It happens to me every year.

I’m bopping along, humming “Jingle Bells” to myself, feeling very self-satisfied with the amount of Christmas shopping that I’ve already accomplished, when I walk over to my mailbox and absentmindedly pull the mail out of it.

A red envelope tumbles to the ground. A white envelope addressed in a gold pen in perfect cursive handwriting remains in my hand, when it hits me.

Christmas Cards.

I’m late! I’m behind! I haven’t ordered my Christmas cards yet! The rush has started. Not only have my perfect friends with their perfect families already taken pictures in their matching Christmas sweaters (during the 80-degree Louisiana October, mind you), but they’ve also beat me to the choosing, the ordering, the addressing, and the stamping of my Christmas Cards.

You know, the Christmas cards that exist right now, uh, only in my mind.

I try not to hyperventilate. And yes, I am a bit of a drama queen.

Thankfully a few years ago I made friends with the folks over at Tiny Prints. They take my less-than-perfect timing and my drama-queen tendencies and turn them into the most perfect Christmas cards that you’ve ever seen — and they’ve been doing this for 3 wonderful holiday seasons, now. My parents still have the last two Christmas cards up on their refrigerator, and this year Audrey and I will be brightening their mailbox with the following tri-fold card:

Front of the Card

Back of the Card

Because we didn’t have time to take Christmas photos this year, I used some photos of Audrey and I from throughout the year, which I think turned out wonderfully. Of course, I couldn’t resist adding one of my handsome boyfriend and I in the mix as well – it made the card even more representative of the wonderful year that we’ve had.

The printing and quality of the products that I get from Tiny Prints is always top notch – I’ve gotten Christmas cards, business cards, and birthday party invites from them in the past, and I’ve never been disappointed. Each year our Christmas Cards get so many compliments that I can’t imagine going back to the 1-hour photo place for my cards ever again — or anywhere else for that matter!

If you are much like me, and have gotten so wrapped up in the Holiday Season that you’ve totally forgotten to order your Christmas Cards, Tiny Prints wants to help. They want to offer one very lucky Chic Shopper Chick reader a chance to win 50 Christmas cards for this year! Because Christmas will be upon us before we know it, this contest will move fast and involve some express shipping, but you can have a beautiful, personalized cards in your family’s mailboxes before the holiday itself!

Win It! Would you like to win 50 personalized Christmas cards to make your friends and family oooh and ahhh? Of course you would! Head on over to Tiny Prints and let me know which of the Christmas Cards you would choose if you were to win by leaving a comment! For bonus entries, you can tweet this contest out to your followers, share it on Facebook (see the buttons at the top of this post for help sharing), subscribe to my site via email (box at the top right), subscribe to my YouTube Channel, or write a blog post about this contest (worth 3 extra entries).

That’s it! Good luck!

This contest will run from December 8, 2010 to December 15th, 2010 and will end at 11:59 pm CST. No purchase necessary to win, and a winner will be chosen at random. If the winner does not respond to emails within 72 hours of notification, then another winner will be chosen. US entries only.

Disclosure: Tiny Prints sponsored my Christmas Cards this year, which prompted this post. However, I am a long time fan of the brand and can’t imagine that ever changing – these cards are awesome. For more information, see my disclosure policy.