December 2011

The Amazing Save the Date Cards

December 30, 2011

Before I know it, the annual costume contest will be held at my local comic shop. Once a year all the creative ideas and fantasies that we read about will be ours for this one day. This year I decided to send out Save the Date cards to mark the 10th year of this event. [...]

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Anxious to Order My Wedding Photo Thank You Cards

December 28, 2011

What can I say? I am a stickler for etiquette. I think that thank you cards (for any event) should be sent in a timely manner. I was very excited to receive the CD of my wedding photos not only because I wanted to see our photos (what new bride doesn’t?) but I desperately needed [...]

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Photo Christmas Cards and a Scrapbook!

December 23, 2011

I’m all about saving money.  In this economy you have to be frugal and smart with your cash.  Especially around the holidays I am looking for any way to cut costs, get deals and find coupons.  Here is an idea that will knock your Christmas socks off.  Take your photo Christmas cards and turn them [...]

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Ringing in the New Year with Photo Party Invitations

December 21, 2011

There is no better way to usher in the New Year than with good food and good friends. Every year my husband and I throw a New Year’s Eve party complete with the noise makers, fake Hawaiian leis (corny as that is) and lots of confetti and bubbly. So knowing how fast my party date [...]

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Ugly Christmas Sweaters for Photo Holiday Cards

December 16, 2011

I was recently watching a segment on the Today Show and apparently there is a cult following for finding and wearing Ugly Christmas Sweaters.  There are even parties dedicated to the trend – BYOS – Bring Your Own Sweater.  The correspondent went around Manhattan looking for some sweaters for the other anchors and the crew.  [...]

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Photo Christmas Cards – The Fun and the Embarrassing

December 14, 2011

On a very rare afternoon at home I was able to catch the Ellen DeGeneres show. She had a segment on really bad holiday photos that her audience submitted and they were indeed so bad that they were funny. This got me thinking about how funny it would be to play a practical joke on my [...]

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Two Birds, One Card: Christmas Photo Cards for Two Announcements

December 9, 2011

My fiancée and I are trying to plan our wedding as inexpensively as possible, though we don’t want to sacrifice quality. We were looking at Save the Date Announcements recently, and then we started browsing through the Christmas photo cards as well. We figured we could order our Save the Date cards and our  Christmas [...]

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Life Lessons from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

December 7, 2011

My favorite Christmas cartoon has always been Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But, as I got older, I became aware of things that didn’t even make a blip on my five-year-old self’s radar. For example, some of the characters in Rudolph were kind of mean. While this is a sad truth to face, it does make [...]

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Going the Extra Mile: Photo Christmas Cards and a Trip to Paris

December 2, 2011

My husband hates shopping. He also thinks I own too many things, and strongly enforces a seasonal cleanout of my closet. Every holiday, he strives to come up with a gift for me that he thinks I need. One year, he bought me a digital camera for Christmas. For one birthday, he bought me a [...]

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