Have you ever ordered prints or cards from Shutterfly? I’ve ordered both prints and cards, and have always been impressed with their quality. I especially love my 5x7 stationery cards; they are great to keep on hand for sending out a quick note.

This year I’m planning to try out their Christmas cards, and they have a special promotion running where bloggers can get 50 free cards. If you’re a blogger, check out the promo here.

If you are not a blogger, or need more than 50 cards, there are still great ways to save on Shutterfly cards. For instance, today only you can get 20% off all cards, and get free shipping if you spend $30 or more.  You can even sample a card for free by using the promo code CARD4U, or get 50 free photo prints for free.  Just keep an eye on the Shutterfly site and you’ll be certain to find more special offers before Christmas.

Here are some great items you may want to keep an eye on:

Christmas cards
Christmas return address labels
Christmas gift tags

Check back often, as they are sure to have some great sales and promos coming soon! I’ll do my best to share them with you here. For starters, you can get 50 free prints when you sign up for a free account with Shutterfly, and get free shipping with the code SHIP30 when you spend $30 or more.  Check out all their special offers here.

I just love sharing a special family photo with our friends and relatives each Christmas season, and I especially like this simple and reasonably priced photo card design.  Very classic, don't you think?

What are your plans for Christmas cards? Will you be sending any this year?

          Warmly,

Do you have a child in diapers or know someone that does?

Up until the last few months, my goal was to spend no more than $5 (rather than the retail price of $12.99) for a jumbo pack of diapers at our local drugstores, like CVS or Walgreens. The Huggies size 5 jumbo pack has 27 diapers, so that was a cost of almost .19 per diaper, not too bad. Actually, that was pretty good!

Lately, however, there have been some much better diaper deals running on Amazon.com, specifically through the Amazon Mom program, including 120 size 5 Huggies diapers for about .13 cents each (that's $16 for 120 diapers)! Just use your Amazon Mom membership (it's free, and you'll get a 15% discount), choose the Subscribe & Save option to receive an additional 15% discount (you can cancel anytime), and input the 20% off discount code from the Amazon coupon found in some Parents magazines, if you have it.

I'm not planning to shop for diapers at the local drugstore anytime soon, and $5 for a jumbo pack seems expensive to me now. Really, if you think about it, even if there are no coupons available and you're just using your Amazon Mom discount along with Subscribe & Save, you can get all the diapers you need for less than .19 cents per diaper (or $5 a jumbo pack), sometimes much less, depending the size that you need. No more watching for CVS extra care bucks sales on diapers, no more collecting massive amounts of diaper coupons from newspaper inserts. And, they are delivered right to your door for free... no shipping charges!

I've been purchasing these Luvs Diapers for my little guy.  After discounts, they come to $25 for a box of 150 diapers, which is about .16 per diaper, without considering the coupons that have been in Parents magazine recently.  If you have those coupons, you can save even more.

Those are just the kinda diaper deals this homeschoolin', stay-at-home mama is grateful for

(Make these deals even sweeter by accumulating Swagbucks from your internet searches, and use the Swagbucks to purchase $5 Amazon gift cards. Apply those gift cards to your Amazon diaper purchases. Accumulate even more Swagbucks by referring your friends, or participating in daily surveys if you have the time.  Haven't heard of Swagbucks before?  Hop on over and check it out!)

           Warmly,

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