Growing up we always sent out Christmas cards, and always had what seemed like an endless amount that we had received tacked up on the door frame to our living room. It was always fun seeing the card people had picked. We went the cheap environmentally friendly route this year and didn't get them printed and instead just used social media to "send" our card. I decided to make our own this year and went to work in photoshop.
I am by no means a photoshop expert, and in fact wouldn't even say that I've very good at it at all! But thankfully I was able to come up with something that I was satisfied with and actually had it done before I even took the picture to go with it.
From my family to yours, Merry Christmas!
Did you do Christmas cards this year? Blog about it? Feel free to leave a link in the comments so I can come see!
Contact me (link at the top of the blog) and I will send you the photoshop file that you are free to use if you'd like.
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My kids' mood can change in an instant. Really, they quite possibly are 13 year olds disguised as small children. Knowing this, on the day that I wanted to take their Christmas pictures I knew I had to be quick. We set up our backdrop and got all of that ready before we even clued them in to the fact that we were going to take some pictures. I even had my camera completely ready before we got them dressed. Basically I knew we wouldn't get much time haha
I'm pretty happy with how they turned out though. Of course I wish I could have gotten more and I wish my lighting would have been better etc, but I feel like it captures them pretty well and so I'm happy.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Did you have Christmas pictures taken? Did you take them yourself or have someone else do them?
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When my daughter first started at her preschool I started to take note of teacher gifts that would pop up in my Pinterest feed. I knew I wanted to do something fun, budget friendly and not another teacher gift that they would just toss or stick in a cabinet to collect dust.
What's the answer to that? Food... always food. Or more specifically candy. I know they will get plenty of candy, but at least if they have an over abundance they can pass it on. It's a little tough to give your Aunt Sally who is an accountant a mug that says, "World's Best Teacher". She might catch on to the "regift" ;)
So this is what I ended up with and while I wish I would have gotten the card printed vs my 3rd grade-ish handwriting (hey, maybe she'll think I had and older sibling do it and find it endearing...) I'm pretty happy with the simple gift. The tag reads, "A teacher can't live on apples alone. She needs "hugs" too!"
I paid $1.98 at Walmart for the bags, which included the bag, a decorative piece that goes at the bottom of the bag and the ribbon. It came with 6, so I'll use the rest to give cookies in as gifts. .75 each for the cookie cutters and the "Hugs" were $2.98 also at Walmart.
It took me all of 10 minutes. Not too bad if I do say so myself. Oh and I may have eaten a piece or two myself...
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