This year I am scrambling to get a Christmas card put together and out. I thought about just bagging it in light of the just having a baby thing and all, but I love getting and sending Christmas Cards. They are one of my favorite parts of the holiday season. I love seeing people’s families and their kids thru the years. Nothing better than opening a mail box filled with Christmas Cards.
I wanted to wait til after Frances was born to try and get a picture with her and Sterling together. So after we put our tree up last weekend, I put them in some Christmas clothes and busted out my iphone to try and snap a few pictures. I had no idea how difficult it would be to get a good picture of the two of them. The outtakes however were hilarious.
Sterling bless his heart tried so hard but he just has a hard time smiling naturally for the camera. His forced smiles made me laugh. I love the stank eye Frances is giving him in the last picture. I did manage to get a pretty solo picture of Frances sleeping after all the comotion.
In the past years I have bought the old school kind of Christmas cards where you attach the picture yourself and hand sign them. I don’t have time for that mess this year. I decided to use Minted instead. I had been so impressed with several Minted invitations and cards I received. They use thicker card stock paper which I really like and I loved their new gold foil designs for this Christmas! Their quality is really amazing and all the work is done for you!
Minted has a fabulous selection this Holiday season, a few of my favorites:
and in case you are curious this is the card we went with this year. Some of you should be getting it in the mail soon! Best picture we could get but they are both looking up with eyes open so I will take it!
Luckily for any of you last minute Christmas Card people like me, Minted is offering one of my readers a $150 giftcard. You can use this for anything it doesn’t have to be Christmas Cards. $150 will go a long way towards any of Minted’s fabulous designs!
All you have to do to enter is visit Minted.com and leave a comment telling me what you would use the $150 towards. Giveaway is open til Sunday at noon and I will contact the winner Monday!
xoxo
I love the brushed gold Peace card!
We got so many compliments on the Minted cards that we sent last year, and we've got an even better reason to send them this year with our new little guy born in May. I love the simple gold Happy Holidays card.
Love all the gold collection cards! It's hard to just pick one. Congrats on your beautiful family!
Your card is precious! I already have my Christmas cards this year (though I haven't addressed a single one yet) so I would use the gift card towards beautiful business cards for my blog!
I would definetely buy the "Sailor is Sleeping" room sign for my son's bedroom. Thanks for the chance to win.
Dbyrne1[at]gmail[dot]com
PS — Congrats again the birth of Frances Moon!
Love your card! I love the gold polka dots too 🙂
Waiting for my minted cards in the mail as we speak! Love all of their stuff!
I would also do last minute christmas cards with 6 month old pictures probably 🙂
I would use it for the JOY card with painted garland. Love to win!
Ha! Love your son's face! My nearly 3 yr old daughter just closes her eyes and screams "cheese" for every picture. I might have to dimetapp her to get a respectable photo….I kid. I love the "all is calm-ish" Christmas card. That about sums up life right now with a toddler and newborn. 🙂
I would use it to make our very first Christmas card! Love the JOY design.
ADORABLE!!!
The Silver and Gold party design package has my holiday party written all over it!
Minted has the best quality products! I'm planning a bachelorette for my best friend and would love to use the winnings for "block" invitation.
I would use it to do last minute cards as well!
Love, Love, Love the party décor- specifically the silver and gold. This would be perfect for my Holiday party 🙂
aww i love the final card! and the outtakes are hilarious!! minted has the best stationery and invitations! xo jillian
Cute picture! We did the exact same Christmas card! They arrived yesterday and I am obsessed with how they look and feel! Since we already have our Christmas cards done, I would use the gift card to purchase moving announcement cards since we'll be moving to NC this spring!
Love Minted! I already ordered our Christmas cards from them but need to pick invitations for my son's 2nd birthday party in January!
I love the Joy foil card!
Colleen
I've already designed my minted Christmas card, but haven't bitten the bullet and bought them yet, so I'd use it for our first Christmas card as a married couple! Thanks for the opportunity!
http://www.minted.com/personalize/saved/4737799
I have had my eye on the Heart Snapshot Mix Photo Art for quite some time now!
Thanks so much for this giveaway opportunity!
Oh my gosh! I absolutely love the photos of your sweet kiddos! That first picture is precious!
I'm expecting any day now so I am hoping to get something out before New Years. I love the happy kisses announcement. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I love the 'Merry Brush' gold foil card!
I used Minted this year and the cards are top notch! I would use the gift card to purchase the calendars for my Mom and in-laws with photos of their grandchildren. Love reading you every day.
I'm running late this year, so I'd love the $150 to purchase the Red Holiday cards!
I would use it for the "Elegant Ball Drop" NYE cards! Would love to win! 🙂
I'm also a mom of two, Grady is 2 and Briggs is 3 mo, and like you, getting two boys to smile and look at the camera has been a challenge! So, will give the home phito shoot another shot this weekend in hopes of scoring a keeper. Therefore- last minute Christmas cards here we come! This giveaway would greatly help our household! Xxx
The Simple Joy card is classic. I love it.
Frances is such a cutie. Sterling's personality is shining thru!
I am also way behind on the Christmas cards this year. I love all the gold ones. I just can't choose!
I really love the heart snapshot photo art from Minted. Your card turned out beautiful. Happy holidays.
Priceless!!! Precious babies.
I would use them for Christmas or New Year's cards:) Love so many of them!
I would purchase the heart snapshot photo collage to give to my mother in law for Christmas! She has a brand new grandchild (our 5 month old) who has lots of cute photos that would look great in the collage.
I would love to win and use for a birth announcement! The big baby name is one of my faves!!
I would use it on the Heart Snapshot Mix Photo Art. So sweet!
I love so much on their site! I love their prints to hang in our newly renovated downstairs bathroom as well as their 2014 calendars!
Beautiful card! I still have not done a Christmas card! I would pick Children't prints. SS' walls are still bare!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Minted.com!! Have used them for my last three Christmas cards and both birth announcements. Just ordered our card for this year, but waiting to take the dreaded picture of all three kids this weekend and upload it 🙂 Your card is precious!
If I got the giftcard I would get mama some new stationary with our new address in Charlotte!
I'm a last minute Christmas card person and would purchase the gold foil JOY card!!
I would love to win this, I've been waiting to send my cards too, and wanted to print them with Minted! Perrrrfect. I can't decide on which design yet, but definitely want to do a postcard card instead! Thank you!
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The Joy card… I'm so behind we have yet to take the picture!!
The Joy card… I'm so behind we have yet to take the picture!!
Late as usual, I would use the $150 to get my holiday cards out next week!!
I would LOVE to order some fabulous New Year cards! I can never get my shiz together in time for a Christmas card!
Love your card:) I think i would use the money for christmas cards as well…they are so cute:)
Your card is adorable!
I already ordered our cards this year, but after having received a sample Minted card, I really hate that I didn't use them! I would love to use them for daughter's high school graduation announcements!
Have been waiting to make a Christmas card since my new baby bump is just appearing and I want to get a cute bump photo this weekend! Love so many designs from Minted but choose the "merry typography foil-pressed holiday" design. Would love to make this card to announce our first baby (a little girl) who is due in April!
Love the out takes, so funny. Similar experience over here. Since I've already ordered my Christmas cards, I would go with some personalized stationary. I'm digging the painted floral design.
Have a great weekend!
I love the 'Joy' card that looks like it was watercolored! I would love it for our first family Christmas card!
I would use it on the "Happiest
by The Social Type" cards. Love them!
I adore minted and have used them before. I love the "Merry" Christmas card. I haven't done cards this year either, but this would get me motivated!
I know Christmas is right around the corner, but my fiancee and I would use the gift card to buy our save the date cards. I saw some of the cards from the indie designers that sparked my interest. And I love supporting up and coming artists! Thank you so much for the chance to win! (fingers crossed 🙂 )!
-Amanda and Chris-
I would use the gift card for save the dates for my upcoming wedding!
I love Minted! I would use the $150 towards my upcoming wedding festivities! Their foil designs are my favorite!
I like the foil-pressed cards. Would prob have to be a New Years one!
Minted is my absolute favorite! Used them last year for our first "married and merry" cards and used them again this year. I would use the gift certificate for stationary. My husband and I just moved and I need new stationary with our new address!
Fun! Cute card! I would use the gift card to buy Christmas cards that doubles as a new baby announcement for our third! I love the Perfect Gift card.
I would order Christmas cards. I too have failed to get a good picture for my card. I am scrambling.
I'd love to do birth announcements for our due in April baby!
I would use the gift card to print baptism invitations for my newborn in January! We have already finished our Christmas cards. Congrats on your growing family!
You have a beautiful family. Congratulations on your newest addition, and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.
I will use it towards newborn baby boy announcements whom is coming next week!
I love all the outtakes! Sterling is so cute and Frances is beyond precious! I would def like to win this! I like the gold Peace card or the Vintage stamp card. I would use the money towards both!
I would purchase one of the photo calendars for my mom and/or grandparents! It would be the perfect personalized Christmas gift
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Love minted!!!!8 would make a calendar for the grandmas and order some personalized stationary for a friend!!!
I would love to get some of the personalized gift wrap!
Oh my goodness! This is too funny 🙂 On cyber Monday I was all ready to buy some minted cards- what a great special they had!- and my husband came home & poo-pooed the idea reminding me of everything else I had to do. Super disappointing! I was actually looking at the same "Merry" one you chose! So, winning this gift card would be a most delightful treat! (Also because finding a good picture with our 6 month old baby girl was hard enough! I'm proud of you to get yours out 😉
I love the Happiest Holidays card! Minted has the most gorgeous designs.
I would use the gift card towards one of the gold collection Christmas cards. Gorgeous!
I spent yesterday afternoon plugging our various photos onto Minted for our Christmas card this year…but didn't order yet! I've been so impressed by our cards from them the past two years.
Definitely the gold JOY card!! Obsessed with it. Frances moon is so adorable!
I *love* Minted and used them for our Save The Dates! I would use the $150 for our wedding invitations! 🙂
(your Chirstmas card is precious by the way!)
I always end up sending them out last minute no matter how hard I try. I would love to send either the Merry Typography or Wish banner card with a picutre of our two year old little lady. Merry Christmas!
So stinkin cute…I am so behind this year and I don't even have children! haha Trying to get my husband to put on cute winter clothes and take pictures is like, well pulling his teeth out. Maybe next year….
But if I won I would get some fabulous stationary/cards for my new biz!!
I LOVE Minted and would use this for our Christmas cards this year. I'm thinking the gold peace cards would be perfect!
I would use the gift card for a holiday/birth announcement! Our little girl is 3 months old 🙂
Oh my gosh, your kids are too cute. I agree – Minted makes some amazing cards and invitations! I'd use the $150 towards invites for my sister's wedding festivities (b'ette weekend, bridal shower, etc!). Thanks!
Loving the basic card that says Merry Christmas in calligraphy script. Simple and gorgeous. Your kiddos are adorable on your card- and love the outtakes!!
Christmas cards! The holiday season seems to be flying by and I still haven't ordered mine.
We had just gotten married last year and I was studying for the bar exam, so we didn't send out cards. I would LOVE to send them out this year, and this would be SO helpful! I LOVE the gold foil Merry card you posted, as well. I think that's the one I would choose!
Crossing my fingers,
Natalie
oystersandpearls.net
Adorable card! I have a very new baby too (but it's #4 for me) and have not even ordered Xmas cards yet! I would definetly use the $150 on Xmas cards/baby announcements.
I would use the $150 on a photo calendar! I love the gold glitter one! I also love all the children's art and would love to get a print to go in my daughter or son's room! LOVE MINTED!
So behind on Christmas cards – would love one of these beautiful designs!
I love the peace card! Congrats on your new beautiful baby girl.
I've already sent out my Christmas cards for the year but I would love to use the money for any possible upcoming "announcements" 😉
Those cards are gorgeous! I am definitely sharing those with my sister for her kiddos!
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I just got married in October and would use the gift card for our very first Christmas card! 🙂
I would use the gift card for my baby announcement in March after my first born arrives! I love the Pure style by toast & laurel.
I would use the to get out last minute Christmas cards. I am newly married and Christmas cards are expensive!
I just ordered my Christmas cards from Minted, so I would use this for some new monogrammed stationary. Sweet photo of your cuties!
Minted.com is my go to for all things paper!! I would use gift card for birth announcements for baby number 2 due this Feb.
I've used minted for the past two years for my cards LOVE them! I'd use the gift card for one of their gorgeous art prints and a calendar!
I would single white female one of Natalie's pics for a last minute Christmas card. My daughter just got her braces off and she is gorgeous!
I would single white female one of Natalie's pics for a last minute Christmas card. My daughter just got her braces off and she is gorgeous!
I still haven't ordered my cards either and we were supposed to take pics today in the snow. I love the polka dot one!
My favorite is the Brushed Gold Foil-Pressed Holiday Cards. I'm taking Parker's picture on the Bay and those cards would be perfect with his picture.
Omg what a great giveaway!! I would FOR SURE use it on some birth announcements, I couldn't pick out a favorite as there are WAY too many I'd love to use!!
I love your card…congratulations on Frances 🙂
I too am late in the Christmas card game but would order the hand painted branches design. Merry Christmas!
I've put off our cards since we don't have a good pic, so the City Flurry Chicago card might be my best bet.
I would use it for a last minute Christmas card. I love the gold polka dots. Congratulations on your beautiful family!
I'd use it for one of those gorg foil stamped cards! Congrats on your new edition!!!
Your card is darling! I'd love to use for birth announcements in the new year. I love "chic baby."
How sweet your card is! I'm sure it will bring a smile to all who receive it. I would use $150 towards the brushed gold Peace card!
Love all the stationary! Everything is beautiful!!
I would use the gift certificate for baby announcements in January! 🙂
Oh the gold brushed peace card. Love it! And your card and family are adorable~~
Oh the gold brushed peace card. Love it! And your card and family are adorable~~
Thank you for sharing this website! I am loving everything 🙂 Although I would put the $150 credit towards either the Grand Lace, Splendorous or Field Wedding Initiations.
love the "silent-ish" night. so cute. and can totally relate since I am up feeding my little one every single night these days!
I love the gold "Peace" card, but the "Mistletoe Kiss" would be cute for our first married Christmas card!
i love the merry typography foil-pressed holiday cards
Adorable pics of the little ones! Minted is my favorite place to buy cards-great quality. And I love the new foil pressed cards. Merry, merry!
I would use for last minute Christmas cards! Love the gold foil!
A beautiful foil card to feature our new baby girl– born on the same day as Frances!
Darling card! I already ordered Christmas cards (from Minted!) but I would love to use the credit towards Save the Dates for my wedding – I love "Meet in the Middle."
I would use it for the vintage stamp cards 🙂
Love the picture you got, so adorable! My sister's wedding shower is coming up so I would use this toward creating amazing invitations for her!
Love your photos, and Minted! I would order the Glittering Joy Christmas card, and use a recent photo we had taken of the Joy of my life, my daughter!
Your card is adorable! I'd use Minted for invites for my rehearsal dinner in April!
Hi Natalie-
I recently just started following your Blog and Adore it! Congratulations! Love Minted myself! Your Card came our spectacular and take it from me…I know it can be a Family Project or task! Merry Christmas! I would love to use the $150 to Minted for our Baby Girl Announcements…after 2 Very Sweet Boys…we are super excited to be expecting our 1st Baby Girl in January!! Love some Gold and Glam from Minted!! Best to your Beautiful Family!!!
We still need to do our holiday card so that is what I would use the gift for. Loving the gold foil cards.
Love minted cards! Would probably get the glittering joy card but it's so hard to decide!
I would have to get cards for New Years or some photo gifts – their calendars look amazing!
I would definitely use it to buy my last minute Christmas cards!!
I would use it on our dual xmas card/ birth announcement thats totally going to be late this year since we still need our pics done!
I would use it towards a framed print or one of their art prints! So much fun!
I'd use it on Christmas Cards as well!
Love your card, and the outtakes are hilarious! What cuties you have! I love minted and would totally use it on the White Noel xmas cards!
What a fab card! I'd use it on some of the nursery art prints for my baby due this summer!
I love the white noel one!
I have that front door with "JOY" above it card in my cart now. I just have to find a decent picture to use since Bryan is opposed to me using one of the boys as Batman & Robin. Would lve to
Oops … Would love to win this!
PS – I love the outtakes.
I love your card! I would use it on a gold print card!
I haven't done my cards yet, so I would for sure buy some cards. I like the one called Type Frost.
Still need to order cards and would love the gold Joy design – Laura
I would get invitations for my son's 1st birthday!
I already have holiday cards — I did the "good" pic on the front and had some outtakes on the back. Like your super cute pictures, they are too funny not to share:) But I also LOVE to send Valentines. Minted has great options so that's what I would choose! Thanks for the great opportunity!
Sterling faces in all photos are hilarious!! so so funny! And Frances looks so much like you!
ohh how I love minted! I would get invitations for my sister's bridal shower and bachelorette! Love all the options though!!!
I visited Minted and loved the gold collection cards–I would use the gift card to make xmas cards with a picture from our recent wedding!
I like the Year in Review Xmas cards! They are so pretty.
I like the Year in Review Xmas cards! They are so pretty.
I think my mom would love a photo calendar of my sisters and I!
I love chalkboard flourish !!
So sweet! I'd use it towards Christmas cards. Still trying to get a decent picture of my 21 month old. Times running out!
White Noel card!
I love minted and would totally buy my Christmas cards. A little behind but, just like every year, they always get done! Thanks!
I would use it for my Christmas cards! I will have a hard time deciding which design to use, they are all so awesome!
I'd love to purchase some personal stationary! I'm loving the Handpainted Botanicals and Rainforest Monogram.
I'd love to purchase some personal stationary! I'm loving the Handpainted Botanicals and Rainforest Monogram.
What a Great Design – I LOVE your card. I'm so busy with deadlines this time of year… need to get my Minted Cards ordered soon!
God Bless!
Love the cards on minted! Have browsed there several times! I love the ones with the foil writing! By the way, your baby is beautifull! Love your blog.
Sterling and Frances are adorable together Natalie! Your photos are all wonderful and what a special Christmas card you have this year. I still need my cards for this year and love the gold hand painted branches Joy card.
I'm gonna need cards for New Years at this rate. I love their stuff though.
Love all the gold ones!!
Love all the gold ones!!
Love the Minted cards! We're going to do a Happy New Year/baby announcement card this year since we're expecting on the 27th!
I would use it for a Happy New Years card from the new gold foil designs. Thanks and congrats on the beautiful new babe!
i want to buy the wrapping paper and party decor.. also next year letterpress wedding invitation
I love Minted! I would use it to buy some prints like the animal word map and the alpha dots to decorate my daughter's new play nook!
We did the exact same card template from Minted this year! I would use the gift card towards Valentine's Day cards since my little girl's birthday is the same day. 🙂
I LOVE Minted! We just had a baby girl last weekend, and I would use the gift card towards her birth announcement! I also ordered samples of New Years cards and love those. My goal is to get some good pictures of her with the tree this weekend and work on putting both cards together. 🙂
I would use it for some decorations and large printed pictures. I love the valentines décor kits!!
I would absolutely use it towards any of their darling Christmas cards!!
What a great giveaway, thanks for the chance! I love the gold foil cards and calendars!
I would get some art for my son's nursery! Love their art section.
cteeobrien{at}cox[dot]net
Would love to send our family and friends a Minted card, so many beautiful choices!! Love the children's signs as well. Congrats on your precious addition.
All of the minted stuff is wonderful – and this year I would use it on great stationary for throughout the year!
I would definitely use the money towards new personalized stationery (braided chevron pattern is my fav). Can never have enough stationery as a teacher. 🙂 Happy holidays to your family!
I love the holly jolly Christmas card! It's so cute!! All there designs look pretty!
Love the heart snapshot photo art !! Your children are adorable.
When I saw your Christmas card outtake on Instagram I laughed out loud. My daughter is always getting photos like Sterling was there. I don't think that since my son was born 5 months ago I have managed to capture one that is half decent/not forced/ridiculously funny of the two of them. Thanks for sharing a few more!
That being said, I have yet to get my holiday cards made. I keep trying to capture that "perfect photo" but let's face it, the outtakes are so much more fun 🙂
Would love that GC so I can send my family one of my classic, cheesy prints!
I already ordered Christmas Cards from Minted, but we have a baby coming in January and the gift card would be awesome for some birth announcements!
I love minted cards! I used them last year to send out a xmas card with my husband and I (+ my baby bump). This year has been crazy – and I would love to send out a xmas card with my little one! I like the gold printed cards.
I love minted cards! I used them last year to send out a xmas card with my husband and I (+ my baby bump). This year has been crazy – and I would love to send out a xmas card with my little one! I like the gold printed cards.
Love the red/green banner cards! And of course the entire foil collection 🙂 Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Love the red/green banner cards! And of course the entire foil collection 🙂 Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Love your card, Frances and Sterling are precious. You are truly blessed! I would LOVE to win the Minted giveaway!! 2 teenagers, my husband and I both working, sick parents, life has been too crazy. I would love any of the Minted cards, they are all great!!
Congrats on your sweet baby girl. I have my eye on an invitation for my son's first birthday party.
I love the Christmas Twinkle card! Congrats on the new baby – the holiday pic is precious:)
Congrats on the new baby! Love the pics of them together! Love the new sites I find from your site and it appears minted will be no different. LOVE their Heart Snapshot Mix Photo Art! Gorgeous!
Love the card! I need a a gift card! I haven't ordered mine yet with 3 children under 5. This years card is serving as my third child's birth announcement! Mine may be New Years cards at this point:)
I would use it towards the abstract herringbone print – love!!
I would use a gift card towards invitations for my son's FIRST birthday. Where does the time go?
I am loving the gold foil JOY card, but they are all so darn cute. I'm behind this year as usual, but am hoping to get cards out this week!!!
What a great giveaway. LOVE the JOY Christmas cards.
Beautifully captured holiday photo my friend! Xox
Beautifully captured holiday photo my friend! Xox
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I love Minted! I've ordered cards from there every year since they launched. I just received mine in the mail, so I would use a gift card towards their party collection for some paper goods for a wedding shower I'm throwing in the spring. Congrats to you!