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Postcardly.com

Introducing – Postcardly.com!

This is such a super-cool new site, and I just KNOW that you guys are going to love it! What it does is allow you to take any of those amazing pictures you have stored in your computer, have them printed onto a postcard with just a few clicks of the mouse, and then automatically mailed out to anyone in the world! Awesome, right?

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“We wanted to find an easier way to get pictures to our relatives that aren’t on email or Facebook,” says Tom Marshall, co-founder of the Seattle start-up. “People love getting the pictures they can hold in their hands, but printing and mailing pictures is a pain. But email is easy, and using Postcardly is just like using your email.”

This gives you an easy way to stay in touch with friends or family who don’t use computers. And even if they do – how fun would it be to find something like this in your mailbox, instead of just bills and junk mail?

How Does it work?

When people sign up, they create Postcardly email addresses that correspond to physical mailing addresses. It’s a one-time set up. After that, when you email grandma at, for example, grandma@postcardly.com, your grandma gets a postcard mailed to her house. You attach a photo to an email the way you normally would — then they print and mail your postcard with your attached photo on the front, and your words on the back. Easy peasy – and imagine how quickly you can turn into grandma’s favorite, right?

Fun Facts:

  • You can send postcards from anywhere that you have email access – meaning you can also send them right from your phone too! Love that.
  • There’s no app, nothing to download, no commitment.
  • They have a great free trial – send your first 3 postcards totally free! They know you’ll love it once you try it.
  • They have some great packages you can get, and all prices include the postage too!

I can’t wait to try it!

Postcardly.com is giving me a free package, so that I can try out their service, and share my thoughts with you guys. It is SO easy to set up, super easy to use, and I can’t WAIT until people get the first postcards that I sent out! {I had one sent to myself too, so that I could show you guys the quality when I get it. So stay tuned!}

What I love most:

Abby’s doesn’t get to see her Grandpa as often as I’d like, and he’s getting ready to move even farther away next month! I am absolutely lovin’ that when I snap a cute pic of her on my phone, with just a quick email, I can have Postcardly.com send it as a postcard to him! This is just such an amazing idea. Instead of heading to Hallmark to get overpriced holiday and birthday cards, picking up stamps, and then remembering to get them in the mail – I can snap pic’s, add a personal message, and have them mailed for me. I KNOW that friends and family would MUCH rather get cute pic’s of the kids than a card from the store anyway!

Win it!

One lucky winner will WIN a full package of 10 Postcardly postcards! Use the Rafflecopter Entry Form for your chance to win – and remember to come back once a day for your BONUS daily Tweet entry!

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My Favorite Fall and Halloween Deals and Freebies!

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Fall is my favorite time of year.

I love the changing leaves, the crisp mornings after such a hot summer, the new fall hoodies and boots- and the anticipation of all of the great holidays coming up!

So, I wanted to share a few of my very FAVORITE fall and Halloween freebies and deals that are going on right now. You already know that Vistaprint is one of my very favorite deal sites- I get SO much stuff from them, almost every single month. And with their FREE shipping deal right now, it’s a great time to shop. Plus, you can get a special deal that I haven’t seen in a while from Canvas People, and some amazing savings and freebies from my FAVORITE home improvement store, Home Depot!

Vistaprint:

Some EXTRA Great Deals from Vistaprint:

Vistaprint always has some awesome deals going on, but this sale is even better than usual- and there is so much fun stuff to make!

  • Trick or Treat Bag: Make your own, totally customized, cotton tote bag for Trick or Treating, for only $2 bucks! If you want more than one, you’ll get them all for 60% off!!
  • Invitations: Throwing a BIG Halloween party? Get 50% off all custom-made party invites!
  • Other fun ideas: Make cool, Halloween-themed lawn signs to make your house everyone’s favorite destination. Make custom stickers to give away with your candy, or as party favors. Or T-Shirts- designs range from spooky to adorable to funny.

The best part? Get FREE Shipping on EVERYTHING when you spend $20- so stock up today!!

Canvas People:

Turn those Fall Photos into ART!

  • CanvasPeople.com is offering a free 8 x 10 photo canvas (just pay shipping, which is about $12-$14 bucks) OR you can get 40% off any larger canvas + free shipping as a special introductory deal!
  • When I buy these, I always upgrade to the 11×14 size- and they are just so beautiful, seriously. The quality is a million times better than I expected for such a low price- ask at your local studio what the would charge you for this– I guarantee it’s 5-10 times higher.

Home Depot Savings:

You do NOT want to miss the awesome savings in the Home Depot newsletters!

They’ll send you savings and sale updates both by email, and in your regular postal mail too. I have gotten so many really amazing coupons and freebies from them this way. I get things like:

  • Buy one, get one free on Martha Stewart Paint
  • Free Plant Food with purchase of Garden Tools
  • Save $10 off a $25 Purchase
  • Bring in coupon for a FREE sample of the new Gorilla Glue

Especially at this time of year, when there are so many projects to complete, you want to be getting these updates. They’ll let you know when the next free classes are coming up, send you notice of special sales and event, exclusive coupons, and more. It only takes a second to sign up.

Love it?

I do :) These are my very favorite deals going on, and all things that I use myself. {In fact, I cannot WAIT to get the Halloween Trick or Treat bag I made to match Abby’s Pink Poodle costume!!} If you love ’em, use the social buttons to share with your freebie lovin’ friends on Facebook and Twitter!

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Mixbook Up to 60% Off- Photo Books Starting at only $6.29!

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Big Savings from Mixbook!

Do you remember the review I did awhile back for Mixbook? I LOVED that with Mixbook’s Online Tools you can make some super cool personalized photo books- they give you so many options to customize your products, to get really unique stuff. Seriously, so cool.

And right now you can use coupon code MYSAVE60 at checkout for some BIG savings!

Let them tell ya-

“Mixbook is here to give you a up to 60% discount on their high quality photo books, cards, and calendars. No matter your skill level, Mixbook is there to meet your custom photo book, cards, and calendar needs. Take advantage of this exclusive offer, as it will not last for very long! Click Here to get started!”

Amazing Deals

  • You can get photo books as low as $6.29- But my favorite book deal is that you can get a HUGE 11×14, Hardcover Coffee Table Photo Book for only $20- it’s normally $49.99!!
  • Or, customize your own holiday cards, with photos and text, in one of their amazing designs, for as low as .35 cents each! You won’t find THAT at your local card store!

The best holiday gifts!

This is a perfect time to start stocking up on gifts for the holidays- Every year I make a photo book of all the best moments from the past year, and order copies for everyone in the family. These are especially great for that person you never know what to get- who wouldn’t love a personalized photo book, right? Check out their selection, and start your shopping now too, and save big bucks!

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Daily Mail Call- My Freebies, and How to Get ‘Em!

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Daily Mail Call:

This is all of the free stuff I got in my mailbox today… It was definitely a good day!

So, let me tell you what I got, how I got it, and how you can get free stuff like this every day too:

Bead Style Magazine: I found an offer for a FREE trial magazine and idea book for Bead Style Magazine on the TradePub site. They have mostly trade and business magazines, but you can find great ones like Cosmo sometimes too- I signed up for their newsletter so I know when a good one comes out!

Reunions Magazine: Get a free copy of Reunions Magazine, and it’s filled with cool ideas for planning family reunions and other events.

Italy Travel Guide Kit: I love browsing this stuff- even though it’ll be a while before I get to go on a trip, lol. And the kids love to use the maps and pictures for craft projects too! Browse destinations, pick travel guides that you’d like, request as many as you want. Free Travel Guides by mail or download.

Catalogs: I get most of my catalogs by requesting them from Catalogs.com– and tons of them come with great coupons.

Photo Freebies: I got these uh-MAY-zing photo gifts from the deal I told you about, the $40 in Free Paper Coterie Products, a few weeks ago. The offer is over now- but sign up for their mailing list to get updates on the next awesome offer! I got a Memory Box, the coolest photo book, and they even sent a fun necklace since I was a new customer- as a thank you. Their products, packaging, and service are outstanding!

Start signing up for some of the daily freebie offers, and soon YOU’LL have a mailbox filled with free stuff like this each day too!

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Forget about forgetting important information ever again!

Digital Storage for All of Life’s Information

Look around your house. Are you seeing stacks of papers that you keep meaning to go through? Boxes and files bulging with stuff you put there for safe-keeping, but couldn’t find what you need if your life depended on it. Don’t worry, we won’t judge, it’s the exact overload we were facing that made us think there has to be a better way.
Wouldn’t be amazing if you could store information you needed to remember in one place and more importantly, find it instantly, anytime, from anywhere. Good news! It exists, and it is a total game-changer.

Evernote is a website, a free app, and an extension that builds functionality into tons of programs you already use. If you can email it, scan it, type it, snap it, record it, or find it on the internet you can keep track of it all with Evernote.

You won’t believe how simple it is to use- watch the video then forget about forgetting important information ever again!

What do you think?

I think I’m in love!! I’ve told you about the new service that I’ve been using, AboutOne, and how it is SO incredibly helpful– It allows me to scan all my important papers, and put them in one big online filing cabinet, so I can always have access to what I need, since you can use it right from your Smart Phone. I’ve added all of the kids immunizations, report cards, and more.

But what I’m really loving about Evernote {I don’t know how I’d never heard of them before!} is that it has the little “clipping” tool, which reminds me of Pinterest. I love that I can use that to save articles that I’d like to reference, recipes I’d like to try, or great resources that I know I’ll want to use again. So helpful!

In the past I’ve relied on my cellphone to be my other “brain”. Seriously. I’m so bombarded with info every day, and since having the baby I have a hard time remembering everything. I would use the Memo, List, and Calendar in my phone for EVERYTHING. And like Carley, I often take pics of things to remember them! Problem is, if something happens to my phone {and you know it always does} then I’ve lost all of my stuff. And that my friends, is major-meltdown time.

How great is it to be able to store everything using my phone, but it’s all online, so I can still access it?? Love it! Thank you Evernote, from all of the over-worked, over-tired, over-frazzled momma’s out here, for making life a little bit simpler. And a BIG thank you to Digitwirl for sharing this great find!

What do you guys think? Do you use Evernote already? Do you think you’ll start? Are you using AboutOne too, like me? I think I’ll keep that one too, for my big documents, and use Evernote for my more miscellaneous stuff. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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The Munchkin Bunch Contest!!

Munchkin Bunch Contest

I entered Abby in the contest on Munchkin’s Facebook page, to be part of their new “Munckin Bunch”… A group of kiddo’s that “will become the stars of our Facebook page, providing us with monthly updates (via their parents) on the fun things they do each day.” Super fun, right? And you know I love to share, and post, and talk… :)

BIG Surprise!

When I saw a Facebook post today from Munchkin that they had picked the top 10 finalists, I was bummed, since I hadn’t heard anything from them and assumed we weren’t a finalist. I wanted to take a look though, and see if there were any little one’s that I knew, or at least help someone else out with my votes- Even if I didn’t know them. Karma, you know?

Imagine my TOTAL SURPRISE to see my little girls face as the first finalist on the page!! Woooo!!!! There are only 10 finalists, and the top 5 vote getters will be part of the new Munchkin Bunch…. So I’d LOVE your help with some votes!!

Abby says… “Please check out my Profile on Munchkin’s Facebook Page and give me some votes!! I really want to be a part of the Munchkin Bunch!!”

She’s the first face on the list– The picture that you see above is the one that they used. Her name is Abby Piper, and you can click the vote button up to FIVE times each day!

If all of my Sunshine and Sippy Cups fans could give her some votes, and show Munchkin that you’d love to have her be a part of their team, I would appreciate it SO much! You guys are always so supportive, so I thank you in advance to anyone who has some time to help out!

PLUS—Remember,  Munchkin is going to be giving away prizes to their fans too, starting soon, only on their Facebook page. So don’t miss out- “Like” them today to vote for Abby, and stay tuned in a few weeks for their new giveaways!

If you have any type of contest where YOU need votes, leave me a link below and I’ll be sure to return the love and give you some votes too!!

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Don’t Know How to Back-Up Your Photos? Check Out an Easy Solution!

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Photos are precious…

I love photography. I love looking through old photo albums, I always make photo-art gifts at the holidays, and photos are a big part of my home decor. {The photo above is the one I just used to make my most recent Photo Canvas Print… I’m so excited to get this one.}

Since photos are so important to me, I have worried about what would happen to the 1,000’s of priceless family photos in my computer if it crashed. I know that I can burn them to a disk, but I don’t want to be doing that all the time. I take a ton of photo’s, so I need something that can automatically update when I add new stuff.

I found a company that I really like:

Carbonite makes it super simple to back everything up. It seriously is simple to use, and gives me a ton of piece of mind, knowing that everything is stored safely now.

Here are some cool features:

  • It backs up all of your files: photos, documents, music, and whatever else you have that you don’t want to lose.
  • It only takes a few minutes to install, and it’s easy to understand.
  • It works automatically, and updates often, to keep your stuff stored safely offsite. And you get unlimited storage— Some sites only allow you to store a set amount.
  • You can get your backed up files from another computer OR even from your phone! Cool, right?
  • And, you can try it for FREE!

You can check it out here:

Join Carbonite: for a quick set up. It’s totally free to try it out for the first 2 weeks {15 days to be exact}. You don’t have to enter a credit card or anything scammy- It’s really free. Then, if you like it, I found a code to get 2 more months FREE: Use code EASY to get 2 months free with any sign up.

The price, if you want to keep using them, is only $59 for the WHOLE year, which is like $5 a month- Totally affordable. Plus the code above gets you 2 months free. They’re really highly rated by the Better Business Bureau, AND you even get FREE phone support whenever you need it.  And they’re Ranked #9 on the Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest-growing companies. {Yep, I did my research before signing up :)}

I just signed up, but it totally looks like the program that I’ll be sticking with! If you’ve been looking for an easy way to back-up all of your files, check it out too!

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