock into the idea that the pictures taken at daycare under DH's supervision might turn out halfway decent; they finally showed them to us yesterday, and they look terrible. Now I have to execute a Plan B and make it speedy. Still not 100% sure on Plan B. Those of you that took pictures at home look great, but I know if I did the same, they would probably turn out terrible and I don't have a great background at home.

[baytosa2013]

I ordered ours on Vistaprint. They had a 60% off deal so I got 50 for $17.59. they should be delivered tomorrow and will go out by this weekend.

[billyhorrible]

Dec 10, 2015 14:49:13 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

These look amazing! I am so jealous! I put too much stock into the idea that the pictures taken at daycare under DH's supervision might turn out halfway decent; they finally showed them to us yesterday, and they look terrible. Now I have to execute a Plan B and make it speedy. Still not 100% sure on Plan B. Those of you that took pictures at home look great, but I know if I did the same, they would probably turn out terrible and I don't have a great background at home.

Did you do professional newborn pictures?  For the announcements we just used a picture of BH, so I used one of the family shots for our Holiday cards.

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Dec 10, 2015 14:49:13 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

These look amazing! I am so jealous! I put too much stock into the idea that the pictures taken at daycare under DH's supervision might turn out halfway decent; they finally showed them to us yesterday, and they look terrible. Now I have to execute a Plan B and make it speedy. Still not 100% sure on Plan B. Those of you that took pictures at home look great, but I know if I did the same, they would probably turn out terrible and I don't have a great background at home.

We usually do pro-pictures but I just took the pictures myself this year, when we were up at a cabin during Thanksgiving. We did the family pick with the 10 second timer feature with the camera sitting on the hood of our car.  (Miraculously it took all of two attempts.) Find a nice park, sit them down in front of something pretty, and click click click. You'll surprise yourself.

[Widget123]

Dec 10, 2015 16:35:23 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

Dec 10, 2015 14:49:13 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

These look amazing! I am so jealous! I put too much stock into the idea that the pictures taken at daycare under DH's supervision might turn out halfway decent; they finally showed them to us yesterday, and they look terrible. Now I have to execute a Plan B and make it speedy. Still not 100% sure on Plan B. Those of you that took pictures at home look great, but I know if I did the same, they would probably turn out terrible and I don't have a great background at home.

Did you do professional newborn pictures?  For the announcements we just used a picture of BH, so I used one of the family shots for our Holiday cards.

A photographer came to the daycare to take class, individual, and sibling photos. DH was there to supervise the photos but he said the photag seemed really inexperienced. Im debating if i want to do Santa pictures, professional photos where ill be there to make sure they turn out, or try something myself, which im not convinced ill be able to pull off. Professional photos this close to Christmas is very chaotic based on my experience last year.

[Widget123]

Dec 10, 2015 18:14:46 GMT -5 @jimbobcooter said:

Dec 10, 2015 14:49:13 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

These look amazing! I am so jealous! I put too much stock into the idea that the pictures taken at daycare under DH's supervision might turn out halfway decent; they finally showed them to us yesterday, and they look terrible. Now I have to execute a Plan B and make it speedy. Still not 100% sure on Plan B. Those of you that took pictures at home look great, but I know if I did the same, they would probably turn out terrible and I don't have a great background at home.

We usually do pro-pictures but I just took the pictures myself this year, when we were up at a cabin during Thanksgiving. We did the family pick with the 10 second timer feature with the camera sitting on the hood of our car.  (Miraculously it took all of two attempts.) Find a nice park, sit them down in front of something pretty, and click click click. You'll surprise yourself.

I wish i had something so scenic like the rockies i could put in the background. There isnt snow here, just a bunch of bare trees and dead looking grass. Maybe ill be able to think of something.

[tiffbot]

Widget123 I just set a wreath and another couple decorations on the ground behind them in our house. Nothing fancy but I wanted to be able to use those outfits so it had to be indoors. Good luck!

[tjanca22]

@babytosa2013 good choice! That's the same design I went with. Made ours today and should be getting them early next week.

[baytosa2013]

Dec 10, 2015 20:57:51 GMT -5 tjanca22 said:

@babytosa2013 good choice! That's the same design I went with. Made ours today and should be getting them early next week.

Haha great minds!!

[mirage86]

Widget123, you really don't need much to make a background! I took my pictures with a sheet and a string of lights draped on my ironing board. I haven't finished designing the card but this is my draft so far:

[tiffbot]

Oh, Widget123, mirage86's post reminded me the year DS was a baby I hung wrapping paper on the wall for a different background. I actually brought wrapping paper up this year too but the kids were sitting and playing so nice I didn't want to distract them any longer and just started taking their picture haha.

[txngrl31]

mirage86, I'm seriously impressed!

Ladies, All of these cards look fantastic!!

[stinybean]

mirage86 I used your picture as inspiration. Thanks for giving me the (Christmas ) balls to try. My pictures didn't come out quite as good as yours, but I got cute ones.

[kemdupuis]

If anyone wants a coupon for $50 off holiday cards at tiny prints- I have a second code that I'm not going to use. It's good through tuesday. Just send me a message!

[sabrinaml]

Finally got around to taking a pic of ours. Ignore the pen, it's blocking out names.

[dmoney]

I wish I could post a picture of mine!! My computer hates me (its my work PC) and I cant go to any sites that host images so i cant post. All of yours look great though!!

[dogmama22]

Late to the game since I just ordered them, but here it is. We only ordered enough for immediate family and we'll distribute in person this year...after Christmas. C'est la vie.

[mrsmonogrammed]

Better late than never!

It was my first time ordering from snapfish...$45 including shipping for 60 cards. The only thing I would complain about is their slow shipping, otherwise loved the card quality!

[tjanca22]

mrsmonogrammed I'm jealous of all the adorable pics of C, she has the cutest outfits and always looks so well coordinated!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Dec 23, 2015 10:21:45 GMT -5 carrots said:

mrsmonogrammed, look at your well behaved dog! I wanted ours in our pictures so bad but he is way too crazy.

Ha, she's a 93lb monster. What you don't see is that I have her leash in a death grip behind DH....she really had no other choice but to sit nicely;) She wanted to be exploring so badly!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Dec 23, 2015 11:08:15 GMT -5 tjanca22 said:

mrsmonogrammed I'm jealous of all the adorable pics of C, she has the cutest outfits and always looks so well coordinated!

Thank you! That was a last minute outfit change for me and DD because it was about 20 degrees colder than it was supposed to be! I had to scramble to find things in our closets:( Luckily MIL had just bought her a cream sweater, boom done!