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Are you. . .

  • Throwing a summer bash in a few weeks and want cute invites?
  • Going to a conference this summer and need new business cards?
  • Moving to a new house and want to share your new addy with pals?
  • Having a bambino and want to spread the new baby news with friends and family?
  • Feeling like you’re drowning in kid photos? Want to organize them in a photo book?

This New For Us Friday I’m not sharing a new fruit or veggie or activity or craft we’ve tackled over here.

I’m not sharing out-of-this world news or anything really that royally crazy. But what I am sharing had me super-excited and dancing around in my kitchen.

It’s about my brand-spankin’ new business cards from Tiny Prints. Love them.

And our friends at Tiny Prints are giving away $75 worth of products to a teach mama reader this week, good for anything at all–invitations, business cards, birth announcements, photo books, you name it.  With free shipping. How awesome?!

I know there are a million other companies to turn to for these types of things, but Tiny Prints is top-notch and is the one place I believe trumps all others. And I’m not just saying this because Tiny Prints has partnered with we teach this past year. I’d say it even if we weren’t partners.

Here’s why:

  • Tiny Prints Love: I have  really hard time making decisions, so when I sat down for the gazillionth time to make my business cards, I logged on to the Tiny Prints site and literally tried five designs before I found one I wanted to go with.

 

My happy, happy business cards right next to my happy, happy ‘thank you’ note from Tiny Prints.

Very easily, I uploaded several images that I thought I’d use, and those images were saved for every design I tried. So awesome.

I went with the Bold Bliss in deep turquoise, but each design I tried–the Unique Style, Modern Geometry, Chic Band, Fresh Logo, and Retail Expert–are all still saved in my account in case I want to use them next time.

Once my design was saved and I gave it the ‘go’, a day or two later I received a phone call from my Tiny Prints representative who had some questions about my design. She was working on my card and noticed that I left a comment in the comment box.  Really!?? Someone looks at that? I was pleasantly surprised!

She agreed with my request adjust the default font size for the ‘teach’ and ‘mama’ and helped find fonts to mirror what I use on my site.  She worked to find just the right one and just the right size.  She also suggested I change a few things on the inside so that it was more symmetrical and looked better; she made the fonts and colors jive, and honestly, she was just as excited about the final product as I was.

What sets this company apart from others is not necessarily the wide range of styles and incredible quality of the products but the outstanding customer service.  Really? A phone call? And a ‘thank you’ note two days after she and I spoke? W. O. W.

Overall, here’s what I love about Tiny Prints:

  • the customer service–aware, professional, and thoughtful–you don’t get that everywhere;
  • the variety of designs–there’s something for everyone–and then some!;
  • the quick, customizable process–with a few clicks, photos are uploaded, fonts are changed, and the product totally rocks;
  • the affordability–you can find something for every budget here–no joke;
  • the easy-to-contact, easy-to-find help–you can find Tiny Prints on Twitter, or on Facebook, or on the Tiny Prints blog ;
  • the thank you note–YES!–the woman I worked with actually sent me a Thank You note for working with Tiny Prints. I want to hug her. . .
  • the quality–these cards are true quality–they’ll hold up through my conference travels and speaking engagements, and (of course) when my kids steal them and use them as tickets;
  • the customer service–did I mention the customer service? It’s fab and it makes a difference to know that the people really care about your design, want to uphold the integrity of your idea, and want to see you happy.

We wish:

  • that everyone would check out Tiny Prints–because really, everyone will love them.
  • that I would have used Tiny Prints before now–what was I thinking?!

UPDATE: This contest is closed and the winner has been notified–random.org chose #54. Thank you!!!

GIVEAWAYS: $75 at Tiny Prints and free shipping!

Do you want to win $75 at Tiny Prints to use on party invitations, business cards, thank you cards and birth announcements?

  • All you have to do is leave a comment here (with email address!) explaining how you will use the $75 at Tiny Prints.
  • For extra entries, you can share this post with a friend (just tell me who you shared it with!)  OR Tweet this: Win $75 from @tinyprints to use on invitations, business cards, or announcements on @teachmama  http://teachmama.com/?p=2877 #weteach  #giveaway

OR

This contest ends on Friday, June 24, 2011 at midnight ET.

 

fyi: Tiny Prints provided me with my rad business cards at no charge, and they are providing the $75 gift card for a teach mama reader.  This is an unsponsored post; the ideas are all my own, influenced only by my experiences working with Tiny Prints.

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About amy mascott

teacher, mother, dreamer. lover of literacy, fun learning, good food, and three crazy-cool kids. finder of four-leaf clovers | dc metro · http://about.me/amymascott
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  4. Ellie Henry

    I would use invitations! I’d give them to my students to give to their parents for all of our choir programs! Thanks!

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  10. Thalia in Jamaica

    While my son who has autism is not homeschooled, I am always checking in with teachmama.com to see how I can augment his ongoing education as well as my ‘about to enter the 7th grade’ daughter. I love how you encourage your readers and still recognize that we are human and make mistakes and so too are our children and they will make mistakes (it is our job to help them learn from the mistakes).

    Anyway, $75 will boost my new endeavour, for in addition to being a full-time high school teacher here in sunny Jamaica, I help plan and organize the entertainment for children’s parties, bridal and baby showers. and I want to staert giving great business cards that declare me to be the PartyGuru!!

    Bless you and your beautiful family and this fabulous website!!

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    • amy

      Thalia–YOU made my year, my friend. Thank you thank you for your kind words–means more than you know. xo

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  13. Kelly

    Love what you created! I would like to create a change of address card for our fam because we are moving in the middle of July. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  19. Kim Y.

    I would use this to splurge on some ultra cool invitations for my sons upcoming birthday party. We are doing a pirate theme and I can already thinking of how cool we could make them.

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  30. Stephanie

    Seeing as how I just had a baby I’d get baby announcements! We didn’t do them
    For my first and I’ve always been sad about that. Love to do this for my second!

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  31. Myndi C

    I would buy wedding invitations. My fiance is in the Air Force & since this will be an encore wedding for us both, we are keeping it very small and informal…just close friends and immediate family. We weren’t really planning on even doing invitations because of the small size as well as our limited budget but if I won, I would totally spurge on invitations.

    My son and I are also having to move half way across the country to be with my future hubby. I could also use the $75 towards updated social cards to give to all the new friends we’ll be meeting!

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  35. Jenni

    I would have family pics/cards made to send to our friends and family in America. People seem to appreciate something more than an email from us at times while we’re living overseas!

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  40. Allison

    I would start with birth announcements because Baby is on the way, but after that I have a list of ideas for my K kids – business cards have been great for sending quick praise or reminder notes home for many years.

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  43. Jennifer Radtke

    My mind is a buzz of how I could use them. I could design some Radtke Custom cards…been keeping it simple so far as is the style of the company. I could do some mom cards because with 3 girls, we run into alot of kids that want to have playdates with us. I could create some FPT (Front Porch Therapy) cards to help keep us all connected. I’m excited about the different styles. I’m going to go and wander around there site for a while.

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  46. Lisa Perlman

    I have just given birth to my miracle daughter, Samantha. I will use this for her baby naming ceremony in July. I have already looked at the beautiful invitations on the website, so this would be a welcomed surprise 🙂

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  48. Karen

    I would make Thank you cards for my kindergarten class. THere are a million reasons to thank parents for volunteering or donation items like wiggly eyes. or thinking of you gifts at Christmas or end of year.

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  50. Sur Klingseis

    This would be great to announce a baby due in December….and business cards if there was anything left over!

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  53. Jennifer

    I would use the gift to buy birth announcements. My baby girl is due August 1st. Thanks for a great giveaway!

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  55. aimee @ smilingmama

    WOW! I love your business cards! So So awesome! I am not sure how I’d spend that amazing gift certificate…note cards (which I’m obsessed with!), new bloggy biz cards with The DC Moms included (cool!), or something else fun? I do know that they’d turn out great!!

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  56. Robin Pulver

    I’d love to create new business cards to hand out to kids during my author visits to schools and at booksignings! One of my books, Thank You, Miss Doover is even about writing thank you notes….

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  57. Robin Pulver

    I’d love to design business cards to hand out to kids during my author visits to schools.
    One of my books, Thank You, Miss Doover, is even about writing thank you notes (-:

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  58. Robin (noteverstill)

    My eldest is five and entering kindergarten in the fall. She’s doing so great with learning to read and write. I’d love to order a set of custom cards for her to use as stationery to encourage her in her writing.

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  62. amy h

    DH and I are expecting our first child this October (a baby girl) and I have fallen in love with the Toile Sonogram: Soft Pink baby shower invites. If I am lucky enough to win, I would give the $75 Tiny Prints gift certificate to family and friends to cover the invitations and thank you cards. Thanks for the giveaway. 🙂

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