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by Kristin M. Lesney

Hot Holiday Gifts With HP #PinTheHalls Giveaway!

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This year I’ve been busy buying gifts for everyone else on my list so I was thrilled when HP asked me again to partner with them. This time I get to share my hot holiday gifts with you all and introduce you to a few new ones. I have been using HP products since I got my first computer many years ago and we’ve been happy HP customers. Besides my previous laptops by far my most used product has to be my HP All-In-One Printer.

HP’s Holiday Headquarters at www.hp.com/holiday offers a complete destination for you this season by providing tools, products and resources to create an unlimited array of one-of-a-kind printables – including photo cards, festive decorations and DIY gifts. I can’t wait to share the gifts I created and what fun I’m going to have with my hoe made indoor decor created with HP products!

 

One of my other favorite products includes this With the HP Portable Bluetooth Speaker, you have the ability to wirelessly connect with any Bluetooth-enabled device. Whether it is a PC, Android, iPod Touch, or iPhone, the HP Portable Bluetooth Speaker allows you a tangle free thrill at your convenience. We plan on using this speaker which we received to review during our Christmas party at our house. I have been using it for the past week and Christmas carols sound delightful on it and I can take it anywhere!

 

Then there are some of my favorite gifts to give. The personalized photo gifts are among my favorite gifts to give. I can affordably and easily create a unique gift that I know my friends and family will love. This year I’ve spent a great amount of time making things like notepads for stockings, mugs for distant relatives, photo canvases for Grandma, mouse pads and so much more all from Snapfish.

If you’re looking for the ultimate family gift look no further than the HP ENVY 20 TouchSmart AiO computer. We received one for our family and my girls quickly picked it up. To us this computer is GROUND BREAKING! The coolest feature about the ENVY is the touch screen. It is always fun to go into places and play those touch screen games and the idea that one day we would be able to actually just touch the screen to select what we want, than moving the mouse, is actually here!  The touch screen is super responsive for us and the kids and the screen actually can recognize all 10 fingers at once which opens up so much more with it comes to interactivity.


What sets this touch screen apart, since of course there are things like these tablets that run apps. Those are fun and all, but they are not dedicated cooputing machines. I mean they cannot run the software needed for daily computer life. Whether its running software for gaming, editing software, to small business applications, a full computer PC is needed. This takes the best of all worlds and puts it into a nice sized package. Pulling the ENVY 20 TouchSmart AiO out of the box was pretty simple. It included a wireless mouse and keyboard. All we had to do was physically set it up, plug in the power cable and turn it on. Wndows 8 makes it easy to setup, just follow the directions. We use a hotmail account that we had with MSN years ago and Dad’s Xbox Live account, was all linked into with ease to Windows 8. After setup, we installed some applications and are getting a feel for the new operating system.

 

Back to the goodies of this machine. What we all like is its nice compact size. With the computer built into the touch screen monitor, the ENVY is truly space saving. What else I like about its size is it doesn’t have a built in cooling fan, at least not one I can hear. So this thing is near silent, which is nice from always hearing spinning fans. Our girls love the front camera and will also help us stay connected to family who is far away.

This powerful little machine has an Intel i3 processor and 6 GB of RAM. It has a high performance built in graphics card and 1 TB hardrive, for all the photos we have. We can play games, to using photo and video software and everything else we could ever want, all while just touching the screen. It also has USB 3.0 which is nice for all my photography and photo transferring from my DSLR for editing and uploading. And to top it all the ENVY comes equipped with Beats Audio and a built in speaker system which sounds great and can fill the upstairs with music which is great for the holidays! Overall, this is a just an awesome computer for my whole family!

When it comes to the holidays HP has it covered from gifts to easy do it yourself crafts and decor for thee holidays HP makes it happen around our house.  Join our family as we partner with HP. I’ve got some cute crafts to share soon and some easy diy ideas to make the holidays a little more special.

We also received an HP holiday value pack that comes with your HP order. The holiday value pack includes (10) 5×7 sheets of photo paper, (10) envelopes, and a “swatch book” that contains printing project ideas. It can be used to jointly with HP Creative Studio to create free holiday items from the comfort of your home. While most projects on HP Creative Studio can be made with regular 8×10 printing paper, some projects will “pop” better using the included photo paper. I can’t wait to share my holiday creations!

What’s on your holiday wish list this year? What hot items have your kids, friends, or family members requested this year that they just must have?

For HP and Snapfish products, visit www.hp.com and www.snapfish.com.

Pinterest is the perfect platform to let your inspiration flow and decorating for the holidays has never been easier with HP Creative Studio, the holiday HP Create board, and www.hp.com/holiday where you can find all sorts of decorating items and gift ideas this holiday season. Check out my Pinterest Board featuring my hottest holiday gift ideas.

ENVY 120 Printer, an additional $50 Snapfish gift card and a holiday value pack for a giveaway.

 

Main Entry: To enter, tell me about what some of your favorite HP products are and what you might create if you won this printer.

Extra Entry Methods

      • Find Snapfish on Facebook
      • Find HP on Facebook
      • HP on Twitter
      • Snapfish on Twitter
      • Join my community.
      • BLOG ABOUT IT!!! 5 entries.
      • Grab my banner(shoot me an email; I’m willing to exchange banners) 1 entry.
      • SUBSCRIBE: (located home page, right hand side) 2 entries.
      • 1 extra entry (Follow on Twitter and/orFacebook)
      • Tweet once a day for an extra entry.
      • Like Our Ordinary Life on Facebook
      • Add me on Google+
      • You can always leave a comment on any non-giveaway post.

Giveaway ends 1-20-2012

US entries ONLY. View my giveaway rules.

 

I am a compensated HP brand ambassador, although I am a long time HP fan and, as always, I only choose companies I would recommend personally to work with professionally. All children, photos and recipes are my own.

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    • sorry would make some really cute invitations for my nieces 18th birthday/graduation party

  14. Thanks for the giveaway…we like the HP ENVY dv6-7214nr Notebook PC; our daughters would print photos, papers for school, art projects, etc.

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  33. Never had a HP product. I’ll first make some cards for birthdays coming up.
    Thanks for the contest.

  34. I like the HP ENVY dv7-7212nr Notebook PC and would create some greeting cards.

  35. I’ve always loved HP printers and if I won this I would make my own holiday cards for next year.

  37. I love my hp laptop so much that I upgraded to a new one and still use the old one! I would love to create family collages with the printer

  38. I like my daughter’s HP printer she has. I would love to win this one. Thanks for this contest.

  39. I have a HP netbook that I use all the time and need to update my printer.

  48. I would love to have the HP ENVY Ultrabook 4-1130us. I would use the printer to print birthday invitations. Thank you!!

  56. I love HP printers actually! My parents have one. I would love to make a photo calendar with it!

  63. I love HP printers (the ink is wonderful) and I would love to create personalized cards and print pictures.

  67. I love the HP Envy 20 All-in-One TouchSmart PC and the HPPhotoSmart 7520 e-All-In-One Printer. I might create photo cards for birthdays and holidays.

  74. I like the HP computers and I would make photos for daughters basketball team,

  82. I love all thing HP since thats all we buy! I would probably end up doing what we do now! We create stuff for our scrap books & the endless school projects!

  84. I love my old HP Photosmart printer. It’s been working well since 1991. If I won, I’d create some pretty envelopes and address labels.

  90. i love HP printers and i would love to make photo cards using HP photo paper

  101. I would create a photo album 😀 I love to hold my pictures in my hands.

  107. I love HP computers, it’s all I’ve ever used. The first thing I’d make with this printer are invitations to my son’s birthday party 🙂

  118. I would make a collage print of pics from our vacation this past summer.

  125. I love HP products. We have 2 printers from them and I had a netbook that lasted 3 years. Thank you

  134. I also love the HP Omni 27 and I would make greeting cards for birthdays and holidays

  135. i dream of an hp touchsmart computer with beats by dre and this printer would allow us to make nice valentine’s day decorations!

  138. My desktop is my favorite HP product. I’d like to create a calendar.

  139. My favorite HP product is my desktop computer and with this printer I would create new copies of old family photographs.

  152. I love the HP Omni 27-1210xt Desktop PC and I’d like to make Valentine’s cards, print photos, etc!

  154. I always buy HP laser printers. But with this I could make a decorative card to advertise a home business.

  164. I love the HP laptop that I own. I would create some nice photo prints with this printer.

  165. I like their laptops like the HP ENVY dv6 line and I could use a new resume

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  175. My favorite HP products are their computers. I would print coupons, school projects, and pictures if I had this awesome printer.

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  181. I have an awesome HP notebook computer, and this printer will help enhance my HP experiance

  182. Like HP on Facebook
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  183. love my laptop and I would love to use this for scrapbooking
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  186. I’m following HP on twitter as lyndsey1stunna

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  187. I like HP on FB as Lyndsey Rullman.

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  188. I like Snapfish on FB as Lyndsey Rullman.

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  189. My favorite HP products are their computers. I would love to print photos with this.

    Lyndsey.rullman at hotmail dot com

  199. I have a HP computer & love it! I’d use the printer to print holiday decorations

  200. I love HP!! I know it will be an assest to my daily computer chores.

  205. I love my HP laptop. I would create a birthday calendar for my entire family.

  214. I love their computers and printers. It’s the only brand I’ll buy. I would make greeting cards.

  227. i love their printers, and i would make invites for my sons upcoming birthday

  235. I have an HP laser jet printer and I really like it. They also make great computers. I’d like to make my daughter’s valentine cards with this.

  241. I am a member of your community as Jill Myrick.

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  243. I am a fan of HP via Facebook as Jill Myrick.

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  244. We currently own a HP laptop and a HP Desktop and love them both.
    This printer would be perfect for making photo albums for family members that live far away.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

  253. I’d love to try to make those christmas/picture cards with the printer.

  258. I love their PCs and would love to use the printer to print my family photos

  272. I have an old HP printer and I love it. I really need a new one though as it’s becoming really hard to find ink refills for it. If I won, I would print out some pictures I have been putting off and get them in some frames.

  279. I love my HP laptop that I have. I also would love to print photos with it to make a collage of my family.

  296. I love HP laptops; they are so sleek. If I won this printer I would probably create some custom business cards and a monthly photo calender.

  308. My favorite HP product is my HP Pavilion g6t-2200 Select Edition Notebook PC and I would print greeting cards with a new printer.

  316. I like their desktops and I would print off some of the pics off my computer!

  318. i love my hp laptop. And I would make holiday cards. Thanks for the giveaway.

  336. We have a HP laptop that we love a lot. Would create greeting cards with printer

    ardy22 at earthlink dot net

  340. I like the HP laptops and I would love to create baby shower invites for my sister

  360. I really like the new All in one computers that are in the moniter. So compact and spacesaving. Sweet.

  363. I like my HP laptop! I would make some invitations to my nephews birthday party!

  367. I love the HP Envy laptop. i would use it to create an online family tree

  373. I’m using a 2 yr old HP laptop now and it’s the best computer that I’ve ever had.

  388. I love the HP Envy laptop.If I was lucky enough to win the printer, I would print calendars for me and my kids.
    smchester at gmail dot com

  393. i really like HP computers, and i would print many pictures of my baby due in june

  405. HP ENVY dv7t-7200 Quad Edition Notebook and I would create many photos and videos

  407. I like the touchscreen HP Envy series. If I won the printer, I’d print some of my artwork on it! @dealxbreaker

  414. I love my HP printer, it works great! I had a HP laptop for many years, the best out of the other brands I’ve had. I’d love to make greeting cards with this!

  416. We’ve used HP desktops and they’ve been very reliable. We’d probably try making Christmas cards from photographs with this printer.

  425. i love hp notebooks and well i would create some photos of my kids and print them out

  436. I’m working on an HP laptop right now—love it, but would love the new printer…have a beautiful new granddaughter, and am thinking about the photo books & photo calendars that I could create!

  438. I love HP’s laptops! I could really use this for my T-Shirt printing, since we need to make transparencies of the designs we create 😀

    greenyak [at] yahoo [dot[ com

  439. HP ENVY dv7t-7200 Quad Edition Notebook PC & HP ENVY 23-d065 TouchSmart All-in-One Desktop PC! I need to print a lot of photos!

  440. i can’t remember the type of printer i had, it was a very long time ago but it was a HP, think that is the only brand i would buy and liked snapfish on FB

  466. I have a HP LCD computer screen and it’s great. I would create birthday cards

  474. I like the HP SpectreONE and the HP ENVY dv6t-7200 Quad Edition Notebook PC.
    I would love to create a customized photobook using this printer.

  476. I love HP printers. I would create a photo calendar and print some photos to be framed.

  477. I love the HP computer paper and photo products. I would create a photo calendar.

  478. I love HP printers. The one I used to have before it died gave me beautiful prints that have a richnes and dept of color resulting in professional looking pictures.

  479. We have now and in the past enjoyed products from HP. Awesome giveaway opportunity. Thanks so much!

  496. My favorite HP product is my HP laptop I use for work. It’s reliable and rugged, and perfect for using anywhere.

  541. I like HP on Facebook (Julie A Smith – jewell330 at aim dot com)

  542. I’ve had an HP LaserJet for a LONG time .. even though it’s working well, I’ve been looking at the new HP LaserJet 400. I like it better for everyday printing, because, while the printer costs more to begin with, toner cartridges save a LOT of money over inkjet cartridges in the not-so-long run. I always make photo collages for gifts, so I would definitely use the Envy printer for that.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  583. I like the HP envy 100 printer I have. It’s awesome for printing out homework!

  595. My favorite HP products are their superior computers (I have a Paviilion) and what I would create with this printer is some gorgeous Christmas Cards!

  617. I have HP g62 laptop. I’d love to get a newer laptop and create scrapbooking pages

  633. I like my HP photosmart printer I would print family photos with this printer

  652. I love my HP computer and their printers and ink have always been good for me. If I won, I would finally be able to print again and I’d print all my photos and hang them on my wall in a collage.

  667. My ancient HP desktop still works like a pro!

    With this printer, I would make custom greeting cards for the holidays!

  679. I love my HP monitor. I’d be making some Valentine’s cards soon if I won this.

  681. I like the HP laptops and monitors and I’d print out coloring pages.

  688. My favorite is my HP printer but it is old. I would create lots of photos with a new printer!

  704. I love my HP Pavilion 23-b030z All-in-One Desktop PC, and the HP ENVY dv4t-5200 Notebook PC is also pretty sweet!

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  713. I follow you on Google+.
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  714. I follow you on Facebook.
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  715. I LIKE you on Facebook.
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  716. I joined your BF community as Heather!.
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  718. I LIKE HP on Facebook.
    (Heather S Chaffer)
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  719. By the way…this isn’t over, is it? It says it ends on Jan. 20, 2012, but it looks like it was only posted in 2012. Just a typo, I hope?? 🙂

    I LIKE Snapfish on Facebook.
    (Heather S Chaffer)
    h4schaffer at gmail dot com

  720. HP is the first and best name in printers, and I love them! They make their products very easy to use, as well as of the best quality and latest technology. I really like the Photo Cube printable idea they have on their website. It would be a great gift for the kids to make!

    Thanks!
    h4schaffer at gmail dot com

  743. I am a fan of their computers. I would probably print school work for my daughter! sweepmorey at gmail dot com

  750. I have always had HP computers, and loved them. If I won, I’d be able to create amazing things….my daughter just got married and my son has a new baby. Plenty of pix to print!

  782. I really like the screen brightness on my HP laptop and I think this printer would be great from creating photo cards