Bubby and Bean ::: Living Creatively: Our 2021 Holiday Cards

I distinctly remember sharing our family holiday cards with you guys last year and saying something about how 2020 had been a real a-hole and 2021 was bound to be better. Well, I can confidently say that I have liked 2021 less than 2020. It's been a real crap year, my friends. The silver lining to this, however, is that I really am looking forward to 2022, and that I feel inspired to sprinkle as much love, peace, and good cheer around as possible right now - which means holiday card time is more appreciated than ever.

Sending holiday cards is one of my absolute favorite seasonal traditions, and one I've been participating in since I was a kid. (Fun fact: I have never gotten rid of a holiday card I've received. I have a huge bag of them in my basement dating back 30 years. Someday I'm going to make something cool out of them, I swear. Or they might just sit there and continue to annoy my husband. The point is that I have a special place in my cold, dark heart for holiday cards.)

And speaking of special places in my heart and holiday cards, seven years ago, I discovered and fell in love with a card company who not only had some of the hippest designs I'd ever seen, they also went above and beyond to make my life easier (more on that in a minute). The name of this brand is Postable. (Pssst. I have a pretty major coupon for you, from Postable, at the bottom of this post.)

Before I start my annual professing of love for Postable, I want to say that Postable did not (and has never) paid me to review them. We do exchange (they give me cards, I gush about them to everyone I know), but truth be told, I'd gush regardless. They have a huge selection of beautifully designed, fully customizable cards that are all 100% post-consumer recycled and/or tree-free 100% (envelopes too). The cards themselves are highest quality, and they ship quickly too.

The thing I like best about Postable though, and what sets them apart from other card companies, is that they do all of the damn work. They really do. They give me an extremely user friendly way to design my cards, they print my cards, they stuff the envelopes, they address them, they stamp them, and they mail them to all of my recipients for me. No envelope cuts or carpel tunnel from writing our addresses here! During a time of year that is usually pretty overwhelming for everyone, they are a true saving grace.

The people at Postable are genuinely nice humans too, and that is the holiday cherry (cranberry?) on top. In fact they are giving you 20% off your entire order with code BEAN20. Pretty great right? So get over to their site right now and start designing (and saving 20%!), friends. Happy holidays everybody, and as I said on the back of our cards this year, here's hoping that 2022 plays nice!

This post is in collaboration with Postable.