photo christmas cards

Dilemmas of a Photo Christmas Cards Newbie

September 27, 2011

I just had my first baby earlier this year, so this is the first year I’m considering photo Christmas cards.  I mean, everyone wants to see a picture of me and my charming little guy in Santa hats, right?  But my dilemma is whether to attempt the department store photo studio sitting with a 9 [...]

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Embarrassing But Funny Christmas Cards Tales

September 20, 2011

My children are grown now but I still remember the many funny things they said and did growing up. When we get together for a holiday or family reunion that’s when the stories start. We look at all the different family pictures on the photo Christmas cards we received, and the memories start flowing. One [...]

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Taking Digital Photos With The Terrible Family Photographer

August 23, 2011

I am the worst photographer in the world.  For years I thought it was that the kids weren’t cooperative or I didn’t have a good enough camera, but now I’m just going to admit it.  When digital cameras came on the scene, I thought that taking digital photos would be my saving grace.  Now I [...]

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Digital Family Photos for Christmas in August

August 16, 2011

We did it! My 12 year old daughter and I just made our Christmas digital family photo cards…and  in August, no less. On one of the hottest days of the year we dressed up in our winter finest, turned the AC on full blast and made our very first photo Christmas cards. Last Christmas we [...]

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Family Photos: What makes a Family?

August 2, 2011

I love the idea of family photos on Christmas cards but my family at the moment consists of me and my 12 year old daughter. Each year my daughter and I love to get photo Christmas cards from our friends and my sisters and their families and I can see that she gets sad thinking [...]

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Photo Christmas Cards Triple Play

July 19, 2011

I have to admit that last year was the first year I didn’t stress over my photo Christmas cards which I have been sending since my daughter was born eight years ago. Like a lot of you, I too dressed my children up (despite their protests) for the Christmas card photo shoot at the end [...]

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Love Those Family Photo Christmas Cards

June 21, 2011

I love getting photo Christmas cards every year. I especially love getting ones from our friends and family who we don’t get to see often during the year. I even keep the photo cards each year and can see how the children are growing up. I’m not going to say that I can see the [...]

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Vacation Pictures – Perfect for Photo Christmas Cards!

May 31, 2011

When I think about photo Christmas cards, images of children in their best Sunday clothes, couples on their wedding day, or adorable pets come to mind.  Not to say there’s anything wrong with that!  But this past Holiday season, I received a few photo cards from friends on their vacation.  Even though I was in [...]

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Funny Family Photo Christmas Cards With Costumes

May 24, 2011

My family, which includes my husband and two children, send out photo Christmas cards every year. We are not talking about your traditional family photo card where everyone is dressed up nice and pretty. The first year we did this I used the picture that we had taken on vacation in Mexico. We were all [...]

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Thinking Outside of the Box for Photo Christmas Cards This Year

May 17, 2011

It seems as though Christmas cards have come a long way from the old, standard card with the traditional family photograph attached. You know, it was the traditional family photo that we all remember and love where the parents and the kids had ear to ear smiles, they were dressed in red and sweaters and [...]

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