With our wedding being in December, I didn’t leave myself much time for Christmas cards or holiday prep.  Thus, this year, we opted for a New Years card to send to family and friends, just in case I didn’t get them in the mailbox in time for December 25th. 

 

I also like the New Years cards because I feel like people can leave them up on their fridge or displayed around the house longer than you can leave traditional Christmas cards (and who wouldn’t want THIS CUTIE up on their mantel all year long?!?)  Also, with some of my family being Jewish, or not celebrating Christmas, I thought this card was appropriate.

 

When Mixbook offered me free holiday cards in an exchange for this blog review, I thought “What the heck is Mixbook?  Oh, another TinyPrints, Kodak Gallery, Picture making website….just what the world needs!”

 

However, I gave it a try and was very impressed with their site!  I have ordered other paper products (wedding invitations, birth announcements) online, and it’s so hard because you never know exactly what you are going to get. 

 

Mixbookhad templates for me to chose from, then from there it was pretty customizable.  I uploaded the picture I wanted to use, re-sized it a little, and added our family’s name to the template.  It was that easy!

 

The paper quality is extremely nice (I did opt for the “premium” at checkout, so can’t speak for their non-premium option.)  It is heavy, thick, very substantial and nice cardstock.

 

Even the back of the card is printed (it has the diagonal stripes across the back that show through the border of the front of the card.)

 

Shipping was fast, website was user friendly, and over all, I would recommend Mixbook.  I might try them for Max’s 1st Birthday invites since I was happy with my holiday cards!  Can’t wait to send these out!!

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.