It’s that time of year! Christmas carols, hot cocoa, Hallmark movies, lights, decorations, and holiday cards. If you’re like me, you have a love-hate relationship with Christmas cards. I love receiving and displaying them, and even love sending them. But, I hate the work that goes into it! Between tracking down addresses, shopping around for the best price, and addressing and stamping envelopes, it can be a real Christmas buzz-kill and takes way more time than it ever should, am I right? Well, I have some tips to make the process smoother.
This post is sponsored by Pretty Polite Print Boutique. As always, all opinions are mine.
Use Excel. My Christmas card list every year has been an evolution of the list we used for wedding invitations many moons ago. Every year people are added and, sadly, removed. But, we use the same list and save a new version every year. Be sure to enter the data in a way that can be easily used for…
Mail Merge. Save your poor hand and wrist from cramping after hours of envelope addressing and use your Excel file to do a mail merge to print out mail-to address labels. It’ll only take a second to stick those babies on the envelopes! Yay, technology!
Self-addressed self-inking stamp. I’ve been know to use a stamp for the return address on our envelopes. It’s super easy and you can use it for more than just holiday cards. I use mine all year!
Pretty Polite Print Boutique. Sure, you could do the things I mentioned above or you can visit this amazing online print shop where you can design beautiful holiday cards and have them addressed for you for no additional charge! Yes, you heard me right. All you have to do is upload your Excel address file (since you have it already, right?) and it will address all of your envelopes in stunningly beautiful fonts and colors that match the card you picked out. Return addresses are included for free, too!
Mail merge and self-addressed self-inking stamp not necessary!
Pretty Polite has many beautiful design options along with different options for trim, paper type, and foil! You can also choose to have your envelopes lined on the inside, like I did. Once you design your card online, a designer will email you a proof (super quick, like the next business day). Once you approve it, your cards will be in the mail within 3 business days. Then all you have to do is stuff, stamp, and mail them! Voila!
I loved everything about my Pretty Polite experience and am so happy to be ahead of the game this year! I can’t wait to mail these babies out!
So what are you waiting for? Get ahead of the game and order your cards today!
Love these tips! And the cards are so pretty! I’ve never heard of Pretty Polite, but I’m definitely going to check them out. The mail merge tip is probably my favorite. It really does speed up time!
Thanks, Krista! I hope you find cards you love at PPPB! Use code HOLIDAYCHEER16 for 40% off until 12/16! xo
These Christmas cards are beautiful! :O
Thanks so much!
That’s so cool that they will address your cards for you!
For FREE!! Best thing ever.
Great ideas! That’s wonderful that they offer addressing for free!
Total time and cost saver!
I love these ideas! What smart solutions!
Thanks so much!
Oh this is a great idea. Thank you for sharing the website, I will get to it this weekend.
Awesome! Good luck!
Umm..Thank you for this. I need all the help I can get to get these out faster!
Haha! You’re welcome! Good luck!
Great tips! I totally need to update my wedding addresses and get on making my Christmas cards! You card looks great!!!
Thanks, girl! You’ll be glad you did!
I ADORE having great ones and HATE ordering them and getting them together!!! Great Post!
Thanks! It’s such a drag!
Such a great post I am with you on the love-hate relationship of Christmas cards !
Such a complicated relationship! LOL
Great tips! Thank you! I’m always so late on our holiday cards…argh!
Thank you! I’m so happy that mine are done!
Wow I so needed this because I agree with you this can be a real buzz kill! Thank you for the tips and link!
xo, Nicole
Thank you! Total buzz kill! I hope it’s easy for you this year!
I’m not organized enough to use Excel. I actually haven’t sent out Christmas cards in years, I probably should get on that…
I use Excel to BE organized! I would be a mess without it!
Aww your cards are so so so cute!!! The turned out so well.
Thanks so much! I’m happy with them!
This is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for reading!
Great ideas and these are so cute!
Thank you! They have a lot of cute ones!
Such great tips!
Thanks, girl!
This shop is too cute!
I agree! Thanks for reading!
Great tips!! I would have never thought to use Excel for the addresses, but that makes things so much easier. I plan on working on my Christmas cards this week, so this was right on time.
Thanks for reading! I hope it’s easier for you this year!
Great ideas and tips and these turned out beautiful! I am all about saving a dime! Thanks!!
Thanks so much! Me, too! Except, I will pay for convenience!
What a great guide! Love your cards!
Thanks, my friend!
Thank you for the tips… I promised myself I was going to do a Christmas card this year… love the mail merge idea!
Thank you! I hope you get it done!
I LOVE the idea of an Excel spreadsheet. My mom does that with hers too. I really need to get going on one!
It’s been a lifesaver! I save a new version every year and have used it for birthday invitations and all sorts of things!
I love finding different companies to use for cards. And if they can take the hassle out of sending them I’m all for it!
Yasssss girl!
WORKIng on cards right now hoping to get a Black Friday sale, I’ll have to check out this site
It’s so. much. work!