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snapfish supports susan g. komen with pinkgives {giveaway}

By Nicole · Comments (75)

Friday, October 21st, 2011

UPDATE: The winner of this giveaway is #25, Lyndsey!

Its October…you know what that means…there’s pink everywhere you look.

I love how a simple, feminine color can evoke such recognition, awareness, and compassion.

My favorite photo processing and sharing company is getting into the “pink” action. Throughout the month of October, Snapfish will offer exclusive PinkGives personalized photo gifts including a custom card collections, calendars, notebooks, customizable jewelry, hardcover journals, bookmarks and more. For every PinkGives product purchased, Snapfish will donate 30 percent of the proceeds (up to $25,000) to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

You can also showcase your support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by sending a note to pinkgives@snapfish.com about your involvement in the cause…are you participating in a local Susan G. Komen race? Organizing a fundraising campaign? Let Snapfish know and you could have the chance to have Snapfish-funded support as an official photo sponsor for your event. Snapfish will select four winners and will donate up to $1,500 to each event in product.

WIN IT! Enter for a chance to win a $50 credit to Snapfish! Enter below by doing any or all of the following (please leave a separate comment for each):

Leave a comment telling me if you’ve participated in any breast cancer awareness efforts this month.
Post about this giveaway on your Facebook page
Like The Pixel Boutique on Facebook
Like Snapfish on Facebook
Follow Snapfish on Twitter
Follow Susan G. Komen on Twitter
Tweet about this giveaway using the hash tag #thepixelboutique up to once a day
Need a suggestion? Tweet this: “@snapfishbyhp supports @komenforthecure with each purchase in Oct! Plus, enter to win $50! http://is.gd/h4IocI #thepixelboutique”

Giveaway ends October 31 at 11:59 pm PST.

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10 gift ideas for mother’s day {and a snapfish giveaway!}

By Nicole

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

UPDATE: The winner of this giveaway is #39, Kat!

Last Mother’s Day, this is what I woke up to…

Oh yes…in bed! Glorious. So you can imagine expectations are high again this year. Ahem.

Mother’s Day is just around the corner on May 8th. And I’m not going to lie…I totally dig Mother’s Day. What mom doesn’t? When the people in your life choose to spoil you in some way in an effort to say “thanks for whipping our boogies and cleaning our toilets and making us breakfast every morning”…it makes it a pretty special thing.

But showing mom how much you care doesn’t have to be big or expensive or extravagant. Here are some simple ideas for making mom feel extra special this year (with a nice little giveaway at the end!)!

1. Breakfast in Bed – It may seem a small thing, but trust me…mom will eat it up! (pun intended…)

2. Live Plant – Flowers are nice…but live plants are even better and enjoyed for years to come.

3. Camera – I don’t think I know one mom who doesn’t want to capture memories of her growing children. There are so many good cameras now a days on the market, that you don’t have to spend a fortune for a quality one. My favorites are the Nikon COOLPIX L24 14 MP and the Canon PowerShot SD1300IS 12.1 MP. Both are small enough for mom to carry in her purse but take good, quality pictures.

4. Photo Book – Photo books are all the rage and super easy to make. Snapfish offers photo books with many creative layouts and a range of sizes including 8×11, 8×8, 5×7 and even 4×6 flip books, great for all occasions. You can even pick up your photo book a Walmart while catching up on errands. Even better, Walmart is offering a price rollback now through June 30^th for great gifts at significant savings.

5. Poem or Song – My hubster is super good at this. And it always makes me laugh and cry all at the same time. Take time to write a cute little poem or song and perform it for mom. She’ll feel touched you put the time and thought into something so personal and heartfelt.

6. Gift in Honor - Really, when I look at how completely blessed and rich I truly am, there is nothing I lack or long for. And sometimes, knowing there’s pretty much nothing (~~except maybe a yacht~~ within the realms of my economic class) we cant go out and buy if we really wanted it, gift giving becomes a little bit of a challenge. I love to give gifts in honor through World Vision. It truly is a gift to all involved. Give everything from a goat to a chicken to clean water to education.

7. Jewelry – Not diamonds and rubies…I’ll take meaningful, personalized jewelry over precious stones any day. Love these wooden bracelets from Paloma’s Nest

and these leather bracelets and sterling silver swinging lockets from Snapfish.

8. Photo Journal – Another way to help mom record her special day and the entire year is with a personalized journal by Paper Coterie. The journal features a photo and several custom designs she’ll flip for.

9. Girl’s Night Out – For me, there never seems to be enough time for some good old fashion girl time with my best girlfriends. Make it easy on mom and line up babysitting, make dinner for the troops, maybe even send her off with a gift card to her favorite hangout to give her a night off.

10. Gift of Clean – Nothing says I love you more than clean toilets. Ok, maybe that’s just me, since I’m pretty practical when it comes to gifts…I don’t mind being gifted blenders and vacuum cleaners and things that make my life easier. And I bet neither will mom with a nice gift card from Merry Maids.

So even if it’s a last minute Photo greeting card or a meal out, celebrate mom this Mother’s Day and put a little love in whatever you do.

WIN IT! Thanks to the generosity of my friends at Snapfish, one lucky reader will win a $50 credit to use as they please at Snapfish. Buy something special for mom (cough…Husbands!…cough) or for yourself (Moms!). To earn an entry, do any or all of the following:

Comment on this post telling me your best Mother’s Day memory…whether you were the giver or the givee!
Post about this giveaway on your Facebook page
Like The Pixel Boutique on Facebook
Like Snapfish on Facebook
Tweet about this giveaway using the hash tag #thepixelboutique up to once a day
Need a suggestion? Tweet this: “Need Mother’s Day gift ideas? 10 ideas and a @snapfishbyhp $50 credit giveaway! #thepixelboutique http://is.gd/UIqgUS”

Hurry! This giveaway ends Wednesday, April 27 at midnight PST.

Good luck!

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Pink Gives

By Nicole · Comments (0)

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

This month you can’t fling a bra without hitting something pink. Pink hats, pink ribbons, pink umbrellas…I love it. Here are a few of my favorites.

My son’s football team got in the action…

Love this necklace from StephieMc’s Etsy shop…

and who could resist such a subtle message as this…?

This year, Snapfish is contributing to the fight against breast cancer in a big way by launching its new Pink Gives Store, offering custom card designs, calendars, notebooks, notepads, cards, and stickers.

As you may or may not know, yours truly has the privilege of being one of Snapfish’s new Publisher designers. And I’m proud to offer my own 5×7 photo card design in my shop in honor of this special month. Its called Bird on a Wire.

These designs can be used throughout the year…for birthdays, baby announcements, girl’s night out, a Spring luncheon, etc. Use your imagination!

For any purchase made, Snapfish will donate 30 percent of the proceeds to BreastCancer.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the most up-to-date, reliable, medically reviewed information on breast health and breast cancer to help those affected by breast cancer. Plus, if you spend $10 on any Pink Gives product through October, you’ll receive a free set of address labels! Simply use promotional code PINKGIVES during checkout to take advantage of this generous offer.

So take a look at all that Snapfish has to offer, and remember. Save the ta tas…

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Snapfish for the Holidays {Giveaway}

By Nicole

Friday, November 13th, 2009

UPDATE: The winner of this giveaway is #6…Tari! Congratulations!

Like it or not, its time to start planning for the Holidays. (If you are a more on-top-of-it person than I am, you probably have already licked and stamped your Christmas cards. But oh well. I do what I can do…!)

In years past, I’ve done everything from professionally printed (as in offset, 4 color printing) cards, to store bought, boxed card, to virtual e-cards. And last year? Well last year I claimed exempt from Christmas cards. Here’s why.

Anywho, one thing I have NEVER done (and I don’t even know why!) is those cute photo cards with a picture or two and a simple little Christmas greeting. I’m especially baffled at myself because I absolutely love getting them from my friends. And since we’re so close, I don’t mind telling you that I don’t always read all the way through the Christmas “letters” we get. I know that’s horrible, but for me a picture really is worth a thousand words…especially at Christmas time. Don’t tell anyone I said that.

This year I’m really considering this route, however. Though I must admit I don’t miss the addressing, stuffing, licking and buying the postage stamps by doing virtual cards, I realize there is something missing from them. My best girlfriend threatens terminating our friendship if I send one more virtual card that she cant stick on her refrigerator.

So I’ve been leaning towards some options on Snapfish. I love this one…

and this one:

There are also so many great gift ideas too, like:

and this:

Snapfish is offering free shipping on any order of 40 cards flat cards or more from now until November 30. Aaand, if you are a Flickr user, it is now easier than ever to process your photos. Now you can select and order photos to print, create cards, calendars, books, photo collages and more right from your Flickr account.

Giveaway! So here’s the deal. Go over to Snapfish and check out their wide array of photo card designs and Christmas gifts. Leave a comment on this post by Friday, November 27 and be entered to win a free desktop calendar for yourself or someone else. (For extra entries, you can tweet about this giveaway up to once a day. Leave a separate comment for each tweet.)

These cute calendars capture your favorite photos from the year, while keeping track of important holidays, birthdays and anniversaries. Display memories with a special photo caption on your desk at work, home or while traveling – you can even pick the starting month. Choose from 12 or 18 month calendars. Retail price is $14.99.

Good luck. Go get that tongue ready for some lickin’.