Shutterfly to the Rescue

I’m not a procrastinator by nature. I’m really not, but for some reason this year when it has come to Christmas cards I’ve been putting it off. And out of all years to not be on top of things this should not be the year. It’s Corbin’s first Christmas!

I had lofty goals of snapping a perfect family picture; where everyone is color coordinated, smiling, with a green sparkly tree in the background. But no, that hasn’t happened yet.

However, the other day I was talking to some friends who just raved over Shutterfly cards. They assured me that, even though it’s December 12, I still had time to put together a card. I was told Shutterfly has great cards, easy to put together, and fast delivery. After minutes of discussion the guilt began to settle in. If it’s really THAT easy to do, then shouldn’t I at least give my first child center stage in his first Christmas card? Mommy guilt settled in.

So, with guilt driving me, I went over to the Shutterfly website and began to glance around at the cards. Oh my goodness…there were SO many to choose from. I quickly picked one, out of many that I liked, and decided to see how easy it was to put pictures in the card. Let’s face it, technology is not my strong suit. If this was going to be too time intensive I felt confident I could find a way to shed that mommy guilt.

But, to my amazement it was easy, easy, easy. I mean so easy that I felt confident that Mom could even pick a card and put pictures in it. (And if you know my mom that’s saying a lot; for example, one time she called to say her computer wasn’t working. Umm, did you try turning it on! Yup, that helps:)

Ok, so after finding out how easy it was to put in pictures I decided that yes, I could do this. Now, I just need to get that elusive perfect picture. The pressure of getting a great family picture with coordinated looks, big smiles, and the cute poses just wasn’t going to happen in a couple of days. So instead, I thought I would focus on Corbin. How hard could it be to get  pictures of Corbin, an eight month old, in holiday spirit.

Well 40 minutes later, a hoarse voice, and myself totally exhausted, I found out it’s a little more challenging than I thought. But no matter, I got enough pictures that I needed to put together the perfect holiday card.

In about 5 minutes I choose this card and had it assembled. Thanks Shutterfly! It took me less time to put the card together then it did to get the “perfect” picture. And now I have holiday cards to send out to show Corbin on his first Christmas!

On top of that, now that I know about Shutterfly’s Christmas cards I now have other ideas for gifts. They do photo calendars (who wouldn’t enjoy a monthly picture of Corbin!), Christmas cards, or other gift Ideas where you can order a photo mug (where every sip you take, sweet Corbie’s face would be right there…what grandparent wouldn’t love this).

Christmas cards, done! Grandparent gifts, done! Shutterfly is my new Santa Clause…ask and you shall receive.