Mother's Day Gift Ideas from Minted

by Kristina Rust Photography

I am a huge fan of Minted.  If you are not familiar with Minted, Minted crowd-sources design and art from a global community of independent designers and then sells their designs as products such as stationery, home decor, wall art, etc.  If you love indie design, then you will love Minted.

And for those of you looking for a unique gift for your mom (or yourself) for Mother's Day this year, you should definitely check out Minted's Mother's Day Shop.  Here are a few of my favorite items...(I think I might need to forward this post to my husband).

For the mom who likes to be organized in style or enjoys journaling, these notebooks are the perfect gift. 

This custom Heart Snapshot Mix Photo Art is a unique way to display some of your favorite photos.  

Personalized stationery is always a big hit.  

And how about customized wrapping paper?  I LOVE this idea!

Disclaimer:  The links in this post are affiliate links meaning I will receive a small commission from the company at no extra cost to you. Thanks in advance if you decide to make a purchase. 

Share Your Photos with Smilebox

by: Kristina

A couple of weeks ago  I went to an event hosted by Smilebox  and my how I love this amazing application!    I've been playing around with it the past few weeks and have been busy creating holiday gifts for my friends and family (shhh, don't tell).   And we are so excited because we are giving away a one year membership to Club Smilebox to one of our lucky readers (see the details below).

If you are not familiar with Smilebox,  Smilebox is an photo sharing service that is both PC and Mac based that allows you to quickly and easily create and share slideshows, invitations, greetings, collages, photo albums and scrapbooks.    They have a thousand customizable designs ranging from holiday, birthday, baby, wedding and every day themes that you can easily share via Facebook, your blog or by email.  Oh and they just added an iPhone app that allows you to spruce up your iPhone pictures with cute embellishments.

Here is an example of a holiday card I made (if you click on the individual photos, they will become larger)....

Greeting made with Smilebox

And here is a photo collage I made of my family's recent trip to Pajaro Dunes.

This picture collage created with Smilebox

The one caveat to Smilebox is if you are interested in printing your creations you have to upgrade to a yearly membership which is $39.99 (but sharing your creations via your blog, Facebook or email is always free).  The membership includes:

• Full screen, ad-free playback
• Print at home or a store (they now have their own direct printing, where you can order through Smilebox's printing service and shipping is free).  
• Burn to DVD and save to photo frame
• Use their music (2000+ songs) or yours
• Unlimited storage for shared creations

The GIVEAWAY:   Smilebox has graciously provided Moms Who Click with one download code for a yearly membership to Club Smilebox to one of our readers.  Yipee!!!  To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is LIKE Smilebox's Facebook page and leave a comment on our blog letting us know that you did.  We will randomly draw a name using random.org and announce the winner on Monday, December  5th.  Deadline to enter is Sunday, December 4th at Midnight Pacific Standard Time.