You know the days are going fast when your 9yr old tells you she thinks October went by really quickly!!! When I was a kid I used to think a month lasted ‘forever’. I’ve noticed around Blogland this past week that some of you are already getting your Christmas decorations out! Now that seems waaaaay too early for me, but to each their own. It’s not that I don’t want to see Christmas decor yet, I love to see it, and I’m thankful for the blogs that do mention their Christmas decor and show it all off to us, it gets me excited knowing that ‘Christmas is coming fast’!
It’s still my tradition to not put up the tree or decorate for the holidays until after Thanksgiving – the very next day to be exact, and as much as I’m tempted to follow my fellow bloggers I will stick with my traditions ;-) What I will do now though is start making lists of things I need to do, and the thing on top of my list right now is . . . . order our Christmas cards.
It’s been two years since I did a picture Christmas card, I usually don’t send them every year, but this year I want to. I’ve used Shutterfly in the past for ordering my photos online but I haven’t ordered cards from them before. This year they were offering 50 free cards to bloggers who wanted to take part in a ‘blog review’ about what our favorite cards are.
One of the things I thought I had to do to make a Christmas card was take a current picture of us with a holiday background. That kinda poses a challenge when you want to take the photo in November but you have no Christmas decorations out yet. I now realize I don’t actually have to do it that way. I’ve been searching the Shutterfly website and looking at their Christmas cards - http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards
A lot of their samples show great photos of families but not necessarily with a holiday background… the card itself gives you the great background, so really I could use any photo of us I like. I could use some even from the beach like this one on their site, for instance. . .
I also like the idea of just a flat photo card http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery
(these seem to be very popular with our friends and I get a few in the mail each year which I actually like displaying on our tree).
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards There are so many choices to choose from, I am having fun browsing them all. I’ve just discovered the pretty calendars again and I think I will have to create one to put in hubby’s stocking :) I’ve done this before but many years ago, but I know it’s something he would love to put on his desk in the office.
9 comments:
I haven't had a photo card in a few years. I plan to nab the kids on Thanksgiving. I don't care if it is a fall background...I have seen all sorts.
I am with you. The decorations come out after Thanksgiving. We get a live tree and they don't last long!
Hope you are having a relaxing Sunday!
XO,
Jane
I don't want to see Christmas come any earlier, but I want to enjoy every minute. Forget the hustle and bustle, just enjoy good friends and the season. I think a photo card is perfect and I think I will let the boys pick out a background.
Hi Denise,
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I've had that couch for 9 years now. Dennis and I got it as a wedding gift from my father. It's made by Broyhill and it's super comfortable.
Talk to you soon!
-Angela
I do it every year but I am getting to the point where I am running out of ideas. This may be the last photo card for us! But I do a calendar of the children for my dad every year. I missed one year and he was so disappointed I went straight home and ordered one up!
I'm with you, Denise--I like to THINK about Christmas decorations right now, but not to put any out until after Thanksgiving. I love having things decorated for Christmas, but somehow it just doesn't work for me to start the Christmas celebration until after Thanksgiving Day.
Good luck with your card selection! Shutterfly should count themselves lucky to have you as a customer!
Howdy Denise! I'm with you. I'm in the planning stage right now for Christmas. My lil sis gave us a Christmas card address keeper/organizer, so I am planning on getting that done. I am also in the planning/starting phase of my Christmas card that I make. I enjoyed getting my Christmas blog started though yesterday;) It's really helping me get in the mood. I spent part of the day yesterday trying to refresh my 4ft alpine tree. Removing old raffia and fluffing the branches. I watched HGTV and QVC lol. Love QVC for getting in the giving mood and I may or may not have listened to Christmas music Saturday night while working on my sample Christmas card;) With my uncle just passing on Saturday, I need all the help I can muster at this time to get in the mood and it just seemed nostalgic.
Anyway, we have never done a photo Christmas card. I usually make half of mine and then get a Lang Chrsitmas card for the non-family/friend catagory. I like the idea though. Maybe a good idea to take a nice photo with our baby, Buzz dog. This will be his last Christmas.
Wow, I'm being very morbid this morning lol. I can't wait to see what you and others in Blogland decide to do for Christmas this year.
Definately savor every moment of the season.
Cheryl
I normally do not put out Chritmas until the day after Thanksgiving either. I think Hubby would stage a revolt if it went up earlier. I used to work in a shop where we did nine trees and had them all done by mid October(now that's early)
They are cute Denise!
I love to send out photo Christmas cards. This will be our 5th year in a row. We're going to use our Marine Corps Ball photo for it this time around. :)
I LOVE doing Christmas pictures and cards. Plus I get so excited every year to get them in the mail from friends and family too. It's just so fun! I've used Shutterfly before for Holiday cards and have always been happy with them. I think they're great!
Have a nice day ;)
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