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Photo Book Girl’s 3 Days of Late Night Snack Deals + $300 Mixbook Giveaway


Only 13 days until Christmas! Are you staying up late to work on those creative holiday projects? Well I don’t know about you, but when I’m up late I tend to get hunger pangs and before I know it, I’m creeping downstairs to the fridge to sneak a snack. I fully support your perseverance in hunkering down to get those holiday gifts done before Christmas, so while I can’t get a pizza delivered to you, how about I get you THREE DAYS of FLASH DEALS from the folks at Mixbook to help give you a boost – much like the extra lift you get from a late night snack?!!!

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MIXBOOK LATE NIGHT SNACK DEAL #1

Starts: Monday, December 11, 2017, at 11:59pm CT (sale ends 12/13/17, at 11:59pm PT)

50% off Cards + FREE U.S. Standard Shipping!

Coupon Code: PBGCARDS50

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MIXBOOK LATE NIGHT SNACK DEAL #2

Starts: Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at 11:59pm CT (sale ends 12/14/17, at 11:59pm PT)

40% off books + FREE U.S. Standard Shipping!

Coupon Code: PBGBOOKS

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MIXBOOK LATE NIGHT SNACK DEAL #3

Starts: Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at 11:59pm CT (sale ends 12/17/17, at 11:59pm PT)

50% off Calendars + FREE U.S. Standard Shipping!

Coupon Code: PBGCALS

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Also, don’t forget these other great Mixbook deals!

Buy One Get One Free Calendars!

Coupon Code: PBGCAL17

Deal Expires: 12/31/2017 11:59pm PT

By the way, it’s not too late to get 10 FREE Custom Cards from Mixbook as well. Check out my post about how to get your free holiday cards! (through 12/19/2017).

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Be sure to check back the rest of the week through Sunday as all 3 deals are revealed. Note that each code is only good for a couple days, so go ahead and get those projects ready now and be sure to jump on it when you see a good deal!

ENTER MY HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!

And if our late night deal reveals are not exciting enough, we’re also having our LAST GIVEAWAY of the year! THREE lucky winners will each receive a $100.00 credit to spend on anything at Mixbook – calendars, cards, canvas prints, metal prints, acrylic prints and of course my fave – photo books! More details on how to enter that below.

Mixbook is one of my favorite companies. They have one of the most user friendly and full-featured design programs out there.

What I like:

  • Put anything just about anywhere. You can design across the center spread which gives you a lot more design options. Mixbook calendars in particular are the most customizable I’ve come across. (Below is a screenshot of my calendar from this past year. I’ve made my family Mixbook calendars for the last six years – this year will be year seven!)

  • The software is very user friendly and intuitive. You don’t have to click in and out of different editing modes to customize the page unlike some other companies’ software;
  • The clip art is well-designed. I can always find something unique and fun to add to my layouts and if I can’t, I can easily load my own. This is a great feature for digital scrappers who have plenty of their own stickers and embellishments;
  • The software is online. Once I load my photos, I can work on it from my laptop, desktop etc. I’m not chained to my desk and I can work on it anywhere I have an internet connection;
  • Their pre-made themes are well designed and I’ve often picked one as a starting point for my books. I can always delete, move, resize anything in the design. It’s the best of both worlds – I don’t have to start a book from scratch and I have the ultimate flexibility to change it up;
  • Fun options like drop shadows, borders, transparency adjustments are all available;
  • Collaboration is a built-in feature. You can invite friends to upload photos and make edits to a joint project. I did a cookbook project with my friends and we had a great time doing it! I’ve been hoping to do another group project soon!
  • The flexibility in design is available in Mixbook’s cards and calendars as well. I like being able to take one of Mixbook’s fully-designed cards and then change anything to fit my needs;
  • New paper options are available for cards including cotton texture and luxe board, as well as foil cards (some of my cards for this year are below);

  • Books come in square, landscape and portrait orientation. Portrait books are not as common but are one of my favorites to make;
  • Lay flat option is also available;

  • Print quality is very good. Colors are true to the original.

If you want to check out all of my Mixbook projects throughout the years, see my Mixbook Reviews page!

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HOW TO ENTER THE PHOTO BOOK GIRL HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY SPONSORED BY MIXBOOK!

There are three (3) prizes. Each one is valued at $100.00! 

You have 6 possible ways to enter, but you must do the REQUIRED ENTRY for the others to count. For EACH entry, you have to COMMENT ON THIS POST below with a separate comment for EACH entry, telling me what type of entry you did.

REQUIRED ENTRY:

OPTIONAL ENTRIES:

  • Subscribe to my newsletter (look for light blue box at top right) AND tell me in the comment below that you subscribed and the name you subscribed under (first name is fine). If you already subscribe to my newsletter, tell me in your comment and give me your name. (Please remember for it to count, you must confirm the subscription. Sorry RSS reader subscriptions don’t count);
  • Give your review of any photo book/canvas company you’ve tried on the company’s main reviews page. (Click here to give a canvas print review). Click on the “Read Review” button. You’ll see a place to add your review at the bottom of each company’s page. Let me know which company you commented on by telling me in a comment in this post below. (Limit to two (2) entries using this method. Reviews given prior to the start of this Giveaway don’t count – they must be new ones please!)
  • BONUS Entry: What’s your favorite late night snack? (Mine’s a piping hot Japanese milk tea and a small cookie – or two…)

Make sure to do the REQUIRED ENTRY or the optional entries won’t count!

This giveaway is open to anyone 18 or older. No country restrictions (so it’s international but please check if Mixbook ships to your country if you have any doubts). Void where prohibited. Void in Quebec. Entries must be received by Monday, December 18, 2017, 11:59pm CT and any entries not in accordance with the rules will be disqualified at our sole discretion and at the discretion of the sponsor. Winning entries will be chosen using Random.org. After compiling the results, I will announce the winners thereafter and will email the winners and post the names on my site. The winners will have 24 hours to respond or I will redraw another entry. Canadian winners may be asked to answer a skill question to be eligible, to comply with Canadian laws. Winners will be issued a credit on their Mixbook account. Credit does not expire. Shipping costs varies by location – see Mixbook’s site for details. Winners may apply value towards a higher priced item, and pay for any additional charges. You may apply any applicable promo for extra savings. Winner will be solely responsible for any taxes due on the product or prize including but not limited to sales tax, tariffs, duties and fees as well as any income tax obligations if any. Disclosure: I am an affiliate of the company. The links on these pages go to the company’s site. If you click on a link to Mixbook’s site and make a purchase, I may receive a referral fee from the company. This giveaway and post is sponsored by Mixbook. Regardless of affiliation my opinions are always my own and I always give my honest opinion.

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Best of luck to everyone – be sure to get your entries in below! Also make sure to check out all of Mixbook’s current deals here!

Comments

  2. If I won this prize I’d use it toward my yearly book of memories. I just ordered 4 calendars from Mixbook for Christmas presents because I love the quality!!

  3. I would use it to make year in review photo books for both of my kids. I need some help since I’m still working on 2015!

  24. I would use the gift certificate for a couple of things.
    1. I would love to create books of my Grandmother when she is younger. She is really sick right now and I feel like the family would love to have these books as a keepsake.
    2. My children haven’t had a book made this year of their birthday parties.. I would love to have a reason to carve out time to do this now that I see how awesome mixbook is.
    3.The metallic prints look amazing, I can only imagine how bold color looks on metal 🙂

  40. Mixbook is my favorite for my son’s yearbooks. I make one every year spanning the year between his birthday. It’s the only way I get photos printed wnymore!

  44. Id use it towadds a year in review. My husband and i make a Mixbook that goes from one anniversary to the next..we are coming up on 5 years next week!

  51. I would use the credit to make a photo book for my family’s NYC trip last summer. I just finished our Orlando trip photo book two days ago on Mixbook and am in love with it and can’t wait for it to come!

  56. If I won, I would definitely keep the prize for myself 😀 and make a photobook for one of my travels 🙂

  60. My favourite late night snack is anything sweet available. Cookies, candy, ice cream, but most of all DARK CHOCOLATE!

  66. I love to make photo products but my all time favorite is still the photo books. So if I won, I would make a photo book of my family.

  71. I want to make one of a special vacation I took with my dad and my brother. Would love for it to be Mixbook with all their customizations!

  90. I would use the prize to do a year in review book for 2017 – we had so many great adventures! I would love to also to a photobook for my parents with all of our pictures from our epic trip to Tuscany! I’m already subscribed to the newsletter as Tara Flynn and I already like you on Facebook and Mixbook (same name). My favorite Christmas late night snack is a couple of After Eights with a cup of tea. Fingers crossed!!!

  94. I don’t really snack at night (more of a late morning / late afternoon nosher) but this time of year it would surely be gingerbread cookies.

  95. If I win, I will use it to complete this project I started: scanning all of my old photographs and printing them into an album instead of wasting room on my bookshelves with these bulky old slip-in photo albums. I am subscribed to your newsletter: Rivka Deutsch

  96. If I win, I will use it to complete this project I started: scanning all of my old photographs and printing them into an album instead of wasting room on my bookshelves with these bulky old slip-in photo albums. I have liked you on facebook: Rivka Deutsch

  97. If I win, I will use it to complete this project I started: scanning all of my old photographs and printing them into an album instead of wasting room on my bookshelves with these bulky old slip-in photo albums. I have liked Mixbook on facebook: Rivka Deutsch

  98. If I win, I will use it to complete this project I started: scanning all of my old photographs and printing them into an album instead of wasting room on my bookshelves with these bulky old slip-in photo albums. My favorite late night snack is a pomegranite – if I have one – otherwise I like to have tea and cookies. Rivka Deutsch

  99. If I win, I will use it to complete this project I started: scanning all of my old photographs and printing them into an album instead of wasting room on my bookshelves with these bulky old slip-in photo albums. I have reviewed Shutterfly: Rivka Deutsch

  100. If I won I would print a year in review book for one of the many years I’m behind on scrapbooking!

  104. As a photographer mentoring small groups of high-achieving photographers in photo bookmaking I could expand the selected resources I refer these photographers too. I began to encourage mentees to subscribe to photobookgirl to review print-on-demand vendors and compare book options, and as a news source, ever since I discovered you years ago researching bookmaking for my first book class. I would use the Mixbook Prize to complete a current project, and to introduce my community to Mixbook’s flexibility and image fidelity. I try to avoid late night snacks – if not popcorn and parmesan almost always answers the craving. Longtime newsletter subscriber, liked Mixbook and of course pbg (https://www.facebook.com/LandsEye)

  105. I would use the gift to create photo books of my new granddaughter and update photo book of my older grand daughter, who especially enjoys looking at her baby pictures.

  110. If I won this fabulous prize I would make year end review book for myself, a book for each of my five grandchildren, and I would love to make a recipe book with my daughters with a copy for all of us!

  127. A photo book of 2017 for my niece and nephew. Before we go to bed at night they like to look at the photo books i have made for them and hear stories as if the first time.

  128. If I won, I would use it to make a family year in review photo books (from the past several years!). I’ve been wanting to do this, and this would give me a good start on it

  144. If I win I would get pictures of my wedding done since I lost my husband this year I need memories!

  151. If I win, I would like to spend the prize on a metal print – I haven’t ordered one of those yet.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  153. I just posted a review for Shutterfly.

    Thank you for the giveaway and hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

  155. If I won, I would use it to make books. I have a graduation from this year and a upcoming graduation in 2018.

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