Dear Shutterfly,

I have a complaint, a bone to pick with you, a score to settle (if you will). I am a dazed and confused mother of three young children (seriously? pinch me, it still feels entirely too good to be true!), the youngest of which is not even three weeks old yet. Typically I would send out Christmas cards or newsletters with a family picture this time of year, just like my good momma always did. I believe it's one of our most important holiday traditions, especially now that my mother's yearly chronicles have been preserved and compiled into a family history for myself and each of my siblings. I usually already have a plan by Thanksgiving so that I don't end up waiting too long and get too busy to send them out. However, this year we were a bit busier than usual. Growing our family this time around required travel out of state in order to adopt our daughter born on Thanksgiving day. Now, not only am I behind and even more busy as a mom of three, I have another problem...you have far too many choices! You see, I am decision making challenged. I don't think you realize that having such selection is making my job harder! I mean, look at these folded greeting cards. And these flat stationary cards. And these flat photo cards!! You have so many fabulous designs in different styles and sizes that accommodate various numbers of photos and every budget -- darn you Shutterfly! How will I ever choose? Oh, and throw in the fact that you also have a ton of gorgeous birth announcements. Tell me, please, am I supposed to send out holiday cards or birth announcements for a holiday baby? Who knows! Oh wait...you do. You have a whole selection of holiday birth announcements. Uh...forget about the whole bone to pick thing. j/k. Merry Christmas! Thanks for being awesome! Now I just have to decide which card might be able to do a photograph like this one (taken by the incredible Kim Orlandini) justice...

Easy peasy, right?! Well, at least I've got it narrowed down now! Thanks!

Sincerely,
Megan H.



Full Disclosure: I wrote this post to help Shutterfly get the word out about their awesome personalized products and holiday card collection. In exchange, as part of this promotion, I will receive a code good for 50 free photo cards from Shutterfly.com. In reality, I am an actual Shutterfly customer and have been very happy with their services over the last 5 years I have used them.