A couple of years ago, I was Googling around for "modern holiday cards" (using those exact search terms) and I stumbled upon a site called Tiny Prints. I ordered some holiday cards and was so impressed that not only did I order cards from them the next year (along with everyone else, it seems, because we received so many cute Tiny Prints cards last winter and all of them different), but I ordered personalized stationery for my daughters from them as well. I love that the colors are true, the photo print quality is nice, and the cards are printed on weighty card stock, not the cheap stuff. I also love that they are located about 10 minutes from where I live.
I have been a happy, paying customer of Tiny Prints for over two years.
That's why when they approached me to write about their new holiday and corporate holiday card promotion, I happily agreed to do it. When they said they'd offer one of my readers a $50 gift certificate, I was even more delighted. When they threw in one for me, well, naturally that sealed the deal. You know I tell you the real deal about stuff people send me, but since I already planned to order my holiday cards from Tiny Prints anyway, I'll use my gift certificate for that.
So here are the contest details. I know most people's eyes glaze over when faced with an explanation of a blog contest, but I promise, these are pretty painless. And best of all you get to see the very newest holiday cards before everyone else does. (Kinda.) It's a fun contest.
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Win a $50 gift certificate from Tiny Prints!
Show your holiday spirit and share your favorite new card design for 2008
A leader in holiday photo cards, Tiny Prints is so excited about the upcoming 2008 holiday card line that they couldn’t wait to offering a sneak peek to showcase the all new card designs. Enter their contest to help determine what cards will be most popular this coming holiday. During this early preview period, the new holiday cards are not yet available for purchase; however, for a very limited time you can receive amazing early-bird savings on their soon-to-be retired photo cards, Christmas cards and holiday invitations.
To help them celebrate the launch, they’re looking for contestants to review any of their very newest 2008 Christmas cards, holiday photo cards and business holiday cards for those who work in or own companies. Simply go to Tiny Prints (www.tinyprints.com), browse your favorite 2008 holiday card designs currently being previewed and save your favorite 2008 design in your account by clicking the “save in favorites” button. Then come back to this blog post and provide a link to the specific holiday card (see link for example) in the comments below indicating what you liked best about it. Please note that some designs are so new that they cannot yet be customized, but will be soon (early October and hundreds more designs)!
The contest will run through Tuesday, September 30th 2008. Winners will then be drawn at random from people who have properly followed the above directions and placed comments in this blog post. Please create your comment using the same e-mail address you used when creating an account on Tiny Prints so participation can be verified.
I really love the simplicity of this holiday invitation: http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_4325.htm.
Posted by: Brooke Raymond | September 08, 2008 at 08:01 PM
http://www.tinyprints.com//products/ProductView_4295.htm
I love Tiny Prints! I usually go with a general holiday card, but I loved this Christmas-y one.
Posted by: kimberly/tippytoes | September 08, 2008 at 10:04 PM
These are really cute cards, but I found three websites that have unique and exclusive cards:
http://www.cardsshoppe.com
http://www.express-invitations.com
http://www.announcements-shoppe.com
I have purchased different cards from each and been very pleased. Give them a try.
Posted by: ToniTate | September 09, 2008 at 03:14 AM
I love this card: http://www.tinyprints.com//products/ProductView_4255.htm. It is generic enough to send to friends of other backgrounds but personal enough to send to close family members.
Posted by: Mandy | September 09, 2008 at 07:13 AM
I love the uniqueness of this card. You just don't see anything like it anywhere else.
http://www.tinyprints.com//products/ProductView_4259.htm
Posted by: Andrea | September 09, 2008 at 07:37 AM
I can't tell you how hard it was to narrow them down... in the end, I still had to put two in:
http://www.tinyprints.com//products/ProductView_4447.htm
(more dramatic!)
http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_4474.htm
(more cheerful!)
Posted by: naomi | September 09, 2008 at 09:26 AM
It was so hard to narrow down the field to just one (which is why "My Favorites" contains several cards) but I finally settled on this as my favorite: http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_4343.htm
I loved the individual photos (my kids always seem to get serious cases of the sillies whenever I try to pose them together... the individual photos usually are much better at capturing their personalities), the graphic, the color and the text. If I win the $50 gift certificate you can count on getting this one in your mailbox. :)
Posted by: Renee | September 09, 2008 at 10:36 PM
http://www.tinyprints.com/favorites.php
I just couldn't narrow it down! They're all awesome!
Posted by: beth | September 10, 2008 at 09:25 AM
Somehow I missed all the newest ones!
How will I ever choose!
http://www.tinyprints.com/favorites.php
Posted by: beth | September 10, 2008 at 09:42 AM
I really like the Frosted Snowflake design because it is so pretty and shows off the photo so well.
http://amomspeaks.com/2008/09/15/giveaway-50-gift-certificate-to-tiny-prints/
Posted by: Carolsue | September 18, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Whoops, I posted the wrong link here. Can I [pst the correct one?
I really like the Frosted Snowflake design because it is so pretty and shows off the photo so well.
http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_4350.htm
Posted by: Carolsue | September 18, 2008 at 10:17 AM
I like Berrylicious:
http://www.tinyprints.com//products/ProductView_2962.htm
So simple, so tasteful.
Posted by: Heather | September 18, 2008 at 11:00 PM
http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_4732.htm
It was really hard to choose but I really like the Bright Branch card. I like it because it is cheerful but with simple lines and Christmas colors. I adore that little red bird.
Posted by: erin | September 19, 2008 at 10:35 AM
I love this party invitation http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_4639.htm One because it screams "grown up" party, and two because it's so very cute in that 1940's kind of way.
Posted by: Jen | September 19, 2008 at 05:24 PM
Oh, I adore Tiny Prints and used them for my son's birth announcements and holiday cards. I think this might be my favorite this year, though it's so hard to choose just one!
http://www.tinyprints.com//products/ProductView_4682.htm
Posted by: FoodieTots | September 22, 2008 at 09:37 AM
My favorite is the Blossoming Season: Chocolate. I like the combination of the modern brown color with the more traditional red design.
http://www.tinyprints.com/favorites.php
Posted by: Pam | September 22, 2008 at 04:24 PM
i like something that is sleek and will appeal to people of different (or no) religious backgrounds.
i like this one (among others):
http://www.tinyprints.com//products/ProductView_2239.htm
Posted by: beyond | September 22, 2008 at 05:54 PM
This is my fav: http://www.tinyprints.com//products/ProductView_4686.htm
Not to Chirstmas-y and I like the multiple photos.
Posted by: Lisa | September 22, 2008 at 09:53 PM
So hard to choose just one! I love...
http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_2040.htm for its simplicity and classic color combination. m_huston(at)hotmail(dot)com Thanks!
Posted by: Marlena U. | September 26, 2008 at 07:58 AM
The Frosted Snowflake design is very simple yet pretty and festive.
http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_4350.htm
Posted by: Kristine Michelle | September 26, 2008 at 07:19 PM
I'm coming in just under the deadline because I just saw this, but here are the ones I like. I couldn't limit to one, so here are my two favorites:
Holly Blossoms:
http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_4759.htm
or Elegant Argyle:
http://www.tinyprints.com/products/ProductView_4241.htm
I love both because they aren't very Christmas-y, since my husband's family is Jewish, some of my family is Christian, and many of our friends are not religious. They both are simple and have no outright Christmas-type identifiers on them, meaning they would work for anyone. (I hate sending out multiple types of cards.) The Holly Blossoms has some great color to it, and I like highlighting both of our children. The Elegant Argyle is a gorgeous deep brown color and provides nice framing for a family portrait.
Posted by: Christina | September 30, 2008 at 05:27 PM