Hanukkah starts at sundown on Saturday, December 8th so less than a month to go and I’m just gearing up.  We just picked out our pics from our recent family photo session with the fabulous Jennifer Tai.  Now the next step is to pick a card.  And yes, I order my cards since my holiday card list is just too long to think about making them myself.

This always feels like quite the task – getting just the right combo of picture(s), design and sentiment.  I often go with a New Years card so as to be holiday neutral (and let’s be honest, it buys me more time).  But, I’m really feeling like Hanukkah cards this year.  After all we get plenty of Christmas cards even though we don’t celebrate Christmas so I don’t see why all those folks can’t get Hanukkah cards even though they don’t celebrate Hanukkah, right?  Besides, it’s all about peace and light and that applies to everyone.  I have a series of sites I generally go to in search of the perfect card.  But before I share those with you, I have a very special treat…

Still need to take a good Hanukkah picture to show off your little cutie?  How about a Hanukkah onesie from IMA Design?  One lucky reader will win a “Nes Gadol Haya Po” onesie, (translation: A Great Miracle Happened Here) from IMA Design in your choice of size: newborn, 3 months, 6 months, or 12 months so you can make the cutest Hanukkah card ever!  To win, simply leave a comment on this post telling me what you are doing to get ready for Hanukkah.  Want additional entries?  One additional entry for each of the following: 1) Like Made by Mamaleh on Facebook; 2) Share this post on Facebook; 3) Subscribe to Made by Mamaleh via email.  Just be sure to leave a separate comment for each one so you get each entry you deserve!  Entries must be posted by 11pm PST on Sunday, November 18th.

If you want to buy your own or maybe think ahead to Pesach with a Baby’s First Passover Organic onesie  or even thinking about next Rosh Hashanah with a Sweet Like Honey Hebrew onesie, IMA Design is offering Made by Mamaleh readers a special 20% discount for order placed on their site until December 31st.  Just enter coupon code: Mamaleh.

And now, without further ado, some of my favorite places to shop for personalized photo cards:

• Shutterfly

  Shutterfly generally has a really nice selection of Hanukkah cards with varying price points and they have great customer service.  A couple of my faves this year:

• Tiny Prints

  Tiny Prints does cards well whether it be holiday cards, baby announcements, birthday invites, you name it.  Their  Hanukkah card collection is no different.  I love that this year they have some really cute cards for families that celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah.

• Minted

  Minted is on the spendier side but their products are gorgeous with modern sophisticated styles.  This year’s selection of Hanukkah cards is simply lovely.

• Snapfish

  Snapfish has a nice selection of reasonably priced Hanukkah cards with a variety of layouts.

Oh so many choices!  Maybe I’ll work on my card list so I know how many I actually need…

What about you?  Are you sending cards this year?  Are they Hanukkah specific?

Don’t forget to enter to win the Hanukkah onesie from IMA Design!  And stay tuned for lots of fun Hanukkah happenings – gift ideas, giveaways, product reviews and of course, projects made by Mamaleh!

Note: many of the cards featured here are no longer available and links have been removed.  Sorry.