Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Clients

by Kristina Rust Photography

I love giving my clients a little something extra during the holidays...something unexpected to thank them for choosing me to photograph their families.   This year my go to items have been metal ornaments, personalized notebooks and mini-canvas photos.  With all the great holiday promotions going on right now, most of these gifts can be purchased for under $20.

I realize now as I write this post, that I should have taken photos before I packed up all my goodies and delivered them to clients.  But I was too excited to go out and spread my photo cheer and forgot....oh well.

But here are the sites I ordered from (note some of these are affiliate links) and if you hurry you can still get these great gifts in time for Christmas too. 

Tiny Prints:  I ordered personalized notebooks and metal ornaments from Tiny Prints.  I was very happy with the quality of both products and so were my excited clients.  

I actually ordered the metal ornaments from Shutterfly (Tiny Prints, parent company) and instead of putting the family name I added the year.  It's the perfect keepsake! And right now you can save 40% using the code OURFAVS (offer expires 12/11/2014 so act fast). 

Photobucket: Their 5x7 mini-canvases were the perfect way to share a favorite photo with my clients.  I used the code CANVAS70 and purchased these well made gifts for under $10.  

Sweet Savings at Shutterfly

Shutterfly has a terrific deal going on right now.  Get $10 off your order (on top of sale prices) if you order by Wednesday, February 6.  Use the code LOVESTRUCK at checkout.

I am a big fan of their photobooks and prints.  If you've been meaning to put together a book of those photos from the holidays, now is your chance to do so and save.

Shutterfly $50 Winner Is.....

Thank you to everyone who entered our Shutterfly giveaway.  We are pleased to announce that Sherry Galey is our lucky winner.  Using Random.org number generator, lucky number 1 was picked.  Sherry we will be in touch with you soon with the code to receive $50 off your order at Shutterfly.  Yippee!!

Sponsored Post & Giveaway--Holiday Cards from Shutterfly

It's hard to believe it is already the middle of October.  In addition to figuring out what you are going to be for Halloween, you may want to start thinking about ordering your Holiday Cards.

Shutterfly is an excellent place to get them.  They have a huge assortment of designs and navigating through all of their beautiful options is simple.   You can easily refine your choices by selecting format, number of photos, card size, style, theme, color etc.  It really makes narrowing down their wide selection much easier.

I typically go for the one photo option but this year we took a fabulous vacation to Europe and narrowing down my photos is going to be just as hard as picking a card design.

Here are a few of my favorites for showcasing one photo.......

Love this Warm Winter Burst design

Love the square format of this Swinging Ornaments Christmas Card

And in the multi-photo options,  I'm leaning towards these......

This Flurry of Snowflakes design is perfect when you can't decide on just one photo!

I love the colorful lettering on this All Things Wonderful Holiday Card

I love the red, turquoise and black color combination in this Joyful Memories Christmas Card

There are so many great designs, it is really hard to choose!  

In addition to great holiday cards, Shutterfly also has photo books, prints,  stationery, and tons of terrific photo gifts.  They are always running special offers and you should definitely check out their site to see what great deals you can find.  

And the generous folks at Shutterfly are providing one lucky Moms Who Click reader with a $50 off your total order (does not include shipping and cannot be combined with any other promos).   

To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment below letting us know what card design you like.  Extra entries given for liking our Facebook page (please leave a comment letting us know that you LIKED us) and following our blog (please leave an additional comment letting us know you follow our blog).   Deadline to enter is Sunday, October 28 at midnight PST.  Winner will be announced Monday, October 29.  

Good Luck!

This is a sponsored post and giveaway by Shutterfly.  All of the opinions are honest and my own.  I was provided with a $100 store credit to Shutterfly for sharing this post.  

Long Live Summer Photo Contest from Shutterfly

My Great Outdoors Entry

Summer is in full swing and now is your chance to turn your awesome photos into terrific prizes from Shutterfly.  


Shutterfly is hosting a Long Live Summer – Facebook Photo Contest from 7/9 – 8/12.  

By entering you could win a trip for four to The Bahamas and a professional photo shoot so you’ll remember your vacation forever.  All you need to do is upload your favorite photo and caption based on the theme of the week and you will get a gift from Shutterfly just for entering! You can enter at any point during the 5-week sweepstakes period.  Each week is a different theme, see below.  To enter your photo, click here.  


On that note, I'm off to upload some photos.......

PHOTO THEMES

Week 1(7/9): Americana
Week 2 (7/16): Great Outdoors
Week 3 (7/23): Water Fun
Week 4 (7/30): Sports & Activities
Week 5 (8/6): Parties & Celebrations

PRIZES:

• Instant win prizes just for submitting a photo!
• Weekly prizes (contestants can enter one time/week)
• Weekly featured photos: up to 5 weekly entries will be selected from the gallery and featured on the Facebook fan page and awarded a $500 gift card on Shutterfly and a copy of the new Lonely Planet travel photography book.
• Grand prize: trip for 4 to Bahamas, 4 nights, family photo shoot

Be sure to check the   Shutterfly Sweepstakes - Official Rules before entering.


Good Luck!!