OK, so I've been dying to join Cathy's linky-lovefest with all the Christmas card reveals, but alas, since I don't send my cards out until the mid-December, I'm about a week late to her party ... so yesterday was my big day - a big transition in my "no rest for the weary" to-do's - I moved on from the gifting/shipping phase into the Christmas Card phase ... and as of this morning, I have both of those tasks behind me - "all" that remains (which is still a lot!) is the baking of Christmas cookies and packaging them up for a Friday distribution to teachers, coaches, etc ... and of course, I still need to wrap up the gifts for all the bugs in the house, both lady type and manly type ...
So are you ready for the big card reveal?!
This was a really big step outside the lines for me this year ... I went with a card printing service, which I have never done before ... believe it or not, for the last 12 years I've stuffed an assembly line of cards with 4x6 photos and written a note on each and every one of them - all 4 of our names accompanied by anything from a quick "ho ho ho" and/or the kids' ages all the way to a detailed update about the year - it's been a lot of work. When the number of cards we send climbed up to 135 last year I realized I was in over my head ... this year, not only is our photo printed on the card, but our names are also on the card in the lower left, all lower case, in green. I used tiny prints thanks to a generous 20% off coupon for early birds (had them done mid-November) and will probably never do my cards any other way again - I love them!!
Something that a couple of other bloggers have done recently was to show the last several years of cards and/or photos ... I keep an album like that on my Facebook page, I love to scroll through the years and see how quickly it all goes by ... so I'm going to join the informal "walk down memory lane" party as well ... here are my last 11 christmas card photos, starting 10 years ago...
(2000 - our first year with a digital camera - big ladybug was just 2 years old!)
(2001 - welcome to the world, little ladybug!)
(2002 - ages 4 and 1)
(2003 - ages 5 and 2 ... silly little monkeys!)
(2004 - ages 6 and 3 ... big ladybug is holding the 10 inches of hair she had just cut for Locks of Love - and little ladybug is still being a monkey!)
(2005 - ages 7 and 4 ... converted from digital point-n-shoot to a digital SLR)
(2006 - ages 8 and 5)
(2007 - ages 9 and 6)
(2008 - ages 10 and 7)
(2009 - ages 11 and 8 ... the year I upgraded my SLR camera and realized the power of a good lens)
(2010 - ages 12 and 9 ... *sigh* ... where on earth has the time gone?)
17 comments:
Sloan, could your girls be any prettier...I mean really?! LOVE your card this year....and LOVED LOVED LOVED looking at all your cards through the years! I think my favorite is the first year you got your slr. And, your girls look so much younger to me than 12 and 9!
Sloan, where have you been hiding these gorgeous girls! what beauties and they take a great picture!!!
How do you get such awesome pictures of your girls? They are so photgenic! My boys can hardly sit still long enough to get a picture much less have them all smiling.
I don't get my cards out til mid-December either.
Oh, and I love seeing the photos of your girls through the years!
WOW! love this!! loved looking at the girls through the years...they are gorgeous!! now i'm curious...what lens do you shoot with most??
Gorgeous. I could do that, too, if I wasn't such a chicken about my kids online. Why am I like that?!?
Miss you. Post NYE get together?
OMG...my husband and I were cracking up!! He remembered the piece...but I'm sure I would have rememberd that had I seen it before! Thanks for sending me the clip!!!
Your girls are beautiful! And so glad you went with Tiny Prints..I've been using them for a few years now too! And I agree..too many similarities between us! Hope you're enjoying the season...
Sigh!
You are right!
How sweet to see your pics through the years!
Your girls are beautiful...and they look like they just LOVE each other!!
Oh, how sweet! Your big bug has Party Girl curls as a peewee. I can tell it has a natural curl, but did you curl it back then? And, is she blowdrying it now that it looks straighter?
Love your card! Your picture is adorable. Next year, put the man and mama bug in the picture and send one to Va Beach. :)
Beautiful girls!
SLOAN!!!!!! I love the JOY I see in every.single.one.of.these!!!!! Beautiful girls, inside and out. You are awesome!! Love this post:).
Oh my goodness...the sweetness is too much for me!!
Love photos of smiling hugging girls and there are just way too many here for me to handle!
Simply beautiful is all I can think to say!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Enjoy the day
Your girls are SO adorable! Love the card and those through the years!
I haven't been one to send out Christmas cards per se, usually a letter with some candids printed in with it. But now after seeing your compilation. I wish I had. Talk about a walk down memory lane. Each shot is so special and your photos just kept getting better and better.
I think this would be a great addition to the linky I'm doing on Monday sharing with us how you are finding you Joy this Christmas. I would love for you to link up Sloane.
I don't know where the time has gone either. Before you know 12 will be 15. Its as though you blink and it happens.
Take care,
Dana
PS can't wait to see some bokeh shots : )
Sloan, thank you for linking up! (and the shout out!) This is a fabulous post!! The ladybugs smiles are gorgeous (in every photo!) . I love your 2010 card, so sweet! Glad you are able to focus on wrapping & baking now! jugs, Cathy
that would be Hugs! oh my typing skills need work!!
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