pickin' fly cards from shutterfly

So, we had our fall/holiday photos taken last Saturday (a very blustery day) as I mentioned in a previous post in The Loop. The next task at hand once you've taken holiday photos and selected just the perfect pictures is placing them in the perfect card.

I've always had a great experience shopping with Shutterfly. Now that I think about it, I've ordered tons from Shutterfly over the last year:

• I ordered my son's 1st birthday party invites,  
• a one year photo book,
• Space Age Thank You cards,
• and a 2010 wall calendar. 

Here are some Shutterfly holiday cards that I have an eye on for the aforementioned holiday pics:

{i love this retro metro card with the cheery green and red "ribbon" look.}

{oh what fun would be oh so perfect for a black and white photo}

{what is great about the full of love card is that you can use an entire photo and obstruct very little of it in the final look.}

{this year in pictures new year's card is an adorable way of recapping 2010.}

Decisions, decisions. Stay tuned for the final choice!

hungry happy camper

If my blog had an official cupcake--you know, like the bald eagle is our country's national bird--it would be probably be this Campout Cupcake from The Celebration Shoppe. My favorite aspect is the use of Fiber One cereal for the campfire logs. Creative! This recipe is from last summer but I came across it checking out the shop's blog under campout.

{Campout Cupcake from The Celebration Shoppe}

The one-stop-shopping aspect of The Celebration Shoppe is great. A theme, customizable invites, lots of printables, decorations... it is coordinated but in a non-big-box-party-store way.

I think I'll write and suggest the following new tagline for Fiber One: "Cardboard no. Delicious yes. Especially when posing as the fuel for a campout cupcake fire." Too long?

the invite is in the mail.

{Silly Streak Chocolate 4x8 photo card from Shutterfly}

I forgot to share the invitation for the dog-themed birthday party. It turned out pretty cute. I debated FOREVER over what to pick. I didn't want competing dog themes so those were out. I couldn't find paw prints or the like. I knew I wanted a pic of my little guy showcased AND I had earned a free set of 25 custom invitations from Shutterfly via my Pampers Gift to Grow points (a rewards program for buying zillions of diapers over the past year).


I landed on a simple design with colors I customized to coordinate and photos I had taken converted to black and white. Pretty happy with the results!