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Christmas is only days away and New Year is right after! Can you believe it? I’m preparing myself to begin working on photo books and albums from all my 2011 endeavors. My 2011 was certainly a year full of so very much. I have been looking for place to easily make photo collages, calendars, digital scrapbooks, and cards to share with family and friends. I had been using one program currently but it’s been very limited in what I can do. And though I love the look of scrap-booking by hand, it often becomes quite expensive purchasing papers, embellishments, and more.

I recently was given the opportunity to try out Picture Collage Maker Pro.  This is a useful and helpful software program that gives people the opportunity to easily create and share photo collage projects of all kinds. In fact, right now they have a Special  Christmas Edition that contains 26 abundant brand new professional Christmas templates to create Holiday cards to send along to friends and family. I love that you can choose whether or not if you’d like to print or send your creations by e-mail or regular post. You can even create desktop wallpaper of all your favorite photos!

I’ve been using this software for about a week now and I’ll have to say that it’s very user friendly! There are options to use pre-made templates, but you can also customize and create your very own quite easily. There are backgrounds, stickers, photo frames, and any more items and tools to create a one of a kind gift or greeting that’s specific to you and your family to share or keep for yourself.

There’s a resource page which you can download add on templates to include in the program! Tutorials and design ideas and suggestions also can be found. If you fan the software created Pearl Mountain on Facebook you’ll be able to download some great bonus templates too! If you sign up for their free newsletter you’ll be in the know of when new templates and updates are available.

Overall I am really happy with Picture Collage Maker Pro. It’s user-friendly. It doesn’t slow down my computer like other collage sites and programs I’ve used. It has lots of great pre-made templates to choose from for holidays, seasons, and so much more. I couldn’t be happier!

You can purchase Picture Collage Maker Pro for $ 39.90 off their website or you can try to win 1 of 20  license for free here on my blog! Please enter below through Rafflecopter!

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I really love browsing and picking out the perfect cards to send out to those I hold near and dear.  And with that being said I tend to favor photos cards. Photo Christmas Card for me personally are much more special. My family lives all over the USA and I don’t’ get to see them as much as I would like and just receiving a card with their loving faces warms my heart. These sorts of cards take residence on my fridge year round.

Pear Tree Greetings offers a wonderful selection of greeting cards for 2010  to send to family and friends during the Holiday season.  I really love that they are offer many stylish options of Christmas Cards from Photo Christmas Cards, Christmas Party Invitations, & Christmas Thank You Cards to suit the needs and taste of everyone!

I received several samples of Pear Tree Greetings cards to review and I must say these cards are top notch.  Envelopes are even included into the price of the cards so no having to make separate orders or doing the math!  Their cards are made with the best heavy  100 lb Matte Card Stock, which is also 100% post-consumer recycled!

Designing and ordering from Pear Tree Greetings is extremely easy and as promised, you should get your order within 4-9 business days, which includes 2 days for processing time. The early bird tends to get the worm and right now if you enter the code EARLYXMAS at checkout. 10% will be deducted from your order total!

DISCLAIMER: Thanks to Pear Tree Greetings for providing these samples in exchange for address lables. My thoughts are mine and my family’s own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else.

Paperspring, a Los Angeles based eco-friendly online retailer offering contemporary personalized cards and stationery. Paperspring’s vision is to create fresh ideas on paper and in turn capture, share and celebrate the important moments in life. Paperspring’s range of products includes photo birth announcements, baby shower invitations, holiday cards, greeting cards, thank you cards, birthday party invitations and personalized stationery. All of Paperspring’s matte cards are printed on 100% post-consumer waste recycled thick cardstock.

Exclusive to Paperspring is Digital Name Art™ (DNA). DNA brings personalization to a new level of creativity; the sophisticated technology enables customers to spell out names using digital images. By selecting a card design and sending a list of recipient names, each card is customized and more personal.

My Thoughts…

I was able to review a couple of products of my own choice from PaperSpring and choose to go stationary since my stash is getting low. I also went with their address labels since we moved not too long ago and I know I’ll be needing them with Christmas just around the corner. Christmas is by far the time of the year where I send out more snail mail than ever!

I was very intrigued by a product they offer called Sticky Stock . It is an innovative and fun paper that lets you affix your card or stationary anywhere like a post-it! I loved that I choose to have my stationary paper sent to me in this way. I can easily write an I love you note to my husband  and put it anywhere like on his computer screen without any worry of looking for tape or leaving a sticky residue! Truly awesome, if you ask me… you just peel and stick! There’s even a video on their website if you’d like to see how it works!

I am also thrilled with the quality of the address labels I received…they are going to look great on the envelopes I send out this year with my Christmas cards! I really like the selection of products and designed over at Paperspring. And I also love that they offer Free ground shipping on all orders no matter how big or small! Check them out for yourself as they just might be your one stop for all stationary and card needs!

WIN IT:

Paper Spring  is  generously offering 1 lucky reader a 50.00 Gift Certificate to use in any way they would like on their site! Giveaway ends October 31st and is open to USA only!

To Enter: Visit Paperspring and have a look around and come back and tell me something you like.

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Giveaway running till 10/31/10 . Winners will be notified shortly afterward by email. Please respond within 48 hours or you forfeit your prize to another participant. USA only.

DISCLAIMER: Thanks to Paperspring for providing this giveaway free. My thoughts are mine and my family’s own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any compensation for hosting this giveaway.

[Product review & giveaway disclosure: I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."]