I just got a FREE Valentine card from Tiny Prints for my sweetheart and my children and you can too! Send them to yourself and you get them FREE!
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The holidays are just around the corner and if you have in mind to send out holiday cards Tiny Prints has some really fantastic ones this year. I love the new Ornament Cards they have that you can hang on your tree! These are great to send out to family and friends this year. You can personalize so many different cards at Tiny Prints it is hard to choose which one. I love so many of them! I am very tempted to get one of the Ornament ones this year because they are unique and special. I have not done Christmas pictures this year yet of my family so I placed last years photo in an ornament one so you could see how great they are!
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I just made these fabulous Thanksgiving cards at Tiny Prints. I got 50 shipped to me for free to send to relatives (my cards might be late, but it is the thought that counts.) You can individually send them to your family and friends instead if you wish so that they will get to them on time... all you need to pay for is the stamps.
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Even though this baby will be my 5th child I have been thinking about having a baby shower. Who doesn't love getting gifts and having parties?? I want to throw a great party before the birth of my baby if I can pull it off. So, I have tried to do my homework on what exactly makes a great baby shower and I have come up with 10 tips. So, here they are:
1. Who, What, Where, When?: These simple questions should be answered before anything else happens in the planning process. Everything else will fall into place once the who, what, where, and when is decided. A great idea is to make a time line of what is going to happen in sequence at the party so you have a idea of the order of things.
2. Budget it out: You don't want to overspend on things. Make a budget of what you are willing to spend on everything and stick to it.
3. Pick a Theme: It is the theme of the party that makes the party special and all your own. This creates the layout and background for the decorations, food, games, party favors, cards, etc. Just don't overdo it!
4. Invitations: Go to these great online places to find cute baby shower invitations: Tiny Prints Baby Shower Invitations and Pear Tree Greetings Baby Shower Invitations. Also, if your feeling crafty you can make your own. Create a guest list of who you are wanting to invite. Are you going to invite just women or is your party going to include men too?
5. Party Decorations: Party Decorations come in all shapes and sizes. We have balloons, streamers, Diaper Cakes, table toppers, center pieces, etc. The list goes on. Also, don't forget the disposable plates, cups, and utensils...these can be decorations or decorated too.
6. Party Food: You can either plan on making the food yourself or have it catered. You don't have to serve a large meal...instead have a lot of different types of finger foods. Or another fun alternative plan is having a potluck or a "BabyQ", LOL!
7. Games and Festivities: Games help bring the guests and guest of honor together to mingle and possibly learn a few new things about each other. From guessing: the gender, size of the momma's tummy, how many safety pins in a jar, etc. to playing baby bingo, diapering dolly races, trivia, or charades. There are a lot of baby and momma-to-be themed games out there on the web. Make a list of your favorites and how they are played.
8. Party Swag Bags: Give your guests a little something they can remember your party by! Party favors are great, but most of the time get overlooked or under appreciated because of quality and under-use. Pick something or more than one something that you know all of your guests would love and use often...like a kitchen gadget or maybe a homemade magnet with a picture of your pregnant self and them to take home and place on their fridge. Don't forget that crafts the guests can take home can be fun at the party too!
9. Wrap It Up: Know how you are going to end the party and to politely tell the guests that it is time to wrap up the party and go home before you start. Know who is going to help with cleanup and how you are going to get the guest of honor and gifts home if the party was elsewhere. Also, find out where the extra leftover food is going to go.
10. Thank You Cards: When the party is done and over thank you cards are such a nice thought. While opening the gifts from your party have someone write down what you get and who it is from so you will know who to thank for what and who the gifts were from. Whether they gave a gift or not we want everyone that attended to know that we are grateful for them coming too so don't forget to send thank you cards to those people too. Tiny Prints and Pear Tree Greetings are great places to find very cute Thank You Cards online. Also, if your feeling crafty you can make your own.
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I went to public school as a child and I remember a fantastic teacher that stood out above the rest in elementary school. It is hard to believe that I remember that far back so vividly, but I remember my Kindergarten teacher. Her name was Mrs. Devito and she was great! I remember learning a lot in her class. In the classroom she had a loft where we had reading on the top and could play house underneath. We learned through her and a make believe astronaut named Astro how to count up to 100, our ABC's, etc. Astro would have a grab bag once we mastered a new skill to pick something special out of. I wrote to Mrs. Devito later on while I was in Jr. high and thanked her for being a great and memorable teacher. She actually wrote me back saying that she enjoyed my letter and that the loft probably was a lot smaller than I remember :)
Tiny Prints, recognized for their online premium stationery, starts off the school year with an exclusive new collection of greeting cards designed just for teachers.
To honor teachers everywhere who are preparing for their school year, Tiny Prints has designed 6 different greeting cards. Teachers can send each student a personalized welcome greeting card, connect with their student's parents with a thank you card and celebrate their students with award cards. Tiny Prints is offering these personalized greeting cards for free starting Monday, August 2nd through October 31, 2010. Teachers will just need to apply the code: Apple2010 at checkout. Go HERE.
DISCLOSURE: By posting this post I am participating in a blogging contest by Global Influence Network to automatically be entered to win one of five $50 Tiny Prints gift cards that will be awarded by random draw. The first two posts submitted will each receive a $50 Visa gift card! Go HERE to find out more.
It is World Gratitude Day today! So I would like to take time and thank each and every one of my readers and soon to be subscribers. You are wonderful! I also want to take time to thank God for all the trials and tribulations in my life that have made me stronger. I am so very blessed to have a wonderful family who looks out for me and wonderful friends who are there for me. Thanks! I am grateful to you all!
These pictures of Tatiana were taken shortly after Christmas of last year. She had to spend Christmas in the hospital and my parents helped watching her while she was there so she would not feel alone. The hospital staff gave her Patti the pink platypus to hug and cuddle. During that time we had trial after trial thrown at us at home: our toilet backed up, our water heater broke, and our furnace broke. When my husband went to go see Tatiana in the hospital both back tires on our van blew out and we had numerous times the chains on his tires kept breaking. In January our family and friends sent blankets to keep us warm while the furnace was being fixed and despite the trials we got through it all. I am so grateful to my friends, family and strangers that helped pull us through.
I am also posting this video from Mom Fuse. They and Tiny Prints asked several well known bloggers to volunteer their time and to take part in a 21 day challenge that encouraged them to take note of the brighter side of life. Now they are asking for more participation. Join the Gratitude Challenge! Seek out things that that you feel gratitude for and share them on your blog, Facebook, Twitter or wherever you express yourself.
Follow them on Twitter @TakeNoteGiveThx hashtag: #GratitudeChallenge Fan them on Facebook. You can even add an interactive 21-day gratitude calendar widget to your blog or website.
