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November 4, 2014 By Brooke 5 Comments

Family Christmas Cards 2014 – Design Ideas #ShutterflyHoliday

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I love sending Christmas Cards out each year.  It forces me to get a bit organized by arranging family photos, but in my own true style if I don’t give myself a deadline it won’t get done.  Christmas Cards 2014

I am really lucky to have a great Sister In Law, Bree, who takes amazing pictures.  I recruited her with the sole goal of getting a family picture.  Other years my objective was an individual shot of each kid, but this year proved to be a challenge.  Bree did such a great job with the photos but I walked away from the session feeling really sad that we didn’t get the money shot.  I think as a mom I try to hard to smile, entertain, and keep my kids happy.  As soon as they are happy I look like a total dork in every picture.

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Me, looking like a total dork.  Exhibit A.

Luckily it wasn’t a total fail, and as usual I judge myself more harshly than I should.  There were some really cute pictures, and I was thrilled to get some family Christmas Cards done in time.

This year I decided to try out some new things.  I went to my go-to site, Shutterfly to see their Perfectly Personal™ holiday cards.  I saw the foil stamped cards and fell in love.  The foil stamped cards have elements that shimmer in gold or red.  Its the little details that make the difference.  These cards also come with different edge or trim options.  You can choose rounded corners, ticket corners, bracket or scallop edges.Christmas Card Ideas 2014

Being the indecisive person I am, I decided to order a few different styles so I could see them in real life.  I tried to get some of each edge option and one in the shimmer paper.  I am planning on using some of the extras to hang on the Christmas tree and add to presents.  I also plan on actually mailing out cards to friends and family, and ordered some other stationary set items like address labels, personalized postage, to make the process smoother.

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Can you tell how I am planning on decorating for Christmas?  I am so excited to get my tree up (hey, thanksgiving is over here in Canada – we are allowed!) and get to making some fun crafts and projects.

Talk soon!

Signature Brooke

 

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Filed Under: Design & Home Decor, DIY Projects Tagged With: christmas, christmas cards, Christmas Decor, my family, photo products, photography, stationary

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  1. [email protected]'s Weird says

    November 4, 2014 at 10:13 pm

    BEAUTIFUL!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

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  2. heather meads says

    November 5, 2014 at 4:09 am

    Beautiful holiday cards and no, you don’t look like a dork!

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    • Brooke says

      November 5, 2014 at 9:12 am

      Thanks! You are too kind.

      Reply
  3. Jo-Anna says

    November 7, 2014 at 8:53 am

    These are beautiful Brooke! And I LOVE that one of you in the leaves…so fun!

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  4. Maija says

    November 8, 2014 at 4:58 am

    I love Shutterfly – I’ve ordered my Christmas cards from them 2 (maybe 3) years in a row and love getting the big orange box in the mail!

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Hey, I’m Brooke!

I am a mom to 4 boys in Calgary, Alberta.  I love learning how things are made, singing to the radio loudly, and can’t stop talking. Fueled by diet coke and chaos, I can often be found working on a project.  You can hang out here for craft ideas and tips, games and activities to do with kids, plus FREE svg files and printables.

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