8/20/12: Back to School With Tiny Prints Giveaway

CONTEST CLOSED: CONGRATULATIONS TO ELLEN FOR WINNING!

Back to School is right around the corner, so why not WIN a $50 Promo Code and Free Shipping from Back to School with Tiny Prints.  They have some wonderful Back to School Products.

One product that is awesome are these personalized notebooks.  I ordered one last year and I love it.  This is great for students or even to use as a home notebook.

Look at how great the different designs are.

Another product I love is the Teacher Stationery teacher stationery.  This would be a great back to school gift for your child's teacher, or last year I did these as holiday gifts and they were a big hit.

I also always put little notes in my kids lunch boxes and folders for the first weeks of school.  These are adorable and personalized Lunch Box Notes lunch box notes.

Also do you ever want a quick card you can give to other parents when you meet them at the playground or some where.  Here is a great idea - Mom Contact Cards mom contact cards.

Tiny Prints is also sponsoring a Twitter party along with their host @ResourcefulMom on Tuesday the 21^st from 1-2pm PT/4-5pm ET based around the Back to School theme with awesome prizes to giveaway, so please make sure to mark your calendars.  The RSVP list can be found here.

Here is how to enter to Win a $50 Promo Code and Free Shipping*:

1 entry for each item:

Mandatory Entry:
- Go to the Tiny Prints Back to School page and comment here on which back to school product you like the best. (comment section at the bottom). Note if you are logging in anonymously please include your email so I can contact you.  Make sure you see comment posted.
Additional Optional Entries:
- Like the Tiny Prints Facebook page and then comment here that you did.
- Follow Tiny Prints on Pinterest and then comment here that you did.
- Visit the Tiny Prints Back to School page, click through to your favorite product page, and pin your favorite item on Pinterest with the hashtag #TinyPrintsBTS and then comment here that you did.
- Follow @TinyPrints on Twitter  and then comment here that you did.
-  Visit the Tiny Prints Back to School page, click through to your favorite product page, and use the Tweet button to send a tweet  and then comment here that you did. 

- Visit the Tiny Prints Back to School page, click through to your favorite product page, and use the Facebook button to like a product  and then comment here that you did.

- Follow Tiny Prints on Google + Visit the Tiny Prints Back to School page, click through to your favorite product page, and use the Google+ button to recommend to your followers and then comment here that you did.

- Subscribe to Evan and Lauren's Cool Blog (and verify the subscription to be valid) and leave a separate comment that you did, if you are already a subscriber just comment here that you are.

- Share this link on your Facebook page and leave a comment here stating you did.

- Follow me on Twitter @galiberti If you already follow me, just leave a comment here that you are a Follower.

- Tweet this Giveaway (you can do this daily): Win a $50 promo code and free shipping from @TinyPrints and @galiberti for #BackToSchool Products. http://bit.ly/RcsH97 #Giveaway #Win 

Contest closes Friday, August 31st, 2012.

Winner will be chosen by Random.org and will be contacted.
*Please note promo code excludes, calendars, photo books, Erin Condren notebooks & planners, and gift certificates

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post on behalf of Tiny Prints however all opinions are mine.

1/25/12: Business Cards from Tiny Prints - for Blog Conferences, Personal Business, and more

When I went to my first Blogger conference - Bloggy Boot Camp I had no idea what to expect.  Luckily a friend of mine told me that I must have Business Cards.  I had no idea.  So glad she told me or I would have looked really silly without them.  So the night before I ran to Staples and got some business card paper and made my own.  I also realized that every time I go to a Blogger hosted event handing out your business card is a must.  Here is the stack I received from that first conference.  These are all new connections I was able to make through that one day conference! 

I wish at the time I had known in advance and could have gone to Tiny Prints to get them since they have so many great designs.  I have posted about Tiny Prints many times and I know their quality is great in addition to the fact that they have designers check what you enter in for personalization.  Luckily the designer caught that I had a typo in my address labels.  

Tiny Prints has so many wonderful Business Card Designs.  I especially thought some of their folded designs were neat as I like to include pictures which have been a big hit with PR people and other bloggers when I hand them out.  This one is called Professional Image.

Another reason I use my business cards is to give to Moms when I meet them at a playgroup or at the playground.  What a great way to provide your contact info.  This one called called Contact Me would be perfect.

 

It doesn't matter if you are a small business, a blogger or a brand rep.  This card is the only memory someone you meet will have to remember you by.  So make them stand out from the rest.

Disclosure:  I received 50 Business Cards in exchange for this review.  No other compensation was received and all opinions are my own.

1/24/12: Valentine's for your Sweetheart from Tiny Prints

Despite our weather in Boston recently it is truly late January.  You know what that means?  Valentine's Day is right around the corner.  I am sure your kids need plenty of Valentine's Cards for classroom parties and to share with their friends.

Tiny Prints comes through again with some beautiful and adorable Valentine's Day Cards. 

I have posted about Tiny Prints in the past and ordered the most beautiful Christmas Cards from them that got so many compliments from family and friends.

Tiny Prints has so many adorable kids designs for Valentine's Day for classroom parties.  I love anything Space and this one called To The Moon is out of this world!  I love that you can include your child's picture and personalize it.  How cute is this?

Or how adorable is this Special Astronaut one?

I love using pictures of the kids in their birthday invitations or anything I send to friends and family and these are a wonderful option for me.  I know my little Princess would love this one this called Fairytale Charm:

Or for your Little Ballerina:

They also have Valentine's Day Cards for wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends here.

Since it is Valentine's Day give Tiny Prints some love:

Follow Tiny Prints on Twitter @TinyPrints

Like Tiny Prints on Facebook

Follow Tiny Prints boards on Pinterest

Disclosure:  I received 50 Valentine's Cards in exchange for this review.  No other compensation was received and all opinions are my own.

12/9/11: Happy Holidays to All My Readers!

Happy Holidays from our house to yours.  I hope you all have some time to relax and enjoy the holiday season despite the craziness it brings.  Try and take a second and just marvel in your children and their excitement at this time of year and think back to when you were that age and there was something so magical about the holidays.

Here are our two holiday cards that I would like to share with you. The first one is folded card from Shutterfly.

The inside:

Our little note.  This is the first year I have done this.

The back.

The next one is a beautiful tri-fold front and back from Tiny Prints. 

Also on the front side.

Another part of the front.

Here is how the whole thing looks together.

And the back side.

Disney on the other side.

The last page.

Here is one last formal picture I really liked.

Have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year!

11/16/11: Tiny Prints Talent Search!

I have written about Tiny Prints a few times now and even done an awesome giveaway for 50 Holiday Cards, well now I wanted to reach out to you once more and spread the word about an exciting contest that they are having.

This is their 3^rd annual Tiny Prints Talent Search Contest!  You can enter for a chance to win the grand prize of $1,000 cash, plus a $500 Tiny Prints gift certificate, what a perfect prize just in time for the Holiday season!

In the Tiny Prints Talent Search Contest they are looking for the cutest photos in the following categories:

· Cutest Baby (From ages of 0-24 months)

· Cutest Kid (From ages of 25 months - 10 years old)

· Cutest Family

· Cutest Couple

· Cutest Pet & Owner

After the entry period is over, we will open up the contest to the entire Community to vote for their favorites and determine the winners! Hurry! The entry deadline has been extended to November 21^st!

You can enter the Tiny Print Talent Search Contest via their Facebook Page or on the Tiny Prints Website. 

For Official Rules, click here.

I am so excited about the Tiny Prints cards I am receiving for the holidays.  They look awesome online and I can't wait to see them printed.

Disclosure:  I received free products from Tiny Prints for this post however all opinions are mine and I received no other monetary compensation.

11/8/11: Tiny Prints Holiday Card Giveaway!

CONTEST CLOSED:  CONGRATULATIONS TO JULIE ON YOUR HOLIDAY CARDS

Well the trick or treating is complete and Turkey Day is right around the corner, so why not WIN 50 FREE HOLIDAY CARDS FROM TINY PRINTS!!!!  All you have to do is check out their website and tell me what card you would chose.

You saw my earlier post about Holiday Cards from Tiny Prints and all their wonderful designs, well now I am giving you a chance to win 50 cards! 

You can check out all their designs on their website here:

http://www.tinyprints.com/shop/picture-christmas-cards.htm

There is also a ONE DAY only promotion on November 9th where you can receive a FREE card to your kids from Santa!  Visit the Tiny Prints Facebook page to find out how to personalize one of the following greeting cards FREE: Checking It Twice

or Santa’s Scroll

Hurry! Offer ends 11/9/11 at 11:59 pm (PT).

These are very typical of the 5X7 photo cards cards I would pick:

Winter Chic

Another feature I love of this website is you can change colors.  I LOVE options!

You can see mine last year is very similar to this.

Check out their wonderful assortment of cards.  I love that they have a heart option to help narrow down your favorites.

Here is how to enter to Win 50 Holiday Cards:

1 entry for each item:

Mandatory Entry:
- Go to the Tiny Prints Website and comment here on which design you would chose for your cards? (comment section at the bottom). Note if you are logging in anonymously please include your email so I can contact you.  Make sure you see comment posted.

Additional Entries:
- Like the Tiny Prints Facebook page and then comment here that you did.

- Subscribe to Evan and Lauren's Cool Blog (and verify the subscription to be valid) and leave a separate comment that you did, if you are already a subscriber just comment here that you are.

- Subscribe via Google Friend Connect to Evan and Lauren's Cool Blog (on the Right hand side), if you are already a subscriber just comment here that you are.

- Share this link on your Facebook page and leave a comment here stating you did.

- Follow me on Twitter @galiberti If you already follow me, just leave a comment here that you are a Follower.

- Tweet this Giveaway (you can do this daily): Win 50 Holiday Cards from Tiny Prints from @galiberti. http://bit.ly/vFAVQ8 #Giveaway @TinyPrints
- Follow Tiny Prints on Twitter @TinyPrints

Contest closes Wednesday, November 16th, 2011.

Winner will be chosen by Random.org and will be contacted.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post on behalf of Tiny Prints however all opinions are mine.

9/23/11: Christmas is only 100 Days Away, Tiny Prints Has You Covered!

I know, I know, you are thinking "I haven't even decorated for Halloween Gilda and you are talking about Christmas!"  Well yes I am.  If you know me, you know I am a planner (this is an understatement).  It is in my blood being a Project Manager to plan ahead.  Christmas is my FAVORITE holiday and it is 100 days away!  Every year I obsess over our Christmas Card, trying out a zillion different fonts, layouts and pictures.  You can feel bad for my husband now and friends who I send 5-10 versions to asking for their favorite.  Usually my husband can't even figure out the difference between several options and I have to point out the font, or the phrasing, or one changed picture.  One thing I do know is that this year Tiny Prints has me covered with their large assorment of photo cards.  You might have read my post about Back to School With Tiny Prints, well you will love their holiday collection!

Every year I make sure to have a card that has multiple pictures on it as I like to showcase the picture of the family that we go to Picture People to have taken.  I also like to include some other pictures of the kids by themselves, maybe a picture with Santa, or maybe a picture from our trip to Santa's Village.  These are very typical of the 5X7 photo cards cards I would pick:

Modest Snowflake:  Firecracker

And Winter Chic. 

Another feature I love of this website is you can change colors.  I LOVE options!

You can see mine last year is very similar to this.

I always pick something with Red as that is what we generally wear, and something with more than one picture.  Though checking out their website they had some really cool cards that might be leave the normal card I usually do and branch out.  I think this one which is called Berry Wonderful: Cranberry is adorable:

I think this one called Stylish Memoirs is really cool and different.  I am always looking for something different as everyone sends out photo cards for the holidays and I love to have something that stands out in the pile.

I also love this tri-fold one.  We did something like this for our Birth Announcements for Evan and they were a huge hit with the family.

Check out their wonderful assortment of cards.  I love that they have a heart option to help narrow down your favorites.  If you are really prepared now and can order by 9/28/11 at 11:59 pm (PT), if you use Code:  NEWHOL11 you can save $20 off holiday card orders of $99 or more or $50 off orders of $199 or more.

Disclosure:  This is a sponsored post on behalf of Tiny Prints however all opinions are mine.

8/11/2011: Back to School With Tiny Prints

Back to school time is always nostalgic to me.  I think back to the lovely traditions my Mom started with me and the new ones I have started with my kids.  Every year I remember going back to school shopping and then going to my Aunt's house to do a fashion show.  I would come out with every matching outfit and shoes and be so excited to show it off by modeling it around her living room.  My Aunt was like a second mother to me, she passed over a year ago but I think of her often especially around every back to school season.  The other tradition I cherish and have continued with my kids is to take them out to lunch the first day of school.  I did this every year with my Mom and Aunt also.  This was always a fun lunch to recap the day, tell them about my teacher, classmates and what I thought.  I love this first day of school picture of me going off to my first day of Kindergarten. 

And of course I took a picture with my next door neighbor who is esentially the sister I never had.

Now with my children we always go out to lunch the first day but I have also started a few new things.  I now make a sign that the kids hold up on the first day of school which I think is super cute and also put a note in their folder with a picture and a note telling them good luck in the new year and that we love them.

I happen to look at the tinyprints website and realized they have a whole back to school section that would be great for the little notes I do.  They have cool labels which is great for all the items you need to send in, teacher appreciation cards (which I do every year), personalized note pads, and even play date cards!  I didn't know these even existed but are a great idea.  They even have lots of items for teachers including personalized academic planners, and classroom cards.  So cool!  So get in gear for back to school and head on over to tinyprints.

It will be here before you know it!

Disclosure:  I was not given monetary compensation for this post however was given a Tiny Prints gift card as part of the Global Influence Tiny Prints Back to School Campaign.