Fill in the Blank Friday {8} & Giveaway Winner Announced!

Today I'm going old school and linking up with Lauren for Fill in the Blank Friday!

1.  Something I swore I'd never do, but have ended up doing anyway is move into a place without a dishwasher.  We had one for a brief time in the middle of my childhood.  A few years and it died.  My least favorite chore is washing dishes so I always swore when Vito & I moved into our own place, it would have a dishwasher.  But the place we live in? No dishwasher other than Vito's two hands.  Bless that man for doing the dishes.

2.  Something I've always wanted to do is travel to different countries and stay for a month or so to really experience the culture, not just visit on vacation.

3.  Something I have absolutely no desire to ever do is   bungee jump or sky dive. No way. No day  << I agree with Lauren.  I love heights and all but that feeling you get in your stomach when you are on a roller coaster? I HATE it.  So bungee jumping and sky diving? No thanks.

4. The best thing I ever did was go on my first date with Vito. The rest is history.

5. When it comes to trying new things, I am usually in need of some coaxing.  I'm a pretty big chicken when it comes to anything that takes any guts.  Or even eating strange foods.  I love the idea of new experiences but sometimes I just need talked into it!

6. One thing I've never done is lived alone.  I went straight from living at home with my mom to living with Vito.  I admire people who live on their own but I could never.  I have way too vivid of an imagination coupled with a fear of people breaking into my home.  I'd never sleep!

7.  My favorite thing to do is spend a day on the beach with a good book in my hand, sun on my face, and hear nothing but the sound of the waves.

As for the giveaway from Tiny Prints, we have a winner!

Instead of using a website, I went old school and wrote all the names on post its and pulled!  

The winner is Brittany from Boots & Pearls!  

If you aren't already following her, get on that.

Congrats Brittany!

Thanks for all you lovely ladies who entered! 

Happy Friday!!!

It is that time again: Christmas Cards & a Surprise!

Today I placed an order for work that had an 8-10 week lead time.

10 weeks puts us at January 2nd.  

I'll just let that sink in for a second.

My order isn't going to arrive until after the holidays.

This is about the time every year where I realize how close the holidays are and how the end of the year is sneaking up on me.

Halloween is next week. 

Thanksgiving about 4 weeks.  

Christmas less than 9 weeks.

I may not have Halloween candy for the trick or treaters or have my Black Friday game plan mapped out yet, but let me tell you, in between wedding planning, I certainly have started prepping for Christmas!

I've started a skeleton list of people to buy for, amounts allotted to each person, and started drafting ideas.

Some presents have already been bought.

And Christmas cards? 

Y'all, I have been looking at the different options for a month now.

I love sending out Christmas cards to my family, friends, and bloggy friends!

Last year, we ordered our Christmas Photo Cards through Tiny Prints.

And honestly, we could not have been happier with our cards.

They offer so many different and awesome designs and shapes of cards to choose from.

The quality of the finished card was flawless.

And the customer service has been great.
Fast responses, helpful, and always nice.
The way customer service should be!

I will be upfront with the problem we had with our Christmas cards.

There was just too many to choose from.  

Just look at some of these gems I found that I'm already in love with.

How cute is this ornament shaped card?

I adore this font.

I am loving the trifold design!

It was a long and intense process picking just the right card that we both loved.

But it was worth every moment and we are willing to subject ourselves to it again.  

I suggest you head over to Tiny Prints and check out the many different designs.  

I am certain you will find a whole bunch you will love too.

(I won't even tell you how many I already have favorited...)

While you are there, make sure to check out all the special offers they have going on right now.

Besides their website, you can find them all over social media!

Facebook

Twitter

Pinterest

Instagram: Tiny Prints

Google +

Blog

Now, the REALLY exciting part!

Because Tiny Prints is so awesome, they are letting me host my very first giveaway!

One of you lovely followers will win $50.00 off your order.
(does not include shipping & cannot be combined with any other promos)

All you have to do is comment on this post and include two things:

tell me your favorite Christmas card design
and please include your email address.

Easy peasy!
The last day to enter the giveaway is November 1st.
***Giveaway is closed!***

This post is sponsored by Tiny Prints but all the opinions stated above are 100% my own.

The Cutest Christmas Cards

First, I am so, so, SO glad that so many of you are on my side for giving Thanksgiving some lovin' before it diving into Christmas.

I just love you all.

For serious.

Now that being said, even though I do not approve of decorating of listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving, I do believe it early preparation.

Only when it comes to shopping.

I love starting to shop early for presents.

Makes shopping during the actual holiday season a bit less stressful.

This also includes getting my Christmas cards ordered.

I don't know about y'all but Christmas cards can be veeeeery expensive in my opinion.

I use to pick up a few boxes the day after Christmas and store them with the wrapping paper.

Still money spent.

Well, not this year.

The savior?

Tiny Prints.

They are graciously giving away 50 free Christmas cards to us bloggers.

All you have to do?

Write a blog post.

That. Is. It.

Does it get much simpler than that?

Negative.

The hard part?

Choosing which Christmas card to use.

Because let me tell you, I have over 30 cards a few marked as favorites on their site right now.

Let's just look at some of these, shall we?

Classy Plaque.

How pretty right?

Loving the ability to put in different pictures. & you can change the color if you don't like the red, they have 2 additional options.

& who doesn't like options?

Merry Making

One of my favorite things about Tiny Print's card collection?

The back is decorated. Not just plan white.

Adorably decorated to match the front!

Merry Intent

And if they didn't win you over yet, some cards even offer different layout options.

Like this adorable circle card that comes with ribbon.

I'm sure you can see now what kind of decision I'm up against.

So if you are interested in blogging for Tiny Print's Christmas promotion for the cards, head over here and fill out the form.

Do it soon as the offer is only for a limited amount of time!

And really, how can you say no to free ADORABLE cards?

Do you send out picture Christmas cards?

Also, let me know if you would like a Christmas card in the comments!