Snapfish: Buy 1, Get 2 FREE Photo Calendars Plus FREE Shipping!

Snapfish is offering buy 1 get 2 free on their photo calendars through 11/24.  They also are running a free shipping special through 11/22!  This means you'll get 3 photo calendars for about $19.99 (plus tax). 

For the buy 1, get 2 special, use TREATUCAL at check out.  For the free shipping, use the code WOOHOOFS. 

This is a great deal on nice photo gifts!

FREE Shutterfly Calendar - Just Pay Shipping!

Shutterfly is offering a FREE Calendar through Friday, 11/23 with the code CALENDAR2013 at check out.  You will need to just pay shipping, which should run around $6.  That's a great price for a personalized photo calendar!  This would be a great gift!

FREE 8x10 from Walgreens!

Walgreens is offering up another FREE 8x10 enlargement.  Just opt to pick the picture up at your closest store and it will be totally free!  Use code FREE2THANK at check out through Saturday, 11/24.

Put your picture in a nice frame and this could be a nice holiday present for someone!

Snapfish: Buy 1, Get 2 Free Photobooks and Calendars

Snapfish is offering 2 free photobooks when you buy 1 through 11/20/12.  The same is being offered for their photo calendars! 

For the photo book offer, use the code TREATUBOOK at check out.  For the photo calendar offer, use the code TREATUCAL at check out. 

The 8x8 photo book (my personal favorite size) starts at $19.99 for 20 pages.  Shipping will probably run around $10.  So for $30, you have 3 photo books - only $10 each!  That's a wonderful price for photo books!

The photo calendars look to be priced the same and shipping should be about the same, so it would be about $10 per photo calendar.  I would say it's a better deal for the photo books.  But not a terrible price for the calendars.

70% Off Holiday Cards at Cardstore Again!

 

 

So I'm starting to see a pattern here with Cardstore - a few days of 70% off, a one day sale then back to the 70% off.  Not that I'm complaining - their 70% off deal is pretty awesome!  And it's back!  You can get 70% off your holiday cards at Cardstore through 11/20/12.

 

And to make Cardstore even more awesome, if you put your addresses in, Cardstore will send your cards out for you and they'll even pay your postage!  That's another huge savings!

 

I used Cardstore for my holiday cards last year and I was really pleased with their quality.  I also received a few in the mail recently from a one-day promotion they had a few weeks ago and again, I'm really impressed with their quality!

 

Just click on the picture above to get started!

FREE 8x10 from Walgreens!

Through 11/24, Walgreens is offering a free 8x10 enlargement with the code FREE2THANK at check out!

Put this in a nice frame and you could have a holiday gift to check off your list!

Thanks, Hip 2 Save!

Cardstore.com - $0.29 Cards Today Only!

Cardstore is at it again!  Today only they are offering all of their holiday cards for $0.29, PLUS they will mail them for you - for free!  That's right, you won't even have to pay for the stamps! 

So many of my readers have already taken advantage of some of the great deals at Cardstore this season and have literally saved hundreds of dollars on their cards! 

This is probably their best promotion yet, so if you haven't bought your cards yet, today is the day to do it! 

Just click the picture above to get started!  Then at check out, enter code CCN1629.

20 Personalized Gift Tags - Only $2.25 Shipped

Just a reminder about this deal.  I just received mine today and they are adorable!

Ink Garden is offering 20 FREE personalized gift tags to their new customers. You will just pay $2.25 in shipping. That works out to about $0.11 per gift tag!

I think these are adorable! I just ordered a set and I chose the above pattern.

What I love about these is that they have options that include a picture and others where you just customize your name. Also, you can customize what the tag says, so if you want to change "Warm Holiday Wishes" on this one to something else, you can do that!

What a nice, personal, touch these would be to your packages this holiday! And $2.25 for 20 is cheaper than what you can buy at the store for generic ones!

This offer runs through December 17th. You just need to enter FREETAGS at check out. Just a note - when I ordered mine, on the first page of check out, it looked like the promo was automatically applied. But then as I got further in to the check out, it no longer looked like the promo was applied. I was able to apply it on that page no problem. But my advice to you is to put the promo in on the first page, even though it may look like it was applied automatically.

Thanks, Hip 2 Save!

Vistaprint: 6 Free Items - Just Pay Shipping

Vistaprint is offering 6 FREE products right now, you just pay shipping.  I just ordered all 6 of the FREE items and my shipping was $11.83.  So for $11.83, I got:

- 250 Business Cards (pictured above)

- 10 Holiday Cards

- Personalized Photo Calendar

- Personalized Mug

- Personalized Tote Bag

- Personalized T-Shirt

You can pick one or all of the free items, that's up to you.  Here are a few tips for you:

- For some reason whenever I picked a photo card, it charged me $2.75 for photo upload.  So I ended up just picking a card without a photo.

- The mug and tote bag have "vistaprint" printed on them in small printing, so that would be up to you if you want to use it as a gift.  I opted not to use the mug as a gift, but I am using the tote bag as a gift bag.

- I've seen on other blogs that their shipping was less.  Maybe it was the part of the country I'm in, I have no idea.  But I would venture to guess that your shipping wouldn't be any higher than mine.

- Always pick the slowest method of delivery, in my experience the products always come faster than advertised.

- I found the best way to order all 6 items was to click here, order your first item, put it in your cart, then come back to the blog and click here again to go back in, order the next item and so forth. 

If you don't have a need for business cards, one cute idea I've seen is to make "mommy cards" with your contact information to give to other moms to set up for play dates, etc. 

Don't forget to order through Ebates (I totally forgot!  Bummer!) to get 5% back.

Who Do You Send Holiday Cards To?

Holiday cards are expensive for three reasons:

1. The cards themselves are expensive
2. The postage is expensive
3. The sheer number of cards you send out makes this ritual really expensive!

Here's how you can cut down on those costs:

1. Take advantage of the deals I post here on the blog (maybe check out this Cardstore post)
2. Take advantage of the Cardstore deal and have them send your cards out for you - they pay your postage!
3. Now what to do about how many cards to send out... personally, I send to certain family and then to friends that sent to us last year.  Either keep your cards from last year and use that as your list as you're doing this year's cards.  Or as you're packing up your holiday decorations at the end of the year, make a quick list of everyone you received a card from this year.  This will be your holiday card list for the following year.  My mom taught me this trick years ago and it really does help to cut down on the number of cards you need to send.

Thank you, Staci, for reminding me of this great tip!

Five FREE 4x8 Photo Cards from Rite Aid!

From now until 11/17, Rite Aid is offering 5 FREE photo cards with the code 5FREECARDS at check out! 

I'll be honest, I think Rite Aid is terrible to deal with - poor customer service & too many hoops to jump through for their deals.  However... when they are offering up free photos or free photo cards, I will take advantage of the offer!

I've ordered my cards already, so here are my tips to make your experience a little easier:

1. Head to the rite aid photo center online and either log in or register
2. Before you even start to look at cards, I would recommend uploading the pictures that you want to use.  I didn't do this and it was a pain for me to upload my photos after I picked out my card.
3. Then go to Cards at the top and pick 4x8 cards.  You don't just have to do a holiday card, you can do any kind of 4x8 card that you'd like.
4. After you make your card and get to the check out process, enter the cod 5FREECARDS in the promo code box.  For me, it didn't change the price, it looked like I was still being charged $3.75.  I put the code in probably 50 times and nothing changed.  On a whim, I continued with the check out process and once I was in the next screen, it showed my total as $0.
5. You will not need to put in any credit card information.
6. Choose ship to store and pick your store.

I'll take 5 free photo cards any day!  I'll be using these and the 10 free from cardstore the other day (no longer available) to pass out at work.

Thanks, Hip 2 Save!

Cardstore Deal is Back! Holiday Cards 70% off thru 11/19! Plus FREE Stamps!

Remember how I told you to have pictures ready early for your holiday cards? This is why!!!

From now through 11/16/12 (at 5am), save 70% off holiday cards at Cardstore, just enter coupon code CCN2170 at checkout! You can customize any holiday card with your favorite family photo, holiday message, plus Cardstore will even mail your cards directly to your recipients and pay your postage for you!

I made mine through cardstore last year and loved them. I have already ordered mine through them again this year too! I looked through a few options and this sale makes the cards well below $1 each (around $0.50 each, depending on quantity that you're ordering)!

Just click the picture above to start making your holiday cards!

I would recommend having Cardstore send your cards out for you.  You just need to type in the addresses of your recipients, then the work is done for you.  No writing out envelopes or buying stamps - Cardstore does that all for you!

I am having Cardstore send my cards out for me for the first time this year.  It really didn't take me long at all to put in all the addresses (54 cards) and now that the addresses are in there, I won't have to type them again next year.

You can also pick the date that the cards are sent out.  Mine will be delivered by Dec. 5.  I love that everything is done for me and I don't have to think about them again!  And I love even more that Cardstore pays my postage for me!

My Favorite Resources for Great Holiday Deals!

I try to post some of the great deals that I see every day, but there is just no way for me to post everything.  I wanted to share with you my favorite resources for finding great deals during the holidays (and all the time!):

Blogs:

1. My Frugal Adventures:  Charlene, the owner of this blog, does a great job of focusing on great online deals, so you can do all of your shopping from the comfort of your home!  Not only does she bring you great deals, but she also tries to find the best ones with free shipping!  Also, she's been putting up all of the Black Friday ads, so if you visit her blog and look on the right hand side, you'll see the above Black Friday Deals button.  Just click it on her blog and you'll be brought to her long list of Black Friday deals!
2. Money Saving Mom:  Crystal, the owner of this blog, does post deals, but she also posts a lot of awesome home made gift ideas.  Crystal's blog always focuses on frugal living and some of the stories she posts are truly inspirational!  Also, she's written a series called:  31 Ways to Earn Extra Cash before Christmas.  And yes, she's the same blog hosting the 4 Weeks to a More Organized Home! 
3. Couponing to Disney:  Kristin, the owner of the blog, posts a variety of deals, but she really tends to find great deals for children.  She does post deals for all different toys, but true to her love of Disney, she does post a lot of deals around Disney-related toys. 
4. Hip 2 Save:  Colin, the owner of the blog, posts a great variety of deals for all genders and ages.  You'll see a ton of deals that will be great for everyone on your list!

Deal-a-Day Sites:

1. Groupon:  I think everyone has heard of Groupon by now, but if you haven't, they offer different local and online deals every day.  You can purchase products or experiences for up to 90% off.  My favorite deals that Groupon has this time of year are the photo deals.  Many times you'll see deals for photo canvases, photo books or holiday cards from reputable sites like Shutterfly or Snapfish.  They also have a new section this year called Holiday Deals (at the top, towards the right hand side).  These are actual products at deep discounts.  You may find some cool items here that you wouldn't find at the "big box" stores like Target or Walmart.
2. Eversave:  This site is very similar to Groupon.  Here I also look for deals on photo canvases, photo books and holiday cards.  You may also see a deal on a cool item.  Right now, if you sign up as a new member through this link, you get a $5 credit and if you refer a friend to sign up, you get a $10 credit.  That's another great way to make a good deal even better!
3. Target Daily Deals:  I check this every day because you never know what they are going to offer as a sale today!  Sometimes they go with themes, but usually there is something for everyone for sale on Target's Daily Deals.  Some deals are so-so and some are great, which is why I check so frequently.  Also, all daily deals come with free shipping.  And if you are a Target Red Card holder (credit or debit), you get an additional 5% off!  I've snagged some really great deals through this portion of their website!

Friends and Family Sales: Ann Taylor Loft, Lands End, Disney Store & Shutterfly

Well 'tis the season for Friends & Family events!  There are a whole slew of them going on right now!  Let's start with Ann Taylor Loft.  They are offering 40% off through 11/11 with the code 40FRIENDS at check out.  This would be a great chance to pick up an outfit (or pieces of an outfit) to wear for your holiday parties. 

 

I don't know about you, but I automatically go to the sale section when shopping.  Anyways, these earrings are in the sale section for $19.99, so just $11.99 after the discount!  I love the color - such a hot color this season!  Shipping is a flat rate of $8.95, or free on orders over $125 (wow!).  If you shop through Ebates, you'll get 3% cash back on your purchase!

 

 

Lands End has their Friends and Family sale going on through 11/13 that offers 30% off your order plus gives you free shipping!  There are some great deals to be had! 

These snow boots for girls are only $15.39 after discount.  They have tons of other great deals as well, just take a look around!  Just use code FRIENDS & pin 3010 at check out.  And if you shop through Ebates, you'll get 6% cash back!

 

 

 

Now through 11/12, the Disney Store is offering a Friends and Family discount of 25% off your entire order.  I looked through the sale section and there were a ton of great deals. 

Their dolls are only $10, so they'd be $7.50 after the discount.  They had the Prince dolls as well, which are usually harder to come by in stores like Target and Walmart, so this might be a good opportunity to pick up a doll like that!  Just use the code DISNEYPAL at check out.  They also offer free shipping on orders over $75 with code SHIPTODAY.  Don't forget to shop through Ebates to get 3% cash back!

 

 

 

 

Shutterfly is having a Friends and Family sale through Wednesday, 11/14, offering 40% off all photo cards, photo books & calendars.  Right now the calendars are on sale for $15.39, so $9.23 after the discount.  Just use the code FRIENDS40 at checkout.  Shipping is free on orders over $30 (use code SHIP30). 

Phew!  That's a lot of Friends and Family sales! 

10 FREE Cards Plus FREE Shipping! Today Only!

Today only, Cardstore is offering 10 FREE holiday cards, plus FREE shipping!  Just use the code CCN2433 at check out. 

I'm going to order these even though I just bought mine last week through Cardstore's other great promotion.  I'm going to hang on to them in case I forgot anyone in my last order.  And if I didn't forget anyone, then I'll be giving these to my employees at work. 

You can't beat free holiday cards!

Click the link below or the picture above to get started:
10 FREE Holiday Cards + FREE Shipping at Cardstore! Use code: CCN2433, Valid today 11/8/12 Only. Shop Now!

Here's the fine print:
Visitors will need to use the coupon code provided (CCN2433) at checkout, which is valid for 10 Free Cards PLUS Free Shipping at Cardstore. Valid on any 10 Holiday cards at Cardstore.com (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, New Years, season's greetings, select photo cards, and holiday Invitations).Coupon code is valid for one-time use per Cardstore account and only while supplies last. Code must be entered during online checkout. No minimum purchase necessary. Code CCN2433 can only be redeemed once per household.

FREE 8x10 Collage from Walgreens

Through Saturday (11/3), you can get a FREE 8x10 collage print from Walgreens when you enter the code COLLAGEFREE at check out.

Choose ship to store for free shipping!  You don't have to pick it up by Saturday, just order it by Saturday.

You could put this in a nice frame and give it as a holiday gift!

Cardstore: 70% off Holiday Cards!

Update at the bottom!

Remember how I told you to have pictures ready early for your holiday cards?  This is why!!!

From now through 11/7/12, save 70% off holiday cards at Cardstore, just enter coupon code CCN2070 at checkout! You can customize any holiday card with your favorite family photo, holiday message, plus Cardstore will even mail your cards directly to your recipients!

I made mine through cardstore last year and loved them.  I will be ordering through them again this year too!  I looked through a few options and this sale makes the cards well below $1 each (around $0.50 each, depending on quantity that you're ordering)!

Just click the picture above to start making your holiday cards!

Update - My friend Meghan asked if she ordered these today and had Cardstore send them, could she pick which date they went out on.  The answer... Yes!  You can schedule when the cards go out!

And even better - if you have Cardstore send the cards for you, they stamp them for you... FOR FREE! 

So let's say you're sending out 50 cards, that's $22.50 in stamps that you don't have to pay for!  Totally worth typing in all of your addresses!!!

Shutterfly: $20 Off a $20 Purchase

Wow! Shutterfly is offering $20 off a $20 purchase from now until the end of the year! I don't see any restrictions on the code and I tested a few items and they all worked with the code.

Think holiday cards, photo books, personalized iPhone cases, photo mugs - the list goes on!

Head on over to Shutterfly and look around! I would recommend putting the item in your cart first and testing the code just to make sure it will work before you spend a lot of time personalizing something.

The code should work until the end of the year, however, if a deal gets an overwhelming response, they do reserve the right to end the promotion early. So don't wait until the last minute if you're going to order something!

Gift Idea: Photo Calendar for $5.99 Shipped

Now through October 26, MyPublisher is offering a FREE 12-month photo calendar to all new customers! Just sign up through this link and you will be emailed a code for your FREE photo calendar. You will just need to pay shipping, which is $5.99. That's an excellent price for a personalized gift for someone on your list!

Thanks, Money Saving Mom!

Start Taking Christmas Card Photos Now

Now is the time to start taking your Christmas card photos.  I had decided that I was going to start the first weekend in October taking pictures of my kids each weekend to try and capture at least one photo that would work for a Christmas card.  What do I get for my efforts?  I forgot to turn the flash on that first weekend, so I got pictures like this:

A really cute picture, but completely dark!  Oh well.  Of course, once I put the flash on, my participants were no longer willing to cooperate!  But I keep snapping away in hopes of getting a good shot to use!

The reason you should start now is because you want to have a picture (or pictures) ready to go when the Christmas card deals start popping up.  Last year the best deal of the season came up in the beginning of November.  Thanks to a freaky October snow storm, I had a great picture on hand to snag Christmas cards for 90% off!  Through cardstore.com I was able to get 50 photo cards for under $11!

So start snapping away now so you're ready when I post a great card deal!

Last year's Christmas card photo