Uncommon Goods Review

I received free product in exchange for this post.  All opinions and thoughts are my own though. 

Uncommon goods is a predominantly based online retailer with fun and unique gifts. They choose to base the majority of their business online in an effort to be more eco friendly (fewer catalogs mean less resources needed to produce those).

They also make it easy to donate to charity through their Better to Give Program which allows you to add $1 to your order at checkout.

I have a few friends who are expecting later this year and they have some great gifts for baby showers which you can find by searching.   Eleanor is at that age where she says the funniest things and this kid quote book would be fantastic.  I mean I just keep them in a note on my phone, but in an actual book would be fun

Being on one income is tough, but Rob works hard for us and I'd love to get him something special for fathers day. It's his first father's day with both girls and that deserves something special.   The cheese making kit caught my eye (who doesn't love cheese!) but  you can visit their Father's day guide for easy shopping.

The prices may seem high but the selection is outstanding.  Some of the items I've never even seen anything like before (I suppose that's where the Uncommon Goods name came from).  It's definitely a place to look if you are looking for something totally different for a gift - or yourself!

Our day in pictures: Easter edition

Today we celebrated Resurrection Sunday.  Church was packed and I loved it!  I wish it was like that all the time.

Eleanor didn't get much in her Easter basket; some little people eggs and a Bernstein bears Easter book.  As an after thought after buying into mom guilt because I saw all these pictures of baskets on facebook and instagram I added a fisher price play phone (intended for her birthday) but that was it.  

The weather today was gorgeous!  Seriously the best day yet this year.  It was 70* and sunny.  

And now for pictures!

I wore this dress Easter 1987.  I would have kept it on her, but it was a
little big and so I wanted her to wear a different one first.

She actually sat pretty well as I read her this book

My mom, Eleanor and I

Four generations

My grandma and Eleanor

Experiencing grass for the first time

This was actually from yesterday but it counts because it's an Easter shirt.

SendOutCards.com Review

SendOutCards.com allows you to send card and postcards for any occasion without ever leaving your house. 

I was happy when I was given the chance to do this review because this would be so convenient for me with a newborn.

The site is easy to use.  You pick the category of card you are looking for (birthday, holiday, baby etc...)

Then you decide if you want a card or postcard format, write your message and add a picture if you want.

After that you add to cart and then fill out the return address (yours) and the address you are sending it to. 

You can save addresses using the contact manager tool, and can choose to send out the same card to one person or to everyone in your contacts.

This is a great tool for businesses as well as individual users as there is even a reminder system so you don't forget birthdays, anniversary's and other important dates.

The site works on a point based system.  The customers pays for a certain amount of points a month, and unused points do roll over.

For example one plan costs about $10 a month & you get 20 points (additional points are .49).  A 2 panel card costs 2 points, and adding a picture is an additional point.  When you factor in the cost of a stamp, a card can costs between $1.40 and $2 on average.

I couldn't drive to the store, using gas, buy a card, buy a stamp, and send it out for cheaper.  And even if doing that was cheaper, it certainly isn't convenient.  I'd prefer to do it from my nice warm house, especially with winter coming up.

If you want to send a gift Send Out Cards also has a gift catalog where you can choose from gifts such as food gifts, gift cards, books and much more. Your points can be used towards this as well.

I think the concept behind this site is awesome and would recommend it especially since they also have a pay as you go plan which would be perfect for someone who just sends out occasional cards.

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