The holidays can bring on a lot of checklists. With finally decorating the guest room, baking epic Christmas cookies and wrapping presents, it’s easy to overlook sending cards to all of the special people on your list. This year, make it easier on yourself and get your holiday greetings in the mail with one of these six sites for creating amazingly customizable photo cards.
1. Minted: Featuring photo card designs by independent artists, as well as a variety of formats including postcards, mini photo books and ornaments, Minted has a large inventory of unique ways to wish everyone a happy holiday.
2. Artifact Uprising: Up your cool game by sending a personalized work of art as your holiday card this year. This independently owned company features clean designs and magazine-worthy layouts for your favorite photos.
3. Pinhole Press: Shop for kid-friendly photo gifts, like a memory card game with photos of your whole family, and get your Christmas cards done too! You can even print out an annual holiday letter on the back of your photo card if you feel ambitious.
4. Tiny Prints: Up your card-sending game with foil, glitter and your favorite photo. Tiny Prints holiday cards offer shiny and sparkly options for your happy holiday well wishing. You can also choose from laser-cut shapes and letterpress layouts.
5. Paper Culture: If you love bright and bold colors, then this is the site to design your holiday card. It’s also the place to shop if staying eco-friendly is at the top of your list. Paper Culture prints on post-consumer recycled paper and plants one tree for every order.
6. Postable: Create your photo card, get it printed and have it mailed out to your entire list, all from the comfort of your laptop. There are also non-photo designs to choose from if you need a few less personalized options too.
What sites are you using for your holiday cards this year? Tweet us your faves @BritandCo!
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It can be intimidating to step out on your own and build a business from the ground up. As part of our collaboration with Office Depot, we're talking with Selfmade alum and solopreneur Colette Lawrence, the faith-based motivator and relationship builder behind The M.E.E. Movement, about ways in which women in business can find success.
B + C: How did you know M.E.E. Movement was your business to start?
The M.E.E Movement represents motivation, empowerment, and encouragement for women. It is what represents me. I did not know at first that it was my business to start, but then the thought of monetizing what I loved came to me. It scared me, however. I registered the business in July 2020 and have been slowly building my wings since.
B + C: What's one strategy that's helped you start your business?
Thinking through and researching what the requirements are to start my business, and then asking questions of people who are in the business. Not all advice worked; however, it helped me to figure out what I needed to do and not to do.
B + C: Did you always know life coaching would be your entrepreneurial path?
(Smiles) No, I did not. I 'stumbled" on it. I knew that people were always coming to me for advice and I found that I loved having conversations with them, especially with women, young and old.
B + C: What was your most valuable takeaway from Selfmade?
My most valuable takeaway was the first day of training: Get out of your own way. There were a lot of great moments and important takeaways from every presenter. However, getting out of my own way, pushing past doubts, was for me my most valuable takeaway. Doing something that I had never done before took courage. If I do not focus on what is happening with me mentally then I cannot deliver to my clients successfully.
B + C: What's one piece of advice you would give to female entrepreneurs on the brink of starting?
Get out of your head. You have something to offer. You have what you need to succeed so go ahead and do it.
B + C: How do you stay motivated?
I stay motivated by listening to music and listening to motivational speakers, and sometimes someone will just reach out and talk about the impact that I made in their life. That adds the extra juice or sauce I need to pummel through the day.
B + C: What's your best organizational tip?
Keep a diary and journal. It's the best way for me to keep organized and it also provides a source motivation as I record not only my "losses" but my wins as well.
B + C: Who inspires you in the entrepreneurial space?
Shirley Toliver – She motivates and empowers and makes me always want to show up.
B + C: What has receiving the Office Depot scholarship to Selfmade done to help you start or grow your business?
The scholarship was a blessing in that all the areas that were covered offered valuable information that I needed, from social media to HR. As a new business owner, I needed to know this to increase my own personal awareness in what it takes to run a successful business. The candidness of the presenters made it easy to see myself in their shoes and helped me to realize that I can also get there.
Thanks Colette! You can follow The M.E.E. Movement on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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