{NoJoMo 18} Holiday cards {review}

I’ve had the opportuity recently to order some amazing cards from a couple different online printers & this will be my "review" of sorts.
These deals I’ve found because I follow Raining Hot Coupons on Facebook… she post so many great deals, they’re all legit. I usually share what I find & take advantage of on FB as well… so if I post a coupon deal or freebie – know that it’s real! I’m not one to click on all those too-good-to-be-true offers & share them in hopes of getting something free. I ONLY share what I know is legitimate!

These two offers are no longer available. But if you follow RHC, you won’t miss out in the future!

This was an offer of 10 free cards, plus free shipping, so I paid NOTHING. They were printed and shipped really quick via UPS.
These were from Cardstore.com

The card I ordered:

{I just love the simple look, and that our name is on the sign my the door}

Inside:

 {sorry it’s sideways, I can never figure out how to turn it after uploading it on photobuckt to the right –>}
 
I send cards to Jason’s family {with the kids school pictures} and will give cards to my family when they come and visit next week 🙂
The quality of these cards are really nice. Thick paper & envelopes. I’d buy {actually pay for} cards from cardstore.com again!

The next deal I got was the holiday post cards I talked about a few entries back from Minted.com. I got them on Friday via Fedex so they came REALLY fast too. And they are SO CUTE & SUCH great quality!  This was a deal posted I saw and took advantage of right away & glad I did, because the website got wise and has since changed the minimum order amount required.

When I ordered these you got at $25 credit when someone referred you, and then used a code for $25 off plus free shipping.  These cards are REALLY EXPENSIVE so even with $50 credit I still had to get the cheapest cardtype {postcard} they had to get the best deal. 
25 of these post cards came to $43 but I had to have at least a $50 order to use my referal credit {they’ve since changed it to $100} so I ordered a "preview" of another of their cards at $9 {$9 if you want to get any card sent to you to feel it out , but it’s one of their stock cards and you can’t personlized… you do then get that $9 credited to your order if you decide to purchase a set)  so my total came to $52 and with my credits and free shiping, I just had to pay $2!!

I didn’t think to take a picture of the packaging these came in – but I grabbed this photo from a google search.
[THIS IS NO MY PHOTO]

They came wrapped in a nice ribbon and personalized sticker.  Our’s said From: Pat To: Jason handwritten {the order was in Jason’s name}

This is the postcard I ordered & I love it even more that I thought I would.  Usually we take a photo at home and just make cheap Wal*Mart photo cards…and we probably still will do that.. but I have 25 of these I’ll send out to some of the family/friends too!

{again, I can’t filp this!!}

I’d LOVE to purchase more photo cards from Minted.com, they’re quality is so nice & they have AMAZING choices on their website..you can get cards in different shapes too, I LOVE this style:

They’re just really pricy!! They have a deal right now of 15% off an order $150 or 10% off orders of $100
You can still get a $25 credit if you sign up with this referal link http://www.minted.com/referral/landing/ffewhj
{and I think the total required might be back town to $50}

If you can afford it and want to really impress with your holiday cards – Minted.com is the way to go!

You CAN go here http://www.minted.com/wedding-invitations  and order a FREE "wedding sample" and they’ll send you a few cards so you can see the card quality for yourself.