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$50 Gift Certificate to Tiny Prints

I just completed my first order from Tiny Prints and I was so impressed with how nice and professional their process was.

I ordered birthday card invitations for my son’s 11th birthday party.  Since the invitations had a custom message and I didn’t want them end up on Jay Leno’s humorous prints segment… I really liked the way Tiny Prints gave me an opportunity to “press check” my card before it went to print.

Tiny Prints even has one of their own graphic designers check each and every card before it goes to print to make sure it looks nice and to spot potential mistakes.  Once my card was checked I received an email letting me know it looked good and it was going to print.

My cards arrived just when they said they would and they looked perfect.  I am such a do it yourself kind of girl that this is the first time I’ve ordered anything like this before.  I always make my own cards.  But this past month has been so busy, that it was wonderful to have the invitations be so nice and easy.

With a gift certificate at Tiny Prints you could order:

Your Holiday Cards … How nice would it be to order early and save some holiday stress.

Invitations for a birthday…

or Anniversary…  this card is so sweet.

Custom Self Inking Stamps.  I’d love one of these.

Monthly Notebooks, what a fun way to stay organized.  They also have photobooks, gifts and more.

Here’s how to enter to win the $50 Gift Certificate to Tiny Prints.

Click  here to pop over Tiny Prints and have a look around.  Then come back and leave a comment on this post sharing you what product you’d love most.

Rules:

• Contest closes on Sunday, September 11, 2011 10:00 MDT

• Only one comment per person please.

• Random winner will be announced on Monday, September 12th

Today I’m sharing a great quick tip as part of the Arm & Hammer Switch & Save Challenge:

There are lots of jobs I like to do around my house.  I love to cook.  I enjoy folding laundry, dusting, and vacuuming.

But there is one job, maybe the only job, that I really hate…

and that’s cleaning the blinds.

There is no great or easy way to clean them I’m convinced.  I’ve tried taking them down and putting them in a soapy tub.  I’ve scrubbed them out on the patio.  I’ve wiped each slat individually as they hang.

But whichever way I try, they are slow, tedious, and a big old pain in the rear.

That’s why I lit up when a dear friend of mine, Amy from Diary of a Quilter gave me a good tip for cleaning blinds.

Dryer sheets.

A used dryer sheet to be exact.  They have antistatic properties so the dust clings to them.

She uses the dryer sheets to do a quick dusting job on her blinds periodically.  If you dust periodically, the dirt doesn’t have a chance to build up, and they are easier to keep clean.  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

As part of the Switch & Save Challenge the folks at Arm & Hammer are giving away another $25 Visa Gift Card here on Make it Do.

To enter, leave a comment on this post answering:

How often do you clean your blinds?  Once a week?  Once a month?  Once a year?  Or maybe never if you can help it?

The Rules:

• Contest closes on Thursday, September 1, 2011 10:00 MDT

• Only one comment per person please.

• Random winner will be announced on Friday, September 2

Be sure to head over to the Arm and Hammer Switch and Save website and enter for a chance to win $25,000!

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This is a sponsored post for Church & Dwight Co., Inc, the maker of ARM & HAMMER branded products, who is paying me to try different products. Save $1.00 on ARM & HAMMER Essentials Fabric Softener Sheets. Then head over to The Switch & Save Challenge to keep up with all of the bloggers and enter to win $25,000.