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My mother and I have been on the lookout for top quality baby shower invitations and eInvite definitely fits the bill.  Since we need at least 70 invitations (and my mom isn’t done with her invite list for my sister’s baby shower), just going to the store and buying off the rack is out of the question (I know someone is going to ask me why — it is because nobody seems to stock that many at one time!  We’ve looked).  We turned the internet and a company that I have worked with in the past:  eInvite.  They have one of the largest catalog to pick from.  Not only do they have baby shower invitations, they also have birth announcements too (and baptsim for when you need those)!  (See image to the left, and tell me that isn’t the cutest baby announcement you have ever seen!).  They also have weddings, holidays, and pretty much every occasion you could need an invitation for.  These come high quality stock paper, and literally, have something for everyone.   They have everything from modern to traditional and everything else that fits between.  They even have invitations that come with matching envelopes (I know little things thrill me, but tell me that isn’t cool!).  I love that they are truly able to fill every order no matter how small or how large it is (you can order up to 1000 invitations online and if you need more, you just need to call to place the order).

Now, I know you are wondering how to get some of these for yourself.  If you can’t wait, head over to their site and enjoy!  However, for one lucky reader of mine, I have a $50 gift certificate, so you can place your order and get some of your own awesome products.  Here’s what you need to do:

Leave a comment on this post.  Head over to eInvite and tell me which baby shower invitation or birth announcement you like best.

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This contest is for US residents and will end at 8:00 pm CST on March 2nd.

I am going to let you all in on a little secret that I am doing to do for Christmas this year. See the picture on the left? Those are stamps. I made them over at PictureItPostage and will be affixing them to all my Christmas cards this year. Tell me that isn’t the cutest thing you have ever seen?  There are just so many uses for these stamps.  You can do what I did and put them on Christmas cards.  However, I can see them being used for baby announcements, engagements, holidays and graduations.  You can’t make an invitation more customized and personal than this.  Plus, you don’t see stamps like this too often.  That makes it unique, and people will love it!  You will be the talk of everyone you send these too!

How hard is it to make these?  It is not hard at all.  PictureItPostage allows you to either create these stamps on their site or you can download a program, and you can create them on your desktop.  You can customize the background color and what color the text is on them too!  It literally took me about 10 minute to completely put this together.  Shipping took no time at all.  I am 100% satisfied with this company and would highly recommend you use them also.

Also, they are having a “Get Real” Photo contest that starts October 31st. They want to see the best of the worst when it comes to photos.  They want you to send them your worst pictures that you really don’t want to see the light of day. How do you enter?  On October 31, head over to PictureItPostage and upload your photo. Beginning November 21, all visitors to the “Get Real” contest website will have a chance to vote for their favorite photos.  The winners will be announced December 8.  What can you win?  They are giving away two Canon Digital SLR Camera and five PictureItPostage coupon codes good for 100 customized photo stamps. The ten first prize winners will each receive one PictureItPostage coupon code good for one pack of customized postage stamps.  We all have horrible pictures — now have them work for you!

Make sure you check out PictureItPostage!

Did you know that the stamp rate increased today? I had to mail the invitations for Will’s birthday party out, and I didn’t have any forever stamps. Instead, I had a bunch of 41 cent stamps. Nowadays though, I think the Forever Stamp is really your best buy. Why? Once you buy a Forever Stamp, you can always use it even if the rates go up.  I didn’t buy these the last time I needed stamps, so I got to spend my afternoon with two kids in the post office buying penny stamps.  What a waste of time!  Needless to say, I bought 100 Forever Stamps!