the making of a holiday card

Finally!!  It’s two days before Christmas, the cards have all been received and now I can share with you our family holiday card for 2011!  It was a bit of a workout.  The first two minutes were a breeze, the middle 40 were total frustration (gotta love it when photographers kids don’t cooperate) and then the last 5 minutes I got the shots that I wanted.  Sigh.  I did a shoot a couple of weeks before but it wasn’t my original concept and I just couldn’t commit to it.  I’ve been wanting to do something like this for two years so I went with my gut, bought some old sleds and on a gorgeous evening my husband and I took the kids and the pooch to the location.  I’m really happy with the outcome, I just wish I had some more of my youngest.  He wasn’t really into it plust he kept getting the giant candy cane stuck in his mouth and then crying and tears were plentiful.  So here it is!  Happy, happy  holidays to you all!  xoxo

i loved this next one until I came to the one below…..

and the final product…..