"Christmas Card Photo"
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it’s the appropriate time to be sending Christmas cards. If you’re ambitious and want to make them then it’s a great opportunity to show off your photographs. In my family, my Mom always takes at least one photo of my brother and me sometime during the year called “The Christmas Card photo.” Then it’s this print that she sends with each card (if they actually get mailed…). Okay, so we haven’t always been great about getting cards sent out for the holidays, but we still have all these photos that have accumulated over the years. With both kids out of the house, my Mom put them together in albums for each of us to keep. Maybe it’s a tradition that you’ve had too, or one that you’d consider beginning. It definitely has me smiling every time I look at it.
You can have lots of fun and be very creative with your pictures with props, special scenery, or festive designs bordering your cards. Classic winter scenes are always popular too, try them by themselves or as part of a collage. Another great idea is to recap the year with pictures, a much more visual approach to the “family update letter.” After you’ve decided on the picture(s) you want to use, Moo.com and Shutterfly are just two of the many sites to check out for ordering them online.
What are you doing this year for Christmas cards? What were the best Christmas cards that you ever created?
Peace, Love and Goofiness
(Thanks John, for sharing your card from last year!)
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With the kids gone fromt the nest and our only little kids are our two Jack Russell Terriers, they are now the subject of our Christmas cards and also write the annual Christmas letter. It's a hoot thinking the way a dog would look at your family and what happens during the year. We even get dog toys and treats in the mail for the dogs.