Monday, November 30, 2009

Christmas cards: a true sign that the holidays are around the corner!

With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas just a few short weeks away, I decided it was time to start planning for our annual Christmas card.  Growing up this was a family tradition, and at times the taking of the Christmas card photo seemed to frustrate all of us.  I'm very thankful that my parents have kept the tradition going strong since I was a little baby, and it's definitely a tradition that my hubby and I hope to continue.  

The first year we were married, my hubby and I used the traditional wedding family photo for our Christmas card.  Last year we took a picture in the park with our adorable black lab pup, Percy. 

Above you will see the Sanders family's 2009 Christmas card, designed by yours truly.  Hopefully I'm not spoiling the surprise for anyone by sharing this online. It's always a challenge to, first of all, get the whole family together then secondly, remember to take a picture, AND finally to have it turn out well...with smiles on everyone's faces.

UPDATE: Merry Christmas from the Bradleys!




Since we got married, my husband and I have been sending out our own Christmas card to friends and family too (our '09 card is pictured above).   There are hundreds of fabulous web sites that offer wonderful digital photo card designs.  Here are my favorites: 

Fine Stationery - of course this stationery giant offers Christmas cards.  They carry the best lines of cards.  Check it out for yourself.  Through November 30, they are running some wonderful sales too.  I am loving the Pipo Press photo cards.  Some of them are double-sided, and have a fun feel with rounded edges (see below). 

Photo cards from Pipo Press at Fine Stationery.com

Tiny Prints - specializing in digital cards, Tiny Prints has some really chic designs for photo cards, which are available in a variety of formats.  You can also upload multiple photos to one card with some designs.


Love this vintage inspired card from Tiny Prints

Etsy: There is a plethora of photo card options on Etsy.  My absolute favorite that I've come across is Less Ordinary DesignsYou pick out your favorite design, email a picture and your message to the designer, and they email you back a print-ready photo card for a flat $15.  You can send it to your favorite photo processing company yourself (some places print 4x6 prints for as low as $.06 a piece)!  I really like the design below from Less Ordinary Designs.

Find this card and other unique designs on Less Ordinary Designs @ Etsy

4 comments:

sara luke said...

Awesome. Thanks for featuring one of my cards. :)

Anonymous said...

Love Less Ordinary Designs! Great article!

Anonymous said...

It's Less Ordinary Designs hands down--they're awesome!

Anonymous said...

Also, check out Storkie Express - www.storkie.com/holiday-cards - for some more unique holiday cards.

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