*Disclaimer: I was compensated by Minted to write this post.  This post was written by me.  All opinions are 100% mine.*

This year has just flown by!  It seems like it was just yesterday that my husband and I were figuring out how in the world to design Christmas cards and where to have them printed.  We settled for a not so great answer and ended up with subpar cards to send out to a few of our friends that live far away.

This year I wanted something better.

And this year I found the answer, and I am SO excited to share it with all of you today!

Enter: Minted.

Okay you guys.  Minted.com is SO awesome!  They have hundreds of different card choices, from flat-cards to fold-out cards, to mini-book cards.  Every card can be customized with your own picture(s), color, greeting,  and my favorite…the SHAPE!

I don’t know about you, but at Christmas time I start getting so many cards, and eventually they all start looking the same: a rectangular card with a picture on it that says “Merry Christmas”.

Well, no more cliche cards from my family!  You can pick a different shape for you card for no additional cost!  Seriously. So. Cool.

Here are some of my personal favorites that I’m debating between this year:

Autograph

Family Year In Review

Making Spirits Bright

Glitter Holiday

Oh So Merry Collage

Bright and Chalky

Glitter Garden

Not only does Minted offer Holiday Cards, they offer a huge selection of wedding, birthday, baby shower invitations etc., stationary, business cards, banners, party decor and SO much more!  Go check them out!!

And, not only does Minted have a fabulous shop, they also have a great BLOG!  (Hooray for blogs!!)  Their blog is called Julep and offers many wonderful ideas.

One of the posts I love from Julep is How To Gold-Leaf a Pumpkin.  Remember back when I told you all how I thought that plain pumpkins were just so…boring?  Well, these gold-leaved pumpkins are anything but boring!

You can find this and more at minted’s blog Julep.

Happy Holidays!