Shutterfly Photo Cards

Sorry for the leave of absence on the website . . . hopefully this is the first of many Christmas money saving posts as we head into the Christmas season.

Shutterfly is one of my favorite online photo printing sites.  I have been extremely happy with their promotions and the quality of all the prints and photo books I have received from them in the past.  I was especially thrilled to see the wide variety of Christmas cards they have available this year.  If you are a new customer of theirs, you will also receive 50 free prints with your order!!  That should get your photo album for 2010 going on the right foot!  I also love that you can pick up your prints at CVS (or Target or Walgreens) which I am already shopping at each week so this isn't another stop in my errands list if I need them right away.  If I don't need them right away, I can always have them sent to my home. 

Shutterfly has one of the best sites for religious photo cards that I have seen anywhere and offers many cards that you can personalize but still celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.  You can find all the religious options here.  My personal favorite is this one, because of it's clear message as well as the ability to put my family photo in it.  I love how Shutterfly has allowed you to personalize your cards without having to sacrifice and put a Christmas message you are uncomfortable with as well.

Another one of my favorites is in the story cards section.  This section of cards is great for Christmas because of it's ability to tell a story of your year to friends and family who perhaps are not able to keep up with you throughout the year.  Here are two of my favorites from the story cards section.  I can just picture pregnancy pictures in the first month or two and then infant and growing up pictures of my best friends baby in this first card!  :-)  The top 10 moments card would make a GREAT place for me to put the top 10 quotes of Andrew through the year . . . he certainly seems to be full of them!!

Don't have much time this year?  Perhaps the best feature of all is that Shutterfly will actually stamp and mail the cards for you . . . just upload or enter your addresses into the system and mail them out!  Easy as pie right?  :-)  (although I never really understood that since pie is actually quite difficult to make)

Here are some current promotions to get you started on your Shutterfly journey.

1 Free 5x7 Card---enter CARD4U at checkout

Free Shipping on orders of $30 or more---enter SHIP30 at checkout

20% off all holiday cards---click here to get started

50 free cards---click here to find out how you can post about this on your blog and get 50 free cards

disclaimer-everything I said in this post is true and my opinion of this product is honest---I did, however, receive a sample, trial, or promotion for posting the review of the product above and while it didn't change my opinion of the product, I do need to let you know that.

It's BIRTHDAY TIME

In honor of my birthday today . . . I thought I'd put a list up here of all the birthday clubs you can subscribe to . . . my inbox is bursting with coupons for free food items for my birthday!  Looks like I won't have to cook for a week!  Sign up well before your birthday because many of the sites require 4-6 weeks processing before you can receive anything.  Each is a coupon that will be mailed to you or e-mailed to you unless otherwise noted.  Click on the name to sign up.


Borders Bookstore-free coffee or hot tea
Captain D's-(kids under 12 only) free kids meal?
Cold Stone Creamery- one free like it create your own creation
Dairy Queen-Buy one get one blizzard treat
K-Mart-(kids only) $5 birthday bucks
Logans Roadhouse-free nutter buter fudgeslide
Red Lobster-free $5 off your meal coupon?
Ruby Tuesday-Free burger platter
Ryans-buy one get one free buffet (sign up in store)
Sonic- (kids under 12 only) free kids meal
Texas Roadhouse-Free Appetizer or sidekick of ribs
Toys R Us - (kids only) receive a $3 coupon good on anything in the store (no minimum purchase), free birthday balloon, and they will announce their name over the loudspeaker
Quiznos-free cookie

See more restaurants here if you are not too tired of signing up already.  (this is an older link, so some of the offers there may be outdated--I know the ones above are current)

Snapfish free Collage and free shipping

Snapfish is redesigned and is having a grand opening sale starting today.  Two days only of FREE SHIPPING plus a FREE 8x10 collage print.  Add the collage print to your cart and put in coupon code GRANDSHIP to get your free shipping.

Free Captn D's

Sign up here and join the D's club at Captain D's.  To welcome you to the club you will receive a free 2 pc fish and fries or chicken and fries meal coupon in your inbox . . . (mine arrived within about 10 minutes)  You can print this once per e-mail address!!  While you are there, don't forget to sign your kids up for the birthday club and they will get free food on their birthday as well.

Parkersburg News and Sentinel Races

August 21, 2010 Half Marathon 8:00 AM and is the RRCA National Championship pre-register here
Two Mile Race begins at 8:10 AM pre-register here

August 22, 2010 Junior Races and Tiny Tot Trot beginning at 1:00pm at Parkersburg HIgh School Stadium Field.  Races for kids 1-11.  All runners will receive a T-Shirt and finisher medal.

Free Bowling This Saturday

This Saturday over 3,000 bowling centers around the US will be offering free bowling in an attempt to break a world record during National Bowling Week.  Each person in your party must have their own copy of the coupon that can be found here.  The coupon is for a free game up to $6 (you pay the difference if it costs more than that) and you will have to pay for your own shoes.  Still, this could make for a fun and different Saturday activity for you and your family.

Go here to find out if one near you will be participating and to print out your coupon. 

Emerson Lanes and Pike Street Lanes are both participating in Wood County
Bruce Lanes in New Martinsville, WV is participating
For a complete list of locations click here

Thanks moneysavingmom.com for the information

Home Depot Kids Workshops

Home Depot Kids Workshop will be held this weekend at all Home Depot stores from 9-noon. They will be making a school bus pencil organizer this week (great back to school project!) Workships are designed for children ages 5-12. Go here fore more details, but no sign up is necessary.

"The workshops teach children do-it-yourself skills and tool safety, while at the same time helping to instill a sense of accomplishment. Additionally, this fun time allows for quality one-on-one time between adults and children."

In addition to the newly constructed project kit, each child receives a kid-sized orange apron, similar to The Home Depot associates' aprons, and an achievement pin.