Sunday, November 21, 2010

Shutterfly--- The Best Christmas Card Selection on the Web

About a week ago, I received in the mail my Shutterfly 2010 Holiday Cards and Gifts Catalog. I was amazed to see all the new ideas to make your holiday season the best it has ever been. I started in the card section because every year I send out holiday cards to family and friends that were purchased from Shutterfly. Every year, I get many compliments on the quality of the cards and every year I’m proud to say they came from Shutterfly.


After looking at the catalog and online I have finally come to a decision on which card I will use this year. It has to top the cards I have sent in the past but at the same time send the perfect message. Now, all I have left to do is take the perfect picture. I have three daughters, a 10 year old, 3 year old and 18 month old which it can be difficult getting all three to cooperate at the same time.

So to reveal the card that I will use this year is???????? Joy-Magic-Story Christmas.

I choose this one because of the colors and the layout. I love taking pictures of my girls and this one for this. It also gives me room to type in information about what my family has been doing the past year.
Another gift idea I plan on using this year for the first time is the calendar product. In year’s past I have scanned in photos, created a calendar from scratch and then printed and bound it. This is extremely time consuming and with 3 little ones I don’t have a lot of spare time. I make theses calendars for my mom, sister and mother-in-law and they are always a big hit. Well this year, I plan on using Shutterfly to make this gift a perfect and affordable way to please my family. This takes the hassle and worry of late nights trying to make these calendars before Christmas arrives. I am so excited to use Shutterfly as my main gift-giving store. My family loves to receive pictures of my girls and with Shutterfly I can mix that up a bit. This way instead of getting just a print and frame I can make photobooks, coffee mugs, keepsake boxes, magnets, puzzles, coastersnotebooksplaques, canvas wall art and calendars. I have ordered the magnets and coasters before and I am looking forward to trying out a few new ones this year.

If you like Shutterfly, don’t forget to tweet about it or add it to your Facebook profile and share your wonderful experiences with others. If this is your first time, go ahead, make the plunge it is well worth it and you won’t regret it. If you are a blogger and want earn free cards, tweet and or add this link to Facebook. Bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly http://bit.ly/sfly2010

Shutterfly takes the worry out of your holiday Christmas card shopping. I love this site and use it frequently to not only print my photographs but use it every year to print my holiday cards and birthday invitations.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Outlook 2010

I was thrown into a training session over Outlook 2010 for a group of staff members when I quickly realized that 2010 has a lot more features than the previous version. I was pleasantly surprised by these features and what they had to offer. My main goal was to help them use Outlook more efficiently and effectively. I began by showing them basic feature of email itself. I then moved on to the calendar and its sharing capabilities along with the task section and note taking. Here are a few items I focused on:
First, when wanting to share a calendar with your colleagues, create the calendar, then right click on that newly created one and choose share. An email message will pop up asking you who you would like to share this with. Type in the recipients names and a short message stating why you are sharing this with them. There is a check box that if checked will give your recipients full editing rights. If you don't check this box they will only be able to view it. You can change the permissions of each individual by clicking on the properties of this calendar. When the recipient opens the email invite at the top of the screen they will need to click on the button called Open This Calendar. This will open and share the calendar all in one.
A new feature with Outlook 2010 is that all calendars of a company can be automatically viewed. You can access these by opening a shared calendar. You won't actually see any details of the other person's events but you will be able to view their busy times and available times.