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Christmas cards?
What kind of Christmas cards are you guys sending out this year? Every year I like to do something unique (I was a Graphic Designer for over 10 years before being a SAHM, so my family always expects something unique each year). Anyway, last year I had custom bookmarks made. They had photos of the boys on the front and on the back it had Q&A's.... I asked the boys some Xmas questions and I put down their cute answers. Like "What does Santa do in the summer?" and "How does Santa get into the houses that don't have chimneys?". Everyone loved their creative, innocent (funny) replies. Everyone we know still uses those bookmarks and still talks about how cute and useful they are. The year before that I took a photo of my two older boys sitting in front of the Xmas tree with a big present between them... the photo shows my oldest holding the lid of the wrapped present like he just opened it and sitting inside was our newest addition (our 3rd son just turned 6 mo old and we set him in the box) and the two older boys had looks of shock/excitement on their faces. The caption read "It's just what we always wanted!" The year before that we went less Christmas-y and had photos of me, dh and my two oldest boys (I was pg with #3) all in the woods sitting on logs with the fall leaves all around us. It was really pretty.
So........... any creative ideas you'd like to share??? The only thing I can come up with is a "realistic look at what it's like to take a perfect family photo". I was thinking of having an awesome family photo on the front of the card that will make our family say "aah, isn't that sweet!" and then on the inside I will put a handful of hilarious 'reject' photos. You know, all those photos you delete before you get to the one that you are willing to put on your Christmas card. The ones with the kids looking the wrong way, kids making faces, wierd looks on our faces, everyone getting stressed out, the dog walking by, the boys fighting.... Our family will laugh hysterically when they see the 'real us' on the inside photos. Sometimes the reject photos are the ones that truly capture a memory. Of course I wont tell dh and the kids what my plan is (I want to catch real out-takes).
Anyone else have any ideas? I'm still up in the air about our cards this year. That was just one idea I had.
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Re: Christmas cards?
Here are samples:
Bookmark - I also had the kids sign their own names... even the scribble of my then 1 year old. I had the bookmarks printed online at Millers Lab.
Kiwi Fruit, 10.2.06 & Ellie Bug, 4.5.09
My blog: Bear With Us
Ideas on Teaching Your Toddler/Preschooler at Home
I?m not creative at all, I love your ideas !!
I like the idea of the different seasons - it covers the whole year. Cute!
Oh my gosh, your ideas are so creative and cute!!!
We also take a family photo with the Golden Gate bridge or some local favorite in the background and upload it to https://www.tinyprints.com where I can customize our cards.
I get matching envelopes from Paper Source in Berkeley and find some cute labels and matching stickers just so they look extra cute.
Good luck, I'm sure they'll turn out precious!
eclaire 9.10.06 diggy 6.2.11
Call yourself eris1995 Photography and ta-da... you're a professional!
I am a semi-professional photographer, but you don't really have to be to order from Millers. I don't have my own studio or anything. I have a small side business that I call Early Years Photography, but I wouldn't call myself a "professional". Just give yourself a business name and that's pretty much all you need. There may be other places online too that do bookmarks.