christmas cards from shutterfly.

a few weeks ago, i came across something about free christmas cards on a friend's blog.  i saw "christmas cards" first, and then i saw "free". 

but then i saw "shutterfly".  and the "free" was irrelevant at that point. 

i've used shutterfly for every invitation since pratt's birth.  wait, no...his birth announcements were from tiny prints and pretty much cost me every bit of what was in my checking account. 

anyway...back to the story.  here is the main website for shutterfly's christmas cards. 

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards

or here...

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards

let me encourage you to go there.  AND...if you go there and order before december 1, you get 20% off all cards and FREE Shipping!  that's a bargain.

christmas cards and i go wayyy back.  my parents get (no lie, here) around 100 christmas cards every year.  maybe 150. it's a lot.  and they have this wooden santa that holds them on the fireplace.  only he holds about 15 and then he's rendered useless.  and the cards get placed in a basket. 

i love nothing more than sitting on the fireplace in camden, flipping through the cards.  we make fun of the ones that have the printed out, typed up, "this is what our family did this year" card.  sorry.  but we do.  because really.  we also make fun of the "greetings from italy" ones.  who cares.  just put the picture from italy and be done with it.  no one needs to know that you spent x amount on a trip to italy.  i'm sounding cynical.  i'll stop :)

if you've ever been to my house, you know i love pictures.  i put them everywhere.  in the bathroom.  in the closets.  i used to have a picture of edward cullen on my ceiling...but then i remembered i was 30...and was worried that might be weird.

i have my birth announcements and 2 christmas cards of pratt matted and framed.  and i see them every single day.  that's what i love about christmas cards.  that you can see the picture, and it takes you back to that point in time.  and you can smell the christmas smells and hear the fire crackling. 

enough, enough..i know.

one more thing.  they've got some great calendars this year too.  not the ones you're thinking of.  not plain, simple ones.  but REALLY CUTE ONES.  check them out here...

http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars

okay.  i'm off to wake pratt.  it's 413, and he's been sleeping since 1 pm.  i think it's the rain.  or maybe he's really my child and digs naps that much :)

ps. if you're interested in the free christmas cards from shutterfly....click here

http://bit.ly/sfly2010

have wonderful afternoons!