A couple of week’s ago I took part in an Ultimate Christmas Meme, one of the questions asked me what my Christmas traditions were. I answered that I was yet to establish any but it was something I really wanted to rectify and it got me thinking about what I would like to do going forward.
In doing so, it made me realise that we do have one tradition that we have done every year since Burton’s first Christmas and that is we make our own Christmas cards. Being the skilled amateur photographers that he is, my OH has a lot of photography equipment and when he sets it all up in our downstairs living area, it looks like we are living in a photography studio! Anyway, together with his computer skills he has produced some wonderful card creations for our family and close friends over the last three years.
Our first card back in 2009 was when Burton was a little over 5 months and of course we dressed him as a little Santa baby 🙂
We sat him in our fireplace (I would like to point out that it is not a working fire just an alcove!) and he was such a good baby and sat and smiled and hardly moved at all. Here is the finished creation
Last year was a bit more tricky as Burton was toddling and he was poorly and had a bad cold which resulted in very rosy red dry cheeks. Luckily, I chose an elf outfit for him so at least the red cheeks complimented his costume! Daddy got a little fraught at times because we couldn’t get Burton to smile for the camera despite bribes of chocolate buttons and watching In The Night Garden on my iPad! It took a couple of sessions and in the end Daddy had to crop two photos to paste a smiley face on to Burton’s body! Anyway, ths was our 2010 card
This year of course we have a baby and a toddler to contend with so we knew it may not be the easiest of tasks to get both boys looking and , hopefully, smiling in the same direction and at the camera! Having asked Burton what he would like to dress up as, he said a snowman so that was our theme sorted!
Well, our fist attempt was a disaster! By the time it took to be get all of the photo shoot equipment ready, Burton decided that he had enough and refused to smile and then wouldn’t sit next to Jenson and then started to strip off!! He would not pose for the camera and in the end after me pleading with Burton to sit with his brother to no avail, we gave up. Luckily, two weeks later for our second attempt we explained to Burton who the card would be for and how much his grandparents would be happy to see his smile, and he did smile lots! However, Jenson wasn’t quite as happy the second time but he wasn’t crying so result!
So I present to you our 2011 card and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas
(as we didn’t have enough cards printed to send out to you all individually!)
(as we didn’t have enough cards printed to send out to you all individually!)
DAY 23 
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Tres adorable! I hope you are keeping one back to embarrass them with when their girlfriends come over ;-D
Oh yes we have kept one back – couldn’t not xx
Fantastic! They really made me smile. Happy Christmas to you all xxx
Aww that’s a lovely xmas card. I’ve done the same in previous years but somehow didn’t get round to it this year
Love these! I wanted to make some but haven’t got round to it in time, next year I will do though, they are so much better than shop-bought ones! x
Those are absolutely gorgeous!! We have done ours through photo companies but it’s lovely that you have done them yourself! He is gorgeous and what a lovely thing to look back on
I love your cards…especially the last one. I need to try & get a good one next year but I think S&H will refuse to be a snowman or elf!!
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These are so adorable. Love them. x
So adorable. I love the idea of homemade Christmas cards but knowing Amy I didn’t even try and make one this year. She hates sitting still. Might have to try it next year until then Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas to the four of you 🙂 x
Gorgeous cards, he takes a good snap and does even better with the editing!