10 days to Thanksgiving and the beginning of the Holiday season...

Now that Oliver is here I can not wait for Christmas!  My Holiday Spirit was missing the last few years, but it is ON this year!!! Like every year we will go to the Christmas Tree Farm and pick out our tree and I will bake cookies... mmmmhhhh cookies :)  The one thing I am not looking forward to is, holiday gift shopping with a baby, thank God for the internet!!!

Yesterday I set myself a goal, that I would LOVE to mail out my cards by December 6th and then today I get an email from my friend Sandra about the Shutterfly Holiday Card Promo and now let the card designing begin!!! 

Shutterfly offers a great collection of Christmas cards, but I managed to narrow it down to the following two:

Patrick's Favorite

I would chose a black and white picture for this card - I do like red sparkles and the snowflakes...

My Favorite

Just like the sample picture I think I would go with a colored picture on my personal favorite... I need to get a Santa Hat for Oliver ASAP!!! 

A few years ago when I discovered Shutterfly I created a photobook for my niece of our afternoon photo session as a wonderful keepsake - since then I've created many photobooks for me to keep and for our family - but now that Oliver is here both grandparents will receive a calendar for Christmas!  I am also considering a photo mug for my Starbucks loving FIL!

If you are interested in this promotion - here is the link :)