William was born very close to the holiday season and I remember when we finally brought him home I thought, excitedly, "I can do Christmas cards this year!"
Of course, you can do Christmas cards without kids but it's just not the same, is it? I just love going to the mailbox in December and opening up everyone's photo cards. Many of them come from friends who I don't get to see that often. Sometimes Christmas is the only chance I get to sneak a glance at their little ones.
The year William was born I decided to send out a combo birth announcement and Christmas Card.
Of course, you can do Christmas cards without kids but it's just not the same, is it? I just love going to the mailbox in December and opening up everyone's photo cards. Many of them come from friends who I don't get to see that often. Sometimes Christmas is the only chance I get to sneak a glance at their little ones.
The year William was born I decided to send out a combo birth announcement and Christmas Card.
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| 2006 Christmas Card |
Isn't he just the prettiest baby you've ever seen in your whole life? [Ignore those weird rectangles that mysteriously found their way into that image.] Lucy was a dang cute baby, for sure, but I don't know if I'll ever have a newborn as pretty as William was.
I remember coming home from Church one day, putting him in his bouncy seat and snapping away on my camera. Afterward I uploaded all my photos to Shutterfly and made my cards. I was so excited to drop them in the mail and show everyone my brand new baby boy!
The following year I clearly had way too much fun with my little boy because I included four pictures in our Christmas card. And only one of those pictures was taken by a professional. How could I choose just one?!
I remember coming home from Church one day, putting him in his bouncy seat and snapping away on my camera. Afterward I uploaded all my photos to Shutterfly and made my cards. I was so excited to drop them in the mail and show everyone my brand new baby boy!
The following year I clearly had way too much fun with my little boy because I included four pictures in our Christmas card. And only one of those pictures was taken by a professional. How could I choose just one?!
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| 2007 Christmas Card |
And 2008. Who could forget that year? That was the year that I announced we were expecting another baby by including a sonogram photo. A college friend of ours told us it was the coolest Christmas card he had ever received. Yeah, us!
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| 2008 Christmas Card |
And then there was last year when we had two children to brag about. Last year was tough getting the perfect picture with Lucy's head surgery being so close to Christmas. I love how their individual pictures turned out but I'm still not happy with the one where they are together. I tried a thousand different takes but it just wasn't happening. So I finally picked one that was good enough and went with it.
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| 2009 Christmas Card |
This year I'm really excited because for the first time we took professional pictures of all four of us together. The picture-choosing process is going to be really easy. And so will the card-making process! Every year I've used Shutterfly and every year I've been happy with the results.
I like that Shutterfly offers chic and modern card designs at every price point. Because, let's be honest, most people throw those cards away after the Christmas season has passed. While that cardstock might feel so good in your hands and make your pictures look so pretty, I just have a hard time justifying spending hundreds of dollars on something that will be in the trash in a month! But spending half that price without compromising taste to put a picture in the hands of a friend or relative who see my kids rarely or ever? That I can live with.
What about you? Do you do Christmas cards yearly? Sometimes? Never?
P.S. You'll have to wait until Christmas to see our 2010 card!
**In writing this post Shutterfly has offered to give me 50 free holiday cards but thoughts and opinions are all my own. Want 50 free cards of your own? Click here to find out more!
I like that Shutterfly offers chic and modern card designs at every price point. Because, let's be honest, most people throw those cards away after the Christmas season has passed. While that cardstock might feel so good in your hands and make your pictures look so pretty, I just have a hard time justifying spending hundreds of dollars on something that will be in the trash in a month! But spending half that price without compromising taste to put a picture in the hands of a friend or relative who see my kids rarely or ever? That I can live with.
What about you? Do you do Christmas cards yearly? Sometimes? Never?
P.S. You'll have to wait until Christmas to see our 2010 card!
**In writing this post Shutterfly has offered to give me 50 free holiday cards but thoughts and opinions are all my own. Want 50 free cards of your own? Click here to find out more!
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