Free Large Custom Photo Book

I'm loving all the photo book deals lately!

Have you ever heard of Picaboo??

They are a photo developing company that specializes is photo books and cards.

And for the month of March, all new customers can get a free photo book using the code AFFLGB.

Here's what you need to know about the promotion:

• Offer good through March 31st.
• The cost of one 20-page Large Classic, Classic Leather, or Classic Custom photo book (up to $39.99) will be deducted from your order total. If your book contains more than 20 pages, you will be charged for the additional pages.
• Taxes and shipping charges are not included.
• This coupon is for first-time customers only.

I have seen several deal bloggers post this deal and it has been receiving great feedback, so I thought I would share it with you all. You can read tons of great reviews of this promotion on Facebook.

You do have to download the Picaboo software, but it is a simple download and easy to use. I just downloaded it on Friday.

This week I am planning to make a photo book documenting my pregnancy - photos of my belly, baby showers, preparing Elias's room and a few photos of his birth. Won't that be cool? I love making photo books whenever I have a lot of photos that I want to capture. I think it will be really special to look at.

Other photo book ideas:

• wedding photos
• honeymoon photos
• A year in the life (favorite photos from a particular year - I would totally do this if I had time in the next two weeks, but I think it will take me longer than I have)
• sports photos
• special vacation
• grandparents/grandchildren
• mom and me (great mother's day gift)
• old photos (of your parents/grandparents)

I'll be sure to share about the process (since I haven't used Picaboo before)!

Right now I am going to go work on my Snapfish photo book and print deal - remember the print deal is only good until tomorrow! I'll make my Picaboo book next week.

A feel a sense of accomplishment coming on- don't you? Tackle those photos! :)

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Adie Camp Winners & Facebook

Congrats to the following 5 winners:

Rebecca:
How amazing is she!
I have never really listened to worship music so this would be a great introduction! :)

ashleyp05

I LOVE Adie and Jeremy's music!! I can't wait to hear this one!

 

  QuatroMama 

What a great conversation to share with us! So loved hearing from each of you.
Wish we were just a hop and a skip away to have conversations like this!
Blessings!

 

Michelle 

I would love to win this so I have some great new tunes to play in the car driving around... my CD collection has been stagnant for a good while now... so this would be a fun way to liven it up!

 

melkrist 

What an enjoyable interview. I really appreciated that Adie spoke about her miscarriage. I remember reading about it on her and Jeremy's blogs. My heart ached for them as I know what they were feeling. Thanks for the opportunity to win one of Adie's new CD's. I really want to hear the song she spoke about "Shelter". I'm in desperate need of needing God's shelter right now.

Oh and my favorite worship song is "How He Loves Us" by Kim Walker.

Please email me your mailing address!

If you didn't win a copy of Adie's new album, I encourage you to order the album from Amazon (it's only $6.99) or from iTunes. When albums are that cheap, I always like to get the real deal so I can put the music on my computer and have a CD in my car. This would also make a great item for Easter baskets.

On a different note, are you a fan of The Mom Creative on Facebook? If not, please consider becoming one! In addition to having blog content linked on Facebook, I try to post other deals and promos that I find online, but don't have time to blog. 

Elias the Leprechaun: Easy Magnet Project

My family has been begging me to make another magnet of Elias (the last one I did was Easter last year).

I just haven't done the holiday photos like I did in his first year.

So no magnets.

But I knew that with St. Patrick's coming I would be doing one.

This past weekend Matthew and I set out to get the perfect leprechaun photo.

And I think we succeeded. :)

 

The black background is nothing more than a black fleece blanket. We took the shot outside at about 3:00 pm. 

I then photoshopped the picture down to 3x4 so I could put two on a 6x4 canvas. 

Then I added words. 

Ta-da!

Here the magnets are after I rolled them through my Xyron 900 which is probably the Xyron machine I use the most. I love that you can make magnets so quickly using it, with a laminate/magnet refill on the inside.

You can regularly get the machines and the refills 40-50% off at Michaels and JoAnns with a coupon.

I am excited to get these in the mail today so they arrive just in time for St. Pattys.

I encourage you to send photos of your kids to your family members. With digital photos today we don't often get "doubles" like we used to with film, and consequently don't always remember to share our favorite pictures with loved ones.

Disclosure: My Xyron machine and refills are provided by Xyron for me to use as a member of its design team. The cute leprechaun and the crafty ideas are my own.

Are You Behind Like Me?

I keep blogging about getting photos developed, yet I am still SO behind.

It is kind of stressing me out.

This weekend I am going to Wisconsin to visit my family with Elias (and give Daddy some needed writing time, since day care is closed next week), and I am hoping that while they are kissing on him, I can get caught up on some items on my to do list including:

Item #1 - get a couple hundred photos developed on Snapfish.

Item #2 - create a photo book from Matthew's World Vision trip to Uganda

I think this is going to be the cover photo:

Thankfully, Snapfish is offering two fabulous promos right now.

• 100 Free Prints with any photo book order. (Good through March 31)
• 150 prints for $15 with the code STPATDEAL. (Good through March 15)

My plan is to get the book made and ordered.  Then combine the 100 free prints with the 150 deal to get 250 prints for $15 plus shipping!

If you don't have a Snapfish account, you can also get 50 free prints when you sign up for one.

If you have never made a photo book, I totally encourage you to make one! I have had them made by both Shutterfly and Snapfish, and have always been pleased with the results. It is a great way to get a bunch of photos and memories put together in a time-saving and cost-effective manner. I tend to make them for special events (birthdays, weddings, christmas, trips).

One benefit to ordering prints vs. getting them at Walgreens (where I get a lot of my photos) is that I can get matte prints. (Walgreens in Nashville doesn't offer matte finish).

I love matte finish.

What do you prefer - matte or gloss?

Hope these deals help you get caught up on your photos!

Do You Use Groupon?

Have you discovered Groupon yet? If you live in or near a big city (there's about 50 cities that are a part of it), chances are you could get some great deals on Groupon. Essentially Groupon offers a different gift certificate each day that you purchase at like 50-85% off.

I bought a gift certificate to go to Nashville's The Local Taco a couple weeks ago, and we got it for $15 - and it was for $30 worth of food. We used it Friday night, and it was such a treat to go out to eat, and have it be so reasonable for our family of three.

If there is a Groupon for your city I recommend signing up to receive a daily email with the day's Groupon deal because the deal is only good for one day. I would have missed The Local Taco deal had I not been getting the emails (and I had been getting them for a couple months before making a purchase!) You also can earn "Groupon dollars" when you refer people and they purchase a Groupon, which is cool.

Hope this helps you find some great deal!

Project Life Tuesday: Week Nine

Welcome to Project Life Tuesday! If you are new to The Mom Creative, each Tuesday, I share my pictures from my Project Life album - a photo a day for all of 2010, and readers are invited to link to their blog posts that share their photos. My only requests are a) that you link back to The Mom Creative or post the Project Life Tuesday button on your blog/in your post and b) that you link your post in the MckLinky - not directly to your blog.

Sunday, February 28 - My friend Melissa and I took our boys to Disney Live today. We had so much fun chatting through the show as the boys watched. Elias was especially captivated.

Monday, March 1 - I love how much this picture captures every day life - Elias wanting to sit by Daddy and Daddy on his iphone. Perfect.

Tuesday, March 2 - Elias LOVES to race down our hallway. He and Matthew raced about a dozen times tonight and he never stopped shrieking with delight. (this photo is cropped to 3x4 on a 6x4 page, hence the weird white space)

Wednesday, March 3 - Three out of our five dining room light bulbs burned out and separated from the metal part this week. SO annoying.

Thursday, March 4 - Today my blog post on Traveling with a Toddler was featured on the Southwest blog. It got more than 200 likes and more than 400 comments on Facebook. Pretty incredible response!

Friday, March 5 - Today I directed a video shoot for Strength for Service. It went really well. I was delighted to meet Evan, the young man behind the project, who I have spoken to on the phone for five years.

Saturday, March 6 - Today Elias and I went to the Camps so Adie and I could do a vlog post for her new album release. It was so good to spend time together. (Enter the giveaway here)

Your turn!