As of late, more and more shoppers are interested in purchasing those trending, customized gifts for their loved ones (especially if their loved ones have everything under the sun).
Whether you’re looking to place a bow on a personalized photo book or a make-it-yourself ornament for the couple who tied the knot (or had a baby) in 2023, you’ll be mesmerized by the offerings Shutterfly has online.
That’s why we’re extremely jazzed about Shutterfly’s Black Friday Sale. Now, you can enjoy up to 50% almost everything online. This includes holiday cards (yes, now’s the best time to order them!), blankets, stocking stuffers and more.
“Shutterfly is the perfect place for holiday gifts — we’re the undisputed leader photo gifting and holiday cards, after all!” Jessica Lesesky, vice president of merchandising at Shutterfly exclusively told the New York Post. “Finding the right gift can be hard, but Shutterfly makes it easy for anyone to create one-of-a-kind personal gifts in minutes. We know our customers are busy and that they also want to make the holidays magical for their loved ones with those special, personal touches.”
Additionally, Shutterfly’s online site makes it incredibly easy to create thoughtful and personalized, quality gifts, photo books and cards with its range of options and designs at a variety of price points within your targeted budget. “We also know the holidays can be stressful, calendars are packed with holiday parties and school events so we have a variety of services to take the work off of our customers.”
First, Shutterfly’s Free 24 Hour Designer Service is the fastest and most seamless way to gift a photo book. “The customer can curate photos or we’ll pick the best ones (up to 800), answer a few questions about their style preferences and we do the rest. They’ll have a beautiful photo book created by our talented designers in 24 hours and can purchase as-is or make finishing touches.”
Ahead, The Post highlighted the best Black Friday deals and gifts you can find on Shutterfly right now — sourced directly from the Shutterfly team.
“For cards this year, metallics are trending and our premium foil cards are perfect for adding that glitz and glamour to holiday cards,” Lesesky told The Post. “We are also encouraging customers to use our personal address book service. Customers can send us their addresses in a variety of formats (PDF, excel, notepad, etc) and our customer service team will create the address book on Shutterfly for free.”
With this service, Shutterfly will then address your envelopes for you (for free!) when you use a custom envelope. Even better, Shutterfly will also stamp and mail your holiday cards for just 99¢ each with its Mail for Me Service. That’s right — no envelope licking.
“I love finding special pictures people have posted on Instagram or photos we’ve taken together and gift an ornament that commemorates the memory of the year,” Lesesky said. “We have a new snow globe ornament that is trending.”
The New York Post loves the brand’s “Bold Year” style, though Shutterfly has plenty others to choose from to adorn your artificial Christmas tree.
Speaking of ornaments, Lesesky told us the Stacked Year Filmstrip Metal Ornament is “always a customer favorite.” Not only is it a wonderful way to document the joy the past year has brought but it makes a lovely showpiece for your tree to showcase your memories for years to come.
“Personally, I love entertaining and home décor and use Shutterfly to create unique touches for holiday gatherings,” Lesesky shares. “I’m hosting a holiday dinner with family and creating custom wine glasses with their favorite song lyrics, a photo (for my mom who is very sentimental) or funny quote they said that speaks to memories we created this year.”
These custom wine glasses are part of their holiday gift, Lesesky tells us, and will spark fun conversation as they sit down to dinner together.
“Separately, I’m creating a sherpa photo blanket for my 8-year-old with some of his best catches of the season in his flag football league,” Lesesky reveals. “He has dreams of being in the NFL and I can’t wait to see his expression when he opens it on Christmas morning.”
Better yet, this blanket is the epitome of customized, cozy bliss to unwrap for the holidays.
“My family loves to play card games and gifting personalized playing cards is a great stocking stuffer!” Lesesky notes. It’s one of the most original we’ve seen and — much to our delight — Shutterfly has an array of personalization options to choose from online.
We’ve personally gifted the Gallery of Ten Mug from Shutterfly, and Lesesky recommends the brand’s custom mugs for holiday gifting. It’s one we recommend for anyone on your list — especially your boyfriend or girlfriend to make your significant other’s gift extra special.
The Photo Real Vertical Frame Magnet is one of our favorite Shutterfly items on sale — and one that Lesesky recommends. The brand’s array of magnets make wonderful gifts (especially for a quick stick onto the refrigerator) and this one mimics the look of a wooden picture frame, uniquely.
Lesesky recommends Shutterfly’s catalog of desktop plaques to pick up this Black Friday. Not only is it a wonderful home office gift for mom or dad (or anyone on your list, TBH) but there are several layouts and framing options to choose from.
Any of Shutterfly’s photo books are bound to be a hit this holiday season — pun totally intended. Lesesky loves them (as she mentioned) and we’ve personally gifted them ten times over. Not to mention, it’s a fun process to put together, or take advantage of the brand’s free 24 Hour Design Service.
The brand has a variety of sizes to choose from, along with other customizable options like matte or glossy pages.
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