Snapfish Coupon

Shutterfly Coupon

To shorten your holiday to-do list, order your holiday cards and copies of photos online.

At Snapfish.com over the next few weeks, use coupon SHIPCHEER at check out and receive free shipping on print and photo card orders of $30 and more.

Prints are 9 cents each! Order prints now and make your friends and family members a scrapbook for the holidays.

At Shutterfly.com over the next few weeks, use coupon SHIP25 at check out and receive free shipping on print and photo card orders of $25 and more.

Ease the Season - Sending Cards, Giving Gifts with your computer

It's a week before Thanksgiving and on the way home tonight I caught a glimpse of the first set of lights lining the rooftop of a house in the distance. We're on the threshold of the holiday season. No wonder my last few home visits involved getting photographs scanned, mailing labels printed and photos uploaded to the internet.

So I thought I would put together a list of the websites that I use to upload people's pictures then help them to order photo cards, photo books, and prints:

Kodak Gallery - The Kodak photo book arrived as a true 5x7 with a glossy heavy cardstock cover that had a matte finish that felt more like vinyl. Images were as crisp as any 5x7 print you’d get from Kodak. Watch for specials here too. Every now and then Kodak offers a low price on making copies of prints. Great opportunity to make a gift with a special picture frame.

Snapfish - HP’s Snapfish has come a long way, greatly expanding its sizing and binding options, while adding additional customization features to bring a personal touch to your professional published photo book. And the selection of photo cards is outstanding. Once you upload your special photos to the site, you have the option to pick between photo cards from .29 cents each and up.

Shutterfly - Shutterfly combines quality, creativity and versatility to make for an exceptional product. Shutterfly offers more sizing and design options than most other photo book publishers, providing all the tools, embellishments and binding options to help transform those priceless memories into timeless, professionally-crafted keepsakes.

With hundreds of themed and un-themed template choices to choose from, designing and creating handsome and memorable photo books is intuitive and fun.

Viovio - I love this site. They have a portfolio/spiral bound 11 x 14 photo book starting at $20. Make sure you order your book a few weeks ahead of time because they take a little longer than other services but the quality is worth it. If you have a last minute album you need printed, you might want to try Shutterfly. Viovio offers A LOT of different shipping options, but their production time is longer than Shutterfly.

Add Holidays to your PC Calendar

If your computer is Windows (XP/Vista/7), you may be using a version of Microsoft Office which includes a word processor (Word), spreadsheet program (Excel), slideshow designer (PowerPoint) and personal data organizer (Outlook).

Outlook has a calendar where you keep track of your daily, weekly and monthly appointments. You can also set it up to remember special dates such as birthdays and anniversaries. Outlook doesn't have the list of traditional holidays included but you can set it up to do so. Follow these steps:

By default, Outlook does not display holidays in the calendar. Most people prefer having holidays listed in their calendar for reminders, planning work schedules, deciding upon holidays, and so on. If you want holidays listed, you can add country specific holidays to your calendar.

1. Open Outlook.
2. From the tools menu, click Options.
3. Click Calendar Options.
4. Click Add Holidays.
5. Place a check beside the appropriate country/countries.
6. Click OK.
7. Click OK to close Calendar Options.
8. Click OK to close Options.

On a MAC, do the following (yes, we teach MAC at The PC Teacher!):

1. Go to Apple.com/downloads or use this link: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/calendars/usholidaycalendar.html
2. For the free download from Apple.com, click the Download button to get the US Holiday Calendar.
3. Click Subscribe to get the future calendar dates.
4. Click OK to verify your settings for iCal.