Christmas before Thanksgiving...

I have to admit that until this year I have never even thought about Christmas before Thanksgiving. But usually as soon as black Friday arrived I was either shopping or decorating for Christmas. This year however, a friend of mine decided to plan our annual shopping weekend two weeks before Thanksgiving. I was a bit hesitant at first, but now that it is done and over with.... I am soooooo happy we did it.

The last thing left this year on my Christmas shopping to do list is Christmas cards (one of my favorite things to do). The thing I love about Christmas cards is catching up with people. I am not a fan of sending the card with a signature, and having that be it. No way! I definitely make sure each person/ family gets a personal message from us.

Since my husband and I got married last year I was sooooo excited to do picture Christmas cards. I even had the perfect wedding photo in mind. Off I went to my favorite picture place, Shutterfly. Here is what we sent last year:

My sister's and I also put together a great photo calendar for our mom, that she loved. It worked out great since we had so many family photos from the wedding. Here are a few pages from it.

In my kitchen right now, I have this calendar with pictures of my husband's parents and grandparents, and my parents and grandparents from the wedding.



Can you tell I love pictures? And now almost 1 1/2 years later, I am almost not "obsessed" with wedding pictures. I am starting to move on to all of the other ones. So what will it be this year...... honeymoon pictures?

Imagine my surprise when this year as I was browsing blog land, and working on Christmas card ideas, and i found this amazing deal. But even if you do not have a blog, they are having amazing deals right now. Just hop on over to http://www.shutterfly.com/ and see what you can make.

Love,

KristyLou