Christmas Card Disappointment

Ok. I may not have mentioned this before, but I can be a bit of a perfectionist. Projects take me far longer than they should, because once I start something, I  need  it to be perfect. (this can sometimes lead to epic procrastination beginning something, but we'll save that for another day)

So, when it came time to design Christmas cards, I wanted them to be just perfect. I won't say how long I spent rearranging pictures and choosing fonts, but it was an extensive process. I was super excited when I received the email saying my gems had shipped. I could already imagine people's faces as they received the perfect  Christmas card from yours truly. I tracked the package through it's journey; my excitement mounting as the day finally arrived when the UPS tracker told me they were out for delivery. I happened to see the UPS man as he approached and met him at the door. As soon as I was inside, I carefully opened the package to see my beauties.

I expected to see my version of this lovely:

With one exception. Many of you may think this attention to detail silly, but bear with me. I had altered the font on the monogram to correspond with the writing of the Merry Christmas on the front. Quite frankly, our initial looked out of place in the first font, but it gave the option to alter, and alter I did. I tried at least 10 fonts to find the perfect one.

Of course you can see where this is leading. When I opened my cards, the initial was WRONG. It's not even the font that is shown in this example, it would be what I would describe as Arial (my computer geek comes out, the font in the example has serifs, arial does not, serifs make things look pretty!)

Otherwise I will admit, the cards are lovely. But they're not perfect. And Shutterfly has a satisfaction guarantee. So I'm debating asking them to reprint, but unfortunately that means most of my overseas family won't receive the cards in time. Maybe I'll just suck it up. No one but me will know the difference. Just another life lesson~ things can't always be perfect.

**Update: So Shutterfly reviewed my order and couldn't see the difference, but since I wasn't completely satisfied, they credited me for 50 more cards. Good to know they stand by their satisfaction guarantee. Had they not, I think I would have passed on using them again, but now, I am a happy customer :)

Shutterfly How I Love You

Lil GBear is napping and rather than doing anything around the house that needs to be done, I'm dreaming of Christmas... and more specifically Christmas cards!

I have seen a bunch of you lovely bloggers talking about Shutterfly's awesome Christmas cards, so I decided to take a peek.  My friend used Shutterfly last year, but I had already purchased cards from another company, so I hadn't even looked at them. This year, since I'm a creature of habit, I had planned to use the same cardmakers as last year, but when I saw the selection and the awesome prices I was converted to Shutterfly!  Now my only problem is figuring out which Christmas Card to choose.

I've narrowed it down to a few.. First we have the Flat Photo Cards

I love that this card has room for more than one photo and the font on the writing is so cute!

This one also has the potential to use more than one photo and I love the retro feel!!

Shutterfly also has these awesome Flat Stationary Cards... There are so many of these I LOVE that I really had trouble narrowing it down

I super heart with sprinkles on top this beautiful design! I love the damask print and the rich color!



This one is called the Pretty Poinsettia Print and I think it's utterly fabulous. Classy and festive, everything you need in a holiday card.

But Shutterfly doesn't just do cards... They have awesome Gift Tags, Canvas Wall Art, and Calendars. Not to mention they also have Story Cards, for those of you who want to catch up your loved ones on your year.

So don't wait, go check out all Shutterfly has to offer! Oh and let me know if you have a favorite; clearly I'm having a hard time picking :)

And the best bit, Bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly… learn more: http://bit.ly/sfly2010