I have teamed up with Minted every year because I love them! The designs, the quality of the cards, the FREE recipient addressing. Today, I am sharing my favorites from their 2016 Christmas card collection and also showing the free envelope addressing you can choose with each design. You can mix & match cards with different address styles. ♥ Here are just 13 that I picked to share with you:
And of course I’ll share a great deal going on with you -- here’s what to do for the best value:
1. Click here to get your $25 referral. (and then you use your referral code with your friends after you do the deal)
2. come back and choose your favorite holiday cards
3. Use the Coupon Code MERRY16 to save 10-15% off or if you are ordering foil cards use FOIL20 for 20% off.
4. If you choose express service available on some of the cards (where you skip the proof and get them faster), you will get an extra $10 off.
So, you can get 55 beautiful cards with gorgeous FREE recipient addressed envelopes for around $65 shipped! You can still checkout today with the offer and choose your picture and updated your addresses later.
I LOVE the address assistant, my addresses are ready to go every year, I just update them with people that have moved and then they print out beautiful envelopes to go with the cards for FREE!
We are giving away THREE $100 gift cards to Minted for 320 Sycamore readers, just click on this link to enter. Good luck!!
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and DEALS! These are the prices when I hit publish, they can change or run out at anytime. Lowest price means it is the lowest price within a year, within $1
* today only, lowest price: Mega Blocks Deluxe Bag, 150 pieces $17.99
* free Krispy Kreme doughnut on Election Day!
* lowest price: Fisher Price classic chatter phone $7.35
* Oprah’s Favorite Things are now on Amazon – a few more affordable picks: The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu $14.54 ** Bluetooth key finder $29.99 ** Biscuit Mix & Honey Gift Set $22
* this weekend: 30% off bedding at Target – online, no code needed
* Oster Triple Warming Buffet Server $29.99
* $10 off $25 purchase at JCPenney with code SAVE95 at checkout or 20% off with WESHOP96. They have their Home Expressions bath towels for $4.49 each, I got 6 of the perfect aqua color, used code SAVE95 and chose in-store pickup, making my total $22.05 or $3.67 per towel!
-they also have twin sheet sets for $7!
* Buy 2, Get 1 Free board games with free shipping at Target! So, you could get: Bounce Off, Classic Battleship, and Rummikub for only $25 shipped
* Lincoln Logs Anniversary tin $29.99
* 50% off in-store Yankee candle coupon
* snap up cardigans at Jane $11.99
* lowest price: Reynolds Wrap 200 sq ft foil $6.11 when you clip the coupon
* The Body Shop: Buy 3 Get 3 Free with free shipping on all orders!
* Sterilite 3 drawer wide cart $15
* lowest price: Himalayan sea salt lamp $18.05
* lowest price: Melissa & Doug Let’s Play House: stir & serve utensils $8.47
* lowest price: KidCraft Play Food Set $13.99
* lowest price: Learning Resources cash register $22.36
* lowest price: KidCraft Uptown Natural Kitchen $98.39
* lowest price: KidCraft Gourmet Corner Kitchen $126
* lowest price: KidCraft Annabelle Dollhouse with furniture $83.99
* lowest price: Snap Circuits Jr. Electronics Discovery Kit $14.39
* lowest price: Peppa Pig’s Deluxe House $19.99
* lowest price: LeapFrog My Own Laptop $11.51
* lowest price: Little Tikes Cozy Coupe patrol car $35.99
* Evenflo Maestro Car Seat $58.97
Have the best weekend, U.S readers: don’t forget to set your clocks back!
I know some of you are jubilantly pulling out tinsel and trees and Joy to the World and others are planting your pilgrim heels in the ground until December 1. I shared on Instagram that I came home from an appointment on Nov 1 and my kids were trading Halloween candy and listening to Christmas music! I have neighbors putting lights up (actually a smart choice in this nice weather!) and of course Christmas is spilling out in every store because a longer selling season means more $$$, right?
But I do love Thanksgiving, it is like a wise grandparent of holidays: kind, simple, not rushed, prudent and often taken for granted.
But to take that breath between the gorge of Halloween and the Christmas frenzy is worth the intentional effort. To spend time with family and recognize all that we have been blessed with and what truly we have!
Now that’s not to be saying that I won’t be making my list and checking some things off (especially when good deals come along!) because that helps our time in December be less hectic as well.
And there are many worse things than celebrating Christmas for 2 months, but I guess I’m saying I don’t want to forget Thanksgiving, so we’re not! And there might be some intermixing this month but that’s okay. And finally, as you can see, here is my porch -- it probably would have been better to simply title this post “Don’t Skip Thanksgiving” and then post pictures but nothing can ever be that simple for me.
What about you? Are you a Thanksgiving purist? Or do you believe holidays can peacefully co-exist?
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and DEALS! These are the prices when I hit publish, they can change or run out at anytime. Lowest price means it is the lowest price within a year, within $1
* PB flash sale! These Pottery Barn throws are only $31 with FREE shipping! That is better than Tj Maxx or Home Goods! From top to bottom:
- Buffalo Checks in black or red $31
* Also, check your emails – I got a Pottery Barn email for 20% off entire purchase, in-store only this weekend!
* JCPenney biggest sale: all of these women’s booties are $25, use code HURRY39 for $10 off $25 purchase and they are only $15! OR here is the in-store coupon
also at JCPenney:
Puffer jackets for the whole family are $25, with the coupon code HURRY39 you can score one for $15
-Mens
-Boys
* Target: 40% off curtains this weekend!
* Barnes & Noble has a 2 for $30 (free shipping!) Cookbook Sale this weekend! So, you
* Toshiba 32” TV only $129.99 or Insignia 48” TV only $269.99
* Stocking stuffer: 3 set love bracelets from Jane.com
* lowest price: Jack Link’s beef jerky 1 whole pound! $12.33
* lowest price: Fisher Price Little People Animal Friends Farm $27
* huge roll red/white baker’s twine $4.33
* lowest price: Fisher Price laugh & learn tea set $11.81
* lowest price: Mrs. Meyers multi-purpose cleaner in bluebell scent $6.83
* $15 outfits are back at Fabletics when you join their VIP Member!
Send a reminder on your phone to cancel via chat or call if you don’t want to keep it
* lowest price: Kolcraft stroller $28.97
* today only – lowest price: Hoover Carpet Cleaner $95.79
* lowest price: Crock Pot 6 qt programmable crock pot + bonus dipper pot $29.99
* lowest price: Leap Frog 7” kids tablet $67.28
* lowest price; Millenium Falcon Snaptite build & play $14.98
* Baby Gifts! VTech Musical Bee $12.97 and Aveeno 2 pk Wash & Shampoo $5
* Extra Peppermint Gum, pack of 20 $10 (50 cents each!)
* lowest price: Jumanji + RV dvd $5
* lowest price: LEGO City Garbage Truck Set $14.39
Have a spoooktacular weekend!!
Who doesn’t love to save some money? I have been jotting down some money-saving tips throughout the year that I wanted to share:
7. Don’t want to drop thousands on a mattress? Buy a less expensive firm mattress for good support and then buy a good memory foam topper -- this is similar to the one we love from Costco.
I shared this tip for keeping the topper in place!
6. Clean out your fridge and freezer before going to the grocery store to see what you need to use. Then make a shopping list that will get you through the week/2 weeks/month, whatever works best for your family. I was so bad about this over the summer and was going to the store almost every day and spending WAY too much. It’s worth the 1/2 hr-45 minutes to do a quick clean out & inventory and plan for the week and makes much less waste.
5. Take advantage of store savings! I was cursing Walmart because they didn’t have the receipt look-up like other stores do and I despise keeping paper receipts. My sister told me about their Savings Catcher – basically, you download the app and you can quickly scan the code at the bottom of the receipt after you checkout and it stores the receipt in their database so you can throw the paper one away PLUS if they find a better deal at a local store on any of the items you purchased, you get the difference!
I’ve already earned over $10 since I began a few months ago, then you can use it like a gift card on your purchases at the store or online.
- I also LOVE the Target Red Debit Card. This is a DEBIT card, not a credit card so it comes right out of your savings or checking account, no getting a big statement from your Target fling a month later. No fees, you save 5% on every purchase in-store or online, you get free shipping on every order, 30 extra days for returns.
4. Freebies for good grades! Check around your area. I know Krispy Kreme offers a free donut for every A (or A equivalent), what a fun outing at the end of each term.
3. Use Camel Camel Camel -- I often get asked how I know something is a lowest price on CME + Deals every week and this is what I use! Let’s say I saw LEGO Poe’s X-Wing Fighter at Costco last week for $70 (which I did!) and I wanted to know if that was a good deal. I find the product on Amazon, paste it into Camel Camel Camel and it will show me that the lowest it has been on Amazon is $67.95 and right now it’s 67.99 so yes, it’s a great deal. So then you can decide if you want to get it at Costco right now or order it on Amazon.
PLUS, you can set a price watch ^^ on it so you will get an email if it gets down to the price you want and you can jump on it quickly.
2. Haircuts! A good haircut around here runs $30-$40. I’ve found that you can save money by going to a less expensive chain salon in between cuts – check the reviews on Google to get good person at the salon, look at how they do their own hair!, and tell them you just want a trim and to follow the lines of what you normally have done. Most people get haircuts 7-8 times per year, so if you went to a cheap salon for 4 of those times for a $10 haircut you would save at least $100.
1. Check your auto & home insurance! If you have been with your carrier for more than a year or two, have they raised your rates? Usually companies give great introductory rates and it is so worth the hour to call around/ search online and make sure you are getting the best rate every few years. Make sure you are getting all of the discounts with your employer, safe driver, home bundle discount, etc. You can save $50-$100/month by doing this.
What are your best money-saving tips? We’d love to hear!
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