Until Sunday, snag a free 5×7 photo book at Kodak Gallery. If you’re not already a member, new KODAK Gallery Members get 50 FREE prints. Just pay shipping of $1.99. Use coupon code TGTFREEBOOK.
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Review: Shutterfly Photo Books for Picky People
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Ever the procrastinator, I always put off creating my annual family year-in-review Christmas books until the very last moment. One year, I had to give them as New Year’s gifts, that’s how bad I am about it. And it looks like its shaping up that way again this year, with only 10 days until Christmas.
I’ll tell you honestly that I haven’t decided which brand of photo book I plan of creating this year. I’ve used Kodak and Snapfish before, primarily because of the lower cost, but I also spent hours (literally) creating these books. This year, if I order early enough to take advantage of the free shipping and 50% additional books coupon codes, I’m going with Shutterfly.
A few months ago, I got a code from Pampers to create a free 7×9 photo book and used the Simple Path technology on the Shutterfly site–letting them arrange and design the book for me. Huge time savings. And great result too!
I’m a magazine editor, so I’ll admit I’m way too opinionated about the placement, cropping, design and type styling for each page of my annual book. But the Simple Path nailed it. A new record time for me creating a book! (Anyone who’s stayed up late making their annual book knows the pain.)
Shutterfly even offered to let me try their Holiday and other Everyday Occasions greeting cards if I’d write a post about my past experiences with them. The deadline? Dec. 15 at 11:59 p.m. Check the post time… Dec. 15 at 10:57 p.m.
Free Photo Calling Cards from Kodak
I’m still diggin’ the free photo gifts from Kodak Gallery. If you’re keeping score, Kodak Gallery, Snapfish and Shutterfly are the three big photo printing houses. Used to be that Kodak was the stingiest (Er, most stingy? Where’s the copy desk when I need it?) about offering free prints, products or free shipping, but alas! Free stuff! So, fellow photo nerds, here’s a few good deals for you.
50 Free Mommy or Photo Calling Cards
- New KODAK Gallery Members get 50 FREE prints
or login to your existing account
- Go to Cards>Mommy Cards>Free Products
- Create one set of free calling cards
- Pay just for shipping
20 Free Birth Announcements
- New KODAK Gallery Members get 50 FREE prints
- Go to Shop>Free Products
- Create two sets of free birth announcements
- Pay just for shipping
- Enjoy!
Add Mommy Cards to My List of Nerdy Things
I’m about to reorder my free Mommy Cards from the Kodak Gallery, so figured I’d share this post again. This time, though, I finally became an “affiliate” for Kodak Gallery, so they gave me this referral link for FatHeadDog readers–50 free Mommy Contact Cards plus $3.99 for shipping.
Maybe I’m a nerd for business cards, but I’m excited to order a few different sets of these for different purposes–freelance writing, FatHeadDog stuff and Mommy cards for my kiddo’s friend’s moms. Oh, and one for my secret Wonderwoman identity. Dang it, “secret” was operative word.
If you still have unwritten thank you notes, read this
It’s just too embarrassing to write them now.
My son’s 2nd birthday was in April. Yo Gabba Gabba theme. Cupcakes, balloons, good friends and lots of great photographs. The perfect little boy birthday party that my superwoman-complex mind had dreamed of. Perfect.. save the fact that I still haven’t written my thank you notes. Has anyone seen my P’s and Q’s.. because I seem to have misplaced them.
Thank goodness, then, that Shutterfly is offering 3 FREE custom greeting cards. These make great personalized thank you cards. For even the thank you-ly lazy like me.
Here’s how to cash in your FREE prints:
- Login or register with Shutterfly
- Click on “My Shutterfly”
- Scroll down and click “Enter Special Code Offer”
- Enter code SUMMERCARDS to have the prints credited to your account
Shutterfly shipping is approximately $0.99 when you send all three cards to yourself. PLUS, new members will receive 50 FREE prints when they sign up! Free greeting card sale expires 9/1/10.
Social calling cards 2.0
Just like calling cards of days past, the new brand of social calling cards are smart, distinctive and a great way to set yourself apart from the crowd. As a mommy blogger (but you’ll never catch me calling myself that.. oh, wait..), social calling cards are a great way to share my site with family and friends who can’t seem to make FatHeadDog.com a household name. I don’t understand why..
Great uses for Calling Cards and how to order a set free:
- Social networking: Instead of handing over your business card, a personal calling card is a less stuffy way of sharing your vital information and pass along your personal email and phone number. Jobs change but your personal email stays with you and personal calling cards are the perfect solution for that. Continue reading
Father’s Day Gifts at Shutterfly
Dear old dad needs some love. Shutterfly can help. Here’s a rundown of their specials:
Get three FREE father’s day 5×7 folded personalized cards for the price of shipping with code CARDS4DAD. You can have them addressed and stamped, to be sent directly from Shutterfly. They offered this same special for mother’s day and it was a big hit with my mother, mother in law and grandmother.
For gifts, such as Photobooks, Mugs, Calendars and other cool stuff, use SHIP30 for free standard shipping on orders $30 or more, through June 10.
When you spend $30 at Shutterfly, you’ll get a $15 bonus gift from Omaha Steaks. Order by June 15, and you’ll receive a reward code from Omaha Steaks about two weeks later.
A Smooch from FatHeadDog (and LIFE magazine)
You know, that’s FatHeadDog on the right. Not really, but Snapfish has teamed up with LIFE.com to offer the iconic magazine’s historic photos as printed cards, which make great personalized stationary for thank you cards and the like. These selected number of photographs from LIFE.com’s archives can help capture the exact emotion you’re looking for in your greeting cards, notecards and notebooks. It plans to introduce more offerings in the coming months, according to a Snapfish press release.
I can personally recommend the high-quality greeting cards and notecards, but Continue reading
Free Gift for Moms-to-Be
Moms-to-be, get 20 FREE Birth Announcement Photo Cards at Kodak Gallery! through May31. Receive up to 20 Free 5 x 7″ Photo Paper Cards (a $13.98 value). No coupon code needed, just click thru and choose one of Kodak’s selected “free” designs for your free photo cards.
Free Kodak Mother’s Day Card
Offer valid through 5/6/10. Enter coupon code 4MOM to receive one free Folded Greeting Card (a discount of $2.49). One redemption per customer.
Mother’s Day Gift Idea
Here’s an idea for a unique Mother’s Day gift–a KODAK Picture Movie DVD, which combines your favorite photos with a meaningful song and are created directly on a Kodak Picture Kiosk in just minutes. FatHeadDog is already a big fan of Kodak Gallery photobooks, so I’m excited to try the Picture Movie DVDs.
What you need to make a KODAK Picture Movie DVD:
* A print out of the Buy One Get One Free coupon, a $15 value
* 30-60 physical or digital photos on a camera card, thumb drive or DVD
* A print out of the Buy One Get One Free coupon, a $15 value
* 30-60 physical or digital photos on a camera card, thumb drive or DVD
Download the Coupon for a Buy One Get One Free KODAK Picture Movie DVD, good through Sunday, May 9. Then head to a participating CVS, Target, Jewel-Osco and others to create your personalized gift.
Great gift idea
From the experts at Kodak Gallery, who offer periodic photography tips, here’s one great idea for a precious time-capsule gift for mom, dad or grandparents:
A day in the life of…
Photograph your baby when they first wake up in the morning, and continue to document them at meals, bath time, naptime, playtime, and every other major moment in their day. Try and keep everything very typical to their schedule. Have a proof sheet made from the film and you’ll see a full day-in-the-life story of your baby made by you.
® Amy Postle
Source: Kodak Gallery Exposure| July 2009 newsletter
Shutterfly sale
Save 20% off Shutterfly photo books with promo code SUMMERTIME. Also, get free shipping on orders of $30 of more. Offer ends July 13, 2009.
Just my two cents: Between Snapfish, Kodak Gallery and Shutterfly, I think Shutterfly has the best looking books–best quality and best looking layouts.
Have thousands of unprinted digital photos?
When it comes to printing your digital photos, you have plenty of choices–you can take your memory card to your local drugstore for in-store printing, printing at home on a photo printer, or uploading them online for snail mail delivery. Here’s a great starter’s guide from Cnet to printing your digital photos:
Print at home
Printing at home is cheap and long-lasting if you use the right printer, ink, and paper. A 4×6 print will typically cost between 25 and 50 cents, depending on the printer and the ink. Of course that doesn’t include the cost of the printer or user error. Be sure to read Cnet printer reviews to get an idea of how often you’ll need to replace the ink cartridge.
Highlight: convenience
Lowlight: inferior quality
Print at a store kiosk
Store kiosks are convenient, and they let you do a lot of basic editing right on the spot (cropping, adjusting brightness, removing red-eye, etc). If you shop around, you can find stores that let you create 4×6 prints for well under 50 cents each. These do-it-yourself machines are a good alternative if you’re not in the mood for the care and feeding of your own photo printer.
Highlight: great option for those less adept at photo editing
Lowlight: time consuming unless you organize which photos you want to print first at home
Online printing services
Online print services such as Shutterfly, SnapFish, Kodak EasyShare Gallery, and many others are often the least expensive and can give great-looking prints. However, like the good old days, you’ll have to wait to see the results. But that’s fine when you’re printing a large number of images—for instance, all your vacation photos.
Highlights: plentiful coupon codes can be found at Slickdeals.net and this site
Lowlights: can be daunting for less-skilled users
Source: Cnet.com
