Christmas cards are my favorite holiday tradition ever, and they're more important to me now than ever before. For me, they serve as a benchmark. I don't create those long newsletters about what's been going on in our lives (because honestly, it isn't much) but to just look back at old Christmas cards, I can remember so much about what was going on in our lives. I only wish we had more from when I was growing up. It's like the perfect snapshot of every year until we all flew the coup.
Last year, I designed our own Christmas cards, and it was a lot of work. I wish I could say it was worth it because I ended up saving a lot of money, but I really didn't. These days, there are so many inexpensive options that make creating and ordering Christmas cards so easy. And these cards I ordered from Shutterfly are way more impressive than last year's - I got a beautiful trifold card for only 99 cents. They're huge, they're gorgeous, and I'm going to cherish them forever. So totally worth it!
Right now, we're cutting it kind of close for ordering cards if you haven't done it already. But here's the good news: now, they're on super sale. You can get these massive trifold cards for as little as 99 cents like I did, plus you'll get free shipping when you use code SHIP49 (just make sure you order economy shipping by Monday, December 17th if you plan on them getting here before the holidays.)
I wouldn't feel pressure to finish them in such a rush, though. Shutterfly has a lot of cute options for New Year's cards (like my personal favorite here), which are an amazing excuse to just chill out before the holidays without giving up sending out your cards altogether.
Plus, self-inking stamps are on sale, which means no tedious return address writing, no trying to perfectly line up address labels. This is the one I ordered, on sale for $25!
Katie Amspacher of Sarah K. Photography here in Carteret County did our Christmas card photos in just a 20 minute mini-session, which is a FEAT. I guess we were pretty easy, considering most of the minis she had before us included toddlers. Taking our Christmas pictures is going to get a whole lot more difficult after this year. Fingers crossed for a content baby who doesn't mind a camera!
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