Christmas card photos and cards

Starting in about August, I start thinking about and planning what our Christmas card photo will be.  Last year I handmade our cards and the year before that, I ordered them online.  I've decided to continue the trend and order cards online this year.  I have been perusing Shutterfly's website for ideas about colors and trends and loved the brown and red combination found here: [ http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/merry-blossoms-christmas-card?sortType=1&storeNode=93476]  I used that color combination for inspiration for our outfits for meeting Santa.  You'll have to wait to see how it turned out though, just in case that's the pic I choose for our cards.

Not only is Shutterfly great for printing your cards, it's a great source of inspiration for photos.  The photography is amazing and I am always inspired by their designs and the photos on the cards.  Here's a link to their Christmas cards:  http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards

I have also done a photo calendar the last couple of years and it's usually a last minute gift idea and I scramble to get it done.  I'm hoping to get it done early this year and I'm really excited about Shutterfly's templates! I think they are much more fun and creative than many of the others I've seen.   http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars

Now that I have my cards planned out, if only I could just get both my kids to sit still long enough to take a photo I'd be set!

Our 2009 Christmas card photo.  It's going to be hard to top this cuteness!