Back when I was a newlywed (all of 20yrs old) I couldn’t wait to send out holiday cards at Christmas time. I had a paper address book of friends and relatives and I would go to Hallmark to search for the perfectly adorable card to send to all my loved ones that I could sign, “love, Katie & Eric” and feel like a full on grown up.
I know the holidays are over, but bear with me a minute. I do have a point I’m getting to. 🙂
Over the years I felt less of a need to feel like a grown up and sending holiday cards fell by the wayside. It started feeling more like a chore and life got busier as we started growing our family so I just stopped one year. Then when I got more interested in photography and saw all the beautiful cards my peers and mentors were sending out, I felt the need to send dazzling photo holiday cards that I created myself. Back then there weren’t a lot of pre-made photo card options. Shutterfly was one of the few places that had designs readily available, but no self respecting photog was going to send out a Shutterfly designed card. Oh no. It had to be masterfully designed and printed at only the top quality printers. (warning: no offense to anyone who uses or used Shutterfly, this was likely just been my delusional thought process at the time) 😛 Unfortunately creating photo cards to send to the printer was a huge ordeal. It required photoshop and clipping masks and digital elements and creativity! Creating my own cards lasted about 1-2 years and then the work of putting together the cards outweighed the act of sending them out so I stopped again. At the time, we didn’t receive a ton of holiday cards so I didn’t feel bad about it or feel the need to send cards out.
Well, this past holiday season that changed. It was the first time in years that I was bummed I hadn’t sent out any cards. As the beautifully designed cards started rolling in, I noticed a theme. A lot of them had one little word, in small print, on the back…Minted.
What is Minted?
In their own words, “Minted is community of independent artists and designers creating beautiful, customizable products”
In short, they sell customizable holiday cards, birth announcements, wedding invitations, wall art, party supplies, planners and more! They print on heavy premium card stock and will even print addresses on the card envelopes for you.
Here is just a small sampling of my favorite designs from the site…
Forget to send out holiday cards? Send New Years ones!
Having a baby? Check out these adorable shower invitations…
Getting married? Check out Minted’s awesome Save the Date cards!
One of my favorite products that Minted offers is wall art! I’m always looking for ways to decorate and they make it so easy! They sell just the prints themselves or with a frame! They have original art, but also customizable art. These are a couple of my favorites that use photos…
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to use Minted for my next event/holiday or wall art purchase!
**Full Disclosure :: I was compensated for this review, but all views in this post are my honest and unbiased opinions. I really do think all of these products are super adorable and you should definitely visit Minted for your stationary needs!
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