Christmas Card Greetings...

I can't remember how I stumbled upon this blog this weekend, but I am sure glad I did because she is hosting a very fun blog party. I don't know if it's the same in your household, but our load of Christmas cards this year seems to be yet another thing affected by "this economy." I keep commenting that either I've really upset some friends this year or that people are not sending cards to save a few dollars. I am pretty sure that the second reason is the answer.

So this blog party, which allows bloggers to share their family Christmas cards, will let you feel like you've received just as many cards as you would have any other year! You just have to pretend you know the people or appreciate greetings and good wishes from kind creative strangers. Take your pick!

I am excited to see what others have created, but it's kind of like that feeling of looking at wedding magazines or watching the Wedding Story after you've already had your wedding and thinking "I wish I would have thought of that!!!" I'll just have to take notes for next year...but I am pretty pleased with our card this year, both the family picture and the snowmen creations made by my twin daughters...

It started with a morning of the girls' drawing snowmen while waiting to leave for school. After seeing their family creations, I knew they had to be shared. A mommy snowman with hair - how cute is that?  ...so off to kinkos to resize and copy!

I then collected the supplies and friends and family card list...

the creating chaos I like to call it...

Added the family picture...

Typed our greeting and signature...

Attached it all together with a brad...

Put my eager little artists back to work to draw more

snowmen on the envelopes...

and then begged my husband to either remember to mail them from his office or to bring me home some stamps!

our two cards from the past two years...

2008

2007

I love the handmade touch to our family card this year, and especially love that we have an additional handmade blessing, our little miss izzy-belle!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!