This is the frugal Christmas card I sent out this year! The festive stamps came from my Zazzle.com order, and I won the cute return address labels in a giveaway.

I ordered 60 custom photo cards with envelopes from SeeHere.com for $4.32. The shipping was hardly “Overnight”, but it still got here in enough time so it didn’t really matter! I was pleased with how it turned out:

The photos came from our engagement shoot earlier in the month. I bartered for the photo session, so it cost me no money!

This Christmas, I stuffed a stocking for Jai very frugally. It consisted of a 50-pack of disposable cups that I got through a review on Contest Corner, a little gift set I had won in a giveaway, and a 4 GB Santa Flash Drive and a Retractable Cross Over Cable which I got for $1.98 total after coupons on Mwave.com.

Remember the Bluetooth Audio Transport that Mwave offered for free after rebate in November? Well, because I purchased it, I received a $1.00 gift coupon towards my next purchase. A few weeks later, they also sent me a $5.00 gift coupon towards anything on their site. The Santa flash drive was marked down to $4.99, so after using the $5.00 coupon I paid just .99 cents for shipping. I then used the $1.00 coupon for the Retractable Cross Over Cable, which was on sale for $1.99 with free shipping – so once again, I paid just .99 cents. Jai runs a computer repair business – and just loves gadgets in general! – so these were both things he needed.

I also gave the Bluetooth Audio Transport to Jai for Christmas, as well as the free-after-rebate LG Bluetooth Headset from NewEgg. These actually turned out to be nicer than I thought – the LG headset is wireless, making it much more convenient to use than his other bluetooth headset, and the audio transport came with some handy extras, like a universal USB charger and cool earbuds.

What frugal gifts did you give for Christmas? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!