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I'm always looking for new ways to use color, especially when it comes to Christmas. I'm not a fan of the typical red and green, which is impossible to avoid in some cases (NOT going to have a white Christmas tree). You can imagine my excitement when I got the latest catalog from Niki Jones and the featured colors were black and white! I'm thinking about doing some black and white with pops of color to add some variety. Would you use black and white to decorate for Christmas or are you too traditional for that?

card love {and a surprise!}

This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner: 

Elizabeth from Love is the Adventure! 

 Shutterfly recently released this year’s slew of Christmas cards, and I’m ready to get my design on! I adore shutterfly, and use the site for photo books, Christmas cards, and birth announcements. Some day I’ll post Jack’s announcement on here, but I think I should get them mailed before I do! I’m also getting Christmas gifts for the kid’s grandparents and great-grandparents from shutterfly, but since their grandma’s read my blog, I’m not going to tell what they are yet!

I wrote this post last year about my favorite new designs, and ultimately ended up going with this one:

  

One thing I’m loving about this year’s cards is that they have them divided up into holiday cards and christmas cards. As someone who strongly dislikes the terms “happy holidays” and “season’s greetings” this made me very happy. They have lots and lots of cards that say “Merry Christmas” this year!

Here are my favorites:

 

 

So why am I posting about Christmas cards when it's still October? Because I've got to give you guys a chance to get yours ordered in time to send them out for Christmas. Oh, and did I mention that one of you will be getting yours for free? 

That's right! I'm giving away 25 Christmas cards from shutterfly! To enter, you must be a follower of married lane and leave a comment below. The winner will be chosen next Wednesday (November 2) using random.org. Good Luck!

p.s. Don't forget to enter this week's other giveaway!