Thursday, December 4, 2008

Christmas Cards thru the Years...

I thought I'd share a sampling of our family Christmas cards thru the years. I didn't save our first cards, we probably didn't send any out those first years as we were so poor (like all young couples first starting out). I started individualizing the first cards with little drawings and it all went from there...





This "Star Trek" card is one of my favorites. I copied a family photo and "whited out" some detail and drew over the photo to make it look like we were characters from the show. Back before PC's I used a lot of White Out and clipped and glued everything together. I sort of lived at those copy stores back then.

Now again for this year, I am trying to think of something "clever" for our family Christmas card. I have a "Love/Hate" relationship with this tradition of ours to make the yearly cards because it is really hard to think sometimes!

I'll show you our 2008 card soon...I hope!
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13 comments:

  1. Mrs. DubDecember 4, 2008 at 1:02 PM

    No pressure (though it is the highlight of my Christmas season).

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  2. MaryDecember 4, 2008 at 6:29 PM

    Thanks for the memories. Now get on that card ... stat!

    But, no pressure.

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  3. brookegfunkDecember 4, 2008 at 10:32 PM

    I love our trsdition but coming up with a theme is sometimes tricky What if it said "Christmas only comes around once in a blue moon so make it good one" and have the WHOLE fam mooning the camera? Genius right?

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  4. UnknownDecember 5, 2008 at 2:11 AM

    Hilarious! Thanks for sharing. I'm always amazed at your creativity. Or the lengths you'll go to for creativity!

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  5. hilariDecember 5, 2008 at 7:57 AM

    i'm off to my bum facial.

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  6. Kelli and CraigDecember 5, 2008 at 8:45 AM

    I have always loved our cards too, but it makes me nervous about what I will do for my cards!

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  7. Adam and AnyaDecember 5, 2008 at 10:04 AM

    I'm impressed as always!

    LOVE the star trek one.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 5, 2008 at 3:21 PM

    good luck with that!!
    pix of your decorations too please!!

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  9. discodevoDecember 5, 2008 at 9:55 PM

    I like Brooke's idea!!

    I think we should send a Happy Hanukkah card. That would really throw people for a loop!

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  10. AnonymousDecember 8, 2008 at 11:57 AM

    Seriously the BEST cards EVER!! What a great idea. You know you can never stop that tradition, it's just too cool!!

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  11. Tanner FamDecember 8, 2008 at 1:18 PM

    I love the diversity. The plain jane's can get so boring after awhile.

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  12. Gardner FamilyDecember 8, 2008 at 7:18 PM

    Love the gangstas of 2005. Especially the "surprise" eyebrows.

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  13. saraDecember 8, 2008 at 11:27 PM

    Oh my gosh Kelley those are GREAT!!!

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