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Last year I bought a bunch of rad neon orange velum envelopes in the hopes of sending a holiday card out. I’m not one to really stick to the “only at Christmas” deadline, so I thought I’d do it after the holidays. January or February. Well, now it’s November & the pile of orange envelopes are still in my stash without any signs of a greeting card nearby. I like to send out holiday cards that are different & unique from everyone else, but that definitely takes time & energy that’s rarely seen these days.

When Tiny Prints contacted me to see if I’d like to host a review & giveaway for their holiday cards, my first thought was do they have the option to make your own custom designs? No. They don’t. I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was a tad disappointed. However, their wide variety of designs made me think that this might be better. I’d actually send out a holiday card if I didn’t have to take the time to design it. I’ve actually done a few things through Tiny Prints before & their print quality is fantastic. I designed & printed the SocialLuxe Lounge posters through them & their blacks & solid colors (which can look awful) turned out gorgeous.

Now that I don’t have to worry about designing this year’s greeting card, all I have to do is take our picture. Yikes. Two years ago, I dragged the whole famn damily to a skate park at 7 in the morning for family photos. I think I was on crack or something. Setting up the shot was awful. I had to use the timer & run between the camera & our pose every time I took a picture. I think I took 50 exhausting photos. This was the best one:

This year wasn’t nearly as stressful, thank heavens! Chris just bought me a wireless shutter remote and it made everything worlds easier. I just set that thing up & click. click. clicked away. It was much less traumatic than last time. Here’s one of my favorite outtakes, I was teaching Penelope how to take the photos:

Now that I have a few family pics to choose from, I have to choose which photo card to print. I’m having a hard time deciding. Will you help me? Tiny Prints has quite a few beautiful photo cards with hand-calligraphed or gorgeous script details on them. I’m a huge, huge fan which makes it so hard to pick just one design.

Tiny Prints is offering one lucky IS•LY reader a $50 Tiny Prints gift certificate! Here’s how you can enter:

• Visit Tiny Prints & take a look around
• Tell me which photocard I should get by submitting your opinion through the poll on the sidebar
• Leave a comment on this post telling me you’ve submitted your opinion
• Comment by 11:59pm (MST) Thursday, November 18, 2010
• This contest is open for US residents only
• Only one (1) comment per person
• No purchase necessary
• One (1) winner will be chosen via random.org & announced Friday, November 19, 2010