Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Take a Look Back

I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for being a reader, commenter, and friend.

I will be without a computer over Christmas. My boss man is giving me a brand new laptop. He's coping over my files to the new one.

Those that celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas!

Just for fun, here's a look back on some of our Christmas postcards throughout the years.

Pre Isaak. This is our baby Mica. On the back of the card we listed all the naughty and nice things he did throughout the year.


The year after that I decided to throw in some mistletoe. 


Then Isaak was included in the card. He was our gift. Notice the reuse of the Santa suite from the first card.


The year after that we put Isaak down the chimney. Not really. We really did play with a lot of options that year. Then finally settled with the last option.


 This is the one we ended up with (front and back):


 The next year we made a huge mess. People that didn't know us thought we had spoiled brats with a major need of donating toys. Isaak's room is tiny. We got out almost every toy we had, and put it in one spot.


 It wasn't easy. Because the boys kept wanting to play. We had a few crying episodes because we kept getting after them to hold still! In the end I had to Photoshop two smiling faces on there. There is a mishap. See the green shelves in the background? I missed the fact that they are not aligned in Photoshop. I was the only one that I'm aware of that caught this error.


The train was a Photoshop nightmare. That's a real train, but candy stretched, changed color, scanned and put on. Too many layers to count.
 

My favorite is this one. This took many shoots. It was either too dark and grainy, or the boys weren't looking right. They thought it was fun being tied up in Christmas lights the first time. The third time they weren't so amused.


This year's you saw already, but here it is again.



8 comments:

Masshole Mommy said...

Awwwww! Thank you for sharing all those pictures. They have grown up so much, huh?

Merry Christmas!

Leovi said...

Searching for beauty and find hope
  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014! Hugs from Spain. Leovi.

Harry Flashman said...

The family pictures are great. I hope you have them backed up and the back up file safe somewhere. You'll get a lot of pleasure from those pictures in years to come.

Merry Christmas!

Ai Sakura said...

Merry Christmas to you and your sweet family. It's been great knowing you better this year.. and thank you for being a great support online too! :)

Ai @ Sakura Haruka

The Cranky said...

Happy Christmas to you and yours!

Maryann D. said...

All of your Christmas cards are wonderful. Isn't it great to look back at all of them and see how the children have grown! I especially like the cute Isaak gift box card!
Merry Christmas to all!
twinkle at optonline dot net

Theresa Mahoney said...

I love every card! You are so creative with them every year. I bet the family looks forward to seeing what card you will make each year!

~ Noelle said...

oh girl. i LOVED looking at all of them!!!! thanks for sharing, so great to see how much they have grown each year... and how creative your cards are.
I was showing off the one you sent us this year.. SO GREAT

Disclaimer

The opinions on this blog are my personal take on products and topics relating to motherhood. This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me.

I am not compensated to provide opinions on a variety of topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are my own. If I claim to show knowledge of certain topic or product I will only endorse products or services that I feel, based on my expertise, are worthy of such endorsement.

If you have any questions about this blog, or want to get in contact with me please email me at: anapeladay@gmail.com