For our Christmas card this year, I was a little stumped for what to do with Nora. She’s a little too old to plop somewhere with good props, yet she’s too young to really stay in place and pose. And hey, let’s face it. All people really want is a cute pic. I know they pay nearly as much attention to the overall “design” of the photo or card as much as I do.
We still ended up doing a couple of Christmas card “photo shoots,” though. This was one of them, and although we got some really cute pics, we ended up going in another direction for our card (which I’ll share with you soon).
Nora was pretty happy that there were cookies involved. Not gonna lie.
She was a little upset when I wouldn’t let her eat ALL of the cookies on the plate. Apparently she didn’t understand that the extras were there only for photo styling purposes. Tough lesson for a 2 year old. :)
Love her and her Christmas jammies!
How do you approach your Christmas card photos? Do you take special photos just for the cards? Go with professional photos? Or do you just choose a photo you like from anytime during the year?
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I'm Heather. I'm 33 and have been married to Michael for seven years. Together, we have two beautiful little girls we love more than anything, and a miniature dachshund who drives us crazy. I'm a full-time working mom who has very little time for my own "stuff" these days, like home improvement, cooking/baking, cake decorating, and photography. Despite the team not making the playoffs since 1999, I'm STILL a Buffalo Bills fan, which I think speaks to my loyalty AND sense of humor. I can't wait to pick up the pace with travel again some day... you know, when we're done being ruled by tiny fists. Welcome to my blog.
Now that we have Jackson, we do at least one professional photo shoot a year as a family. Unfortunately, our photo shoot is this Sunday (had to wait until I got my roots done, lol), so our cards might be more “Happy New Year” this year. Can’t wait to see what you’ve done this year…
We do a specific shoot every year & then my graphic designer husband designs the card. This year was the first year that we didn’t have to do a reshoot to either go in a different direction or to try again to get a specific shot. I am so happy with how our card came out, even though I know only a few of our friends and family will ‘get’ it.