Christmas Cards

ONE SAMPLE

This year I decided I was going to use my crafty skills and design an, "oh so cute" Christmas card. Well this would turn out to be much harder than anticipated. First of all, I could not decide on a picture I liked of the family, so I thought I would just do a picture of Paityn, but I could not find one of her smiling. Then, I thought it would probably be much cheaper if I were to just do photo cards from the Target or Costco photo lab. So, I searched for a card design that I liked, and none of them were calling out to me! I found a website I liked, TinyPrints.com, but I wouldn't get the cards with enough time to spare for Christmas. So, back to square one, and I headed over to Roberts Craft Store. They were sold out of almost everything green, red, and even brown!!! The selection of Christmas paper was slim, as were embellishments. Forty dollars later, I ended up with these red cards, some ribbon and brads, and I was off to make my christmas cards. At this point I still had no idea what picture I would be using. That was on Monday. Today is Thursday and I have completed 10 cards, found a picture that works perfectly, and the rest of you are getting the store made photo cards. Sorry, I had to select only 10 that would be getting the results of my hard labor! A FEW MORE!

Paityn has been calling for me... and is frustrated that this card making experience is taking away from our playtime! Maybe next year I will attempt this idea again, and start a little earlier in the month!
OH... and I am not showing the inside so that something will be a suprise!
Merry Christmas....only 13 days away!