In my “B.C.” (before children) years of marriage, I was the super shopper. I had all my Christmas cards addressed and ready to send by Thanksgiving weekend, my presents purchased and wrapped and my home decorated. Fast forward to now, when I spend the entire season thinking I might be getting ahead until a family member drops another bombshell on me, “By the way, Mom, I need a salty snack for school tomorrow.” “Could we make a batch of those cookies that I like?” “We need sausage balls for a party.” It’s a wonder I get anything done! Christmas Cards have fallen to the end of the list because I do the cards for my father first, then work in mine when I have time.
This year, Cardstore.com has simplified my life. Even though I don’t have time to sit down and design a card, write messages and address them, CardStore has found a way to help me own the mantel this holiday season. Cardstore removes the hassle from holiday cards by printing, addressing and sending them out for me while letting me include my own personalized message. No more last minute hassles of trying to find where I put the stamps, trying to locate my misplaced address lists or forgetting to put them in the mailbox. Having one less hassle to worry about during the busy Christmas season gives me more time to spend with the kids and make those elusive sausage balls! Maybe this year I will be able to make a cheese ball for me too!
How do you simplify your holidays?
“BC” Years of Marriage … LOVE that. lol So amazing at times how soooo much changes after kids, and especially after more than ONE. Simplifying is really a necessity to stay sane as a mom. This sounds like such a great way to help achieve that!
I used to have Christmas cards – I guess technologies these days has changed things on my end.
This sounds like a big help in getting cards out for the holidays.
I am terrible about sending out cards. I am a awful mailer to begin with and adding cards to the mix is worse.
I was thinking of a Christmas letter this year too but it looks like it’s going to be another personalized cards from a store this year. Oh well, thank God they can make life easy for busy Moms.
You know what’s so sad.. last year I had beautiful Christmas cards, even half of the envelopes addressed and stamped, and none of them made it out as I was waiting on more addresses. 🙁 I’m hoping I do better this year!
I think it’s positively the best service that they’ll do the mailing for you. What an incredible time saver. It’s enough to actually get me to send cards!
Definitely go with the llama picture! 😉 I love Cardstore! They’re so helpful!
I appreciate all the info for this.My sister was just talking yesterday about getting cards to mail. This would be a great idea for her to get the pics of her grandchildren and mail them out
I love that CardStore takes care of the REAL hassle of sending out holiday cards–the sending out! I literally spend hours each year addressing the cards and running back and forth to the post office (usually for stamps because I didn’t buy enough or misplaced them after I bought them).
I love the photos, my cats open gifts so we can not put them out until the morning of (at which the cats get put in a locked room until the kids get up). We ordered our cards from card store, they did a great job with our stuff last year so we used them again.
I haven’t even started mine yet! Yikes!
It’s great that you found a way to simplify things. I simplify things by searching about them on the web
love this! I would so be like your daughters boyfriend i talk to all the animals! My husband thinks I am crazy sometimes!
Awesome! I love TinyPrints’ cards as well, gotta love easy xmas cards 😉
I have seen so many happy people ordering from Cardstore this year. I will have to check them out.
I love that they address and send them. That is why I am so bad at getting my cards out because I hate doing that part!
This is a great service. I’m terrible about sending greeting cards during the holidays so this would definitely help to keep me organized and on schedule.
i love that horse!! he looks so festive and dapper
Awww I love the horsey too! (I miss my horses!) He looks so cute!
I need to work on simplifying too! When did it become December? Who has stolen the time! I love the idea of scaling back a bit for the holidays! I’ll have to check out Card Store to see what cards they have, sounds like a great idea!
I love the horse all decked out for the holidays. That would make a lovely Christmas card. I was just sitting here thinking about getting my cards done. Just thinking, not doing.
Love Cardstore, but not sure it’s happening this year! I feel like I am so behind already. I love that llama pic!!
Love cardstore! I’ve used them in the past for when my friend got her own place and when another friend lost her mom. It makes it easy for times when I cant be there because I live across the country.
I’m done with sending out cards. I just do ecards now as well. Will have to check out cardstore.com and make it simple.
oh my goodness holiday cards! I need to get cards ordered this week. Thank you for the reminder!
I don’t think I’m doing cards this year, haha I like the talking to the llama picture 🙂
LOVE the Lama picture…. I love them.. did they spit at you?? And thanks for sharing a great time saver this holiday season, sooo gonna have to check it out.
What a great idea for the busy person and it sure seems that way this time of year. Thanks for the information
I am soooo behind on getting my cards ready (just like every year). You are giving me some motivation and ideas to get them ordered.
I used to be so good with cards, but in the last few years I’ve gotten slower and slower with them.
We’ve become really bad about doing cards every year. It’s so time consuming. Okie gets my vote! 🙂
Your cat is like my Daughters, Cat Chloe. You can’t bring anything new into the house or she thinks she has to check it out. So cute.
I think any of the photos you have would make a great card but I’m voting for Okie to be the Christmas Card star this year. Thanks for all the great information.
I am so behind on holiday cards this year! I love that picture of your cat. I have 2 dogs that have a way of sneaking into almost all my pictures.
I have been hearing a lot of really good things about Cardstore! I have to check out their selection tonight after work, I need to buy my cards SOON if I am going to get them out in time!
I need this type of simplification!!
For now I am relying on on line shopping which has made a difference
I really need to head over to Cardstore, I am so behind on my holiday cards this year! I have usually sent them out by now but I haven’t even bought any yet!
I love the horse! OH and I am so behind – I need to start thinking about Christmas cards asap!
Wow! you are the second person I’ve read who has the whole cardstore.com thing going on! Good for you!!
I have to admit that I stopped sending cards years ago.
Hehe love the Llama picture, something I would do!! I need to get our cards ordered!!
We are trying to give more handmade gifts this year or gifts purchased locally.
I stopped sending out Chanukah and Christmas cards years ago now–I’m bad-I know. But I do try to email them all something at this time of year—
I ordered my Christmas cards from Cardstore.com this year, too, and I could not have been happier with them.