It's that wonderful time of year again - Christmas card time! I am really excited about our cards this year. We are getting our pictures done tomorrow down at the Levee, and have a photographer coming to us! SO fun! Not only that, but I am so excited about making our photo cards this year using Shutterfly. Prior to having children, I handmade all my cards and stamped them and such. We always included a photo of course. But now that bye boys are here, I simply don't have the time to make 80 plus cards!
In comes Shutterfly! They have some amazing designs, from traditional to modern to fun and quirky. The right design is out there for you. I have my favorites of course! Here they are, in no specific order:
THIS one I love the colors and the layout.
I really like the simplicity of THIS card:
And THIS one is darling! I really like that you can put information on there about the ages of the kids, especially since Christmas cards are sometimes the only yearly communication between family and friends. This gives people a great visual of how the kids are growing!
And one of the great things about Shutterfly is that they don't just do Christmas cards! When Ethan was born in January, I did his birth announcements through Shutterfly. They were adorable! Not only that, but they shipped so fast!
I also made a scrapbook page with Ethan's pictures and all his birth "stats" included. It was SO easy and came out pretty cute if I do say so myself!
When my cousin got engaged, I made her a photo book with pictures of her and her fiance' from when they were dating. I even wrote a poem for them and included it in the book. She loved it and it was such a great personalized gift. And, it was SO fun making the book, and picking out the fonts and colors and background pages.
You might be asking why I'm going on about Shutterfly and everything they have to offer! Well, because of their generosity, I am getting 50 Christmas Cards for taking time to talk about Shutterfly. I am so excited about making my cards and sending them out to everyone.
So, if you love making personalized cards and gifts for your friends and family, and not just at Christmas, Shutterfly is definitely the way to go! Check them out. I promise you won't be disappointed!!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Friday, December 03, 2010
Christmas Cards Done EASY!!
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Impromptu Family Get Together
Back at the end of September, I got an email from my cousin letting me know that my other cousin who is in the army and stationed in Korea was going to be in the nearby area, and a ton of family was going to be getting together. We made sure that our calendar was open and we made the plans to go about 2 hours away to Connersville, IN to see everyone. I had told my mom and grandmother of the get together, and they decided last minute to book a flight and come down and surprise everyone! It was great and everyone was pleasantly surprised. Here are some of the pictures from the day. All of them can be found HERE.
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Whirlwind of Activity
Well, it's been a while since I updated my blog. There's a good reason for that! We have all been sick for a while. About a month of sickness in the Turner household - ugh! We've all survived, barely it seems :-)
I got hit the worst of it. I was on an antibiotic for an upper respiratory infection, and it was not liking me. I got put on another antibiotic, and it was awful! I ended up being really, really sick. I was severely dehydrated, to the extent, that if I had waited another day before I had gone to the hospital, I might not be updating this blog today! God definitely had his hand over me and protected me. I was in the hospital almost 3 days. Boy was it awful being away from my boys! Thankful that God saw fit to heal me and bring me back home to my family.
Anyway, I'm going to attempt over the next week to catch up with all the happenings in our family. It will be a whirlwind of activity to say the least!
