Glad tidings!
Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 10:26PM Okay. I've been waiting and waiting to share our holiday card but didn't want to spoil the surprise for those who will receive one in the mail. But. I'm impatient...and I think they're all delivered...and it's Christmas Eve. :) So, here's the card we sent out with our somewhat annual year-in-review letter:
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(Did these digitally in PhotoShop and then printed them as 4x6 photos...just trimmed to fit the envelopes...much more economical than the photo greeting card options.)
Aren't the boys' letters awesome?! We had a lot of fun with this...did the whole alphabet for kicks. I was inspired by the cool letter art I've seen others doing with pictures taken in nature (using like the bend in a tree branch for a "y" and so forth). As mentioned previously, though, I'm impatient and trying to find all the letters in nature took too long. ;) So. Boys in the family room it was. Fortunately, the open floor plan of our home meant that I could take these pictures from almost directly above the boys (who were laying on a sheet on the floor). Pretty pleased with how they turned out. Oh, and you have to see the "Y" because it's just adorable:
These actually started out quite colorful before I converted everything to black and white. (I didn't have a black sheet and the boys didn't all have matching outfits in any solid color so we used last year's Christmas pjs.)
Ta da! :)
Well, boys are in bed uncharacteristically early (gee I wonder why, LOL!)...going to finish up a few things before heading to bed myself. ;) Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
Reader Comments (9)
Very creative and cute!
Very cute! I like the "N" :)
Very very cute!! I'm sure you had fun doing this!
Holy Cow! So cute, I'm totally copying!
I love it! Beautiful & so creative!
Love your cards this year. I agree - the Y is adorable!! The B&W stripes are perfect - you could change to any color and have year round greetings!! (Especially since you have all the letters!)
That is SO cute!! Best card I've seen all year!!!
you are brilliant!
I love the idea of these "body letters' ... but I have no kids. How could I get one huge ol'cat and one dog to cooperate ? Or maybe you could let me borow your kiddo letters :) The card is memorable!