Our Christmas Card!

The deals just won't quit from Shutterfly!

If you share a photo project on your blog, they will send a $25 gift certificate...how awesome!  Here are the details:

"Help us spread the word. Embed project and receive a $25 gift certificate. Here’s how:

Embed your project on a blog or Web site you own. Email an active link (no screenshots, please) to the Web page containing your embedded project to: shareproject@shutterfly.com. We will confirm placement and reply to your email with a discount code.

Limit one per customer.

How to Get this Deal

1. Login to your Shutterfly account
2. View your projects
3. Choose one and click “Share Project”
4. Give it a name
5. Embed the code on your blog
6. Send the confirmation email to shareproject@shutterfly.com"

So, without further adieu, here is our 2010 Christmas card!

Peppermint Dots Christmas Card

Make a statement with custom Christmas cards at Shutterfly.

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Review - Overstock

So, I've been in the market for a few random things - a new comforter, a couple of Christmas presents...and honestly, overstock hadn't even crossed my mind.  But what an awesome idea for Christmas!  They have SUPER cheap shipping $2.99 shipping (and right now it's $1 for new customers!).  They also have some awesome deals on name brand items...which y'all know I'm all about!

We've been looking at getting new living room furniture, and they have REALLY cute Accent Chairs.  They also have living room tables...which we need badly!  I'm definitely looking to them when we buy new things.

We have new lamps in our living room, but I'm not really super happy with them...voila, living room lamps!  Aren't these cute?

The best part of this post?  Overstock gave be a 10% code for you guys. :)  If you enter 121728 at checkout, you'll get 10% off your whole order!  You can also get free shipping on electronics with this code: 202234.  I LOVE online coupons, especially when you're already getting a good deal!

Note: All the ideas and opinions expressed are my own. No monetary compensation was received for doing this post, however, I was provided with a discount code.

Review - Shutterfly

I am so excited about this!

I love Shutterfly - they have such an awesome reputation for getting pictures back quickly and beautifully, but I had no idea they did Christmas cards!

I love several different card designs they have...y'all are going to have to help me choose...

Aren't these so stinkin' cute?  You can see more of the cards here.

They also make very cute calendars (since we are about to be in a new year, after all!) and Christmas-themed address labels.  I am in LOVE with a few of these!

Seriously, how cute is all of this?  You can see more of the address labels here.

I am so super impressed.  After the year we've had, I honestly thought about not sending out Christmas cards this year (gasp, I know).  But I think Shutterfly sucked me back in! :)

The best part?  If you're a blogger, you can go here to learn more about getting 50 FREE Christmas cards!  How awesome!

Note: All the ideas and opinions expressed are my own.  I was compensated with Christmas cards through this promo.

Swagbucks

Here's my version of a break-down of Swagbucks.  Basically, it's awesome.  It's a rewards company where you earn points (or "bucks") for doing lots of different things - Internet searches (like Google), watching videos, completing polls, completing surveys, using certain programs, etc.  This is by far the easiest rewards program I've found!

I do certain things that get me Swagbucks every day.  I always refresh my toolbar, complete a special offer, answer a poll, and check my surveys - that's an automatic 4 bucks a day.  Then, you do searches.  I usually do a search in the morning, the afternoon, and the night - that will usually get you 2 (sometimes 3) winning searches a day.  You get different amounts of Swagbucks for winning searches - anywhere from 7 to 50.  You don't win on every search you do, it's random, but doing it at 3 different times a day has gotten me the best result.

Occasionally (usually about once a day for 2-3 hours), there is a swag code - these are codes released as a promotion and are only active for a couple of hours.  Sometimes these are on the Swagbucks blog, sometimes on facebook, some on twitter, and other random places - you just kind of have to know where to look.  You learn as you go!  These codes are good for anywhere from a few to as much as 10-15 swagbucks.

The best way I've found to earn Swagbucks is to get friends to sign up under your referral link.  Every time one of your referrals earns bucks for searching, you get a matching amount!  This is good for the first 1,000 Swagbucks for each user.  Think about it - if you have 5 referrals, and they're getting 15 Swagbucks a day, you're getting 75 Swagbucks for doing NOTHING!  It really adds up if you have a lot of referrals.  So - email your referral link to your friends, your family, and even post it on your facebook/blog...you'll be surprised how many people sign up!  (Thanks, by the way, for all of those that sign up under the links on this page - you'll be on my referral list, so you'll be helping me!)

Now the fun part - the rewards.  If you earn 450 Swagbucks, you can get a $5 Amazon gift card.  These are awesome, since Amazon sells everything you can think of.  You name it, seriously.  They also offer a bunch of other gift cards, but everybody I know that uses Swagbucks gets the Amazon cards.  These are great since Christmas is coming up...go on and buy those Christmas presents on Amazon!  They have really good deals anyway.

So, there you have it - you will not regret signing up.  It definitely isn't a scam, I can assure you that.  You're not going to make a ton of money overnight, but every little bit helps!

Go here to sign up...you get 30 free bucks for joining!

Note: I did not receive any compensation for writing this, besides any Swagbucks I earn from you signing up under my referrals.  I just had a lot of people ask, and I wanted to explain!