Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over, I have found a sliver of time where I can share our family Christmas card that I designed. This holiday season was especially busy - like “there is no way I can do all this” busy - but I was determined to get the card done, especially since it’s the only time I reach out to some of our far away family and friends each year! I enjoy designing it, and I haven’t missed a year since I had my first son (although one year became a New Year’s card). This holiday season was one of simplifying - I had to be flexible and let some things go and be ok with that. But the Christmas card is something that I save, along with all the boys’ birthday invitations and I look back at them year after year. I don’t do photo albums anymore because of space, but I love having something printed in hand as most things are digital now. Sometimes I wonder if digital photos will get lost from one generation to the next. I have always loved printed photos and looking through albums of my family. I hope one day the boys and their families will also enjoy looking through the invitations and cards as much as I do.
This year I went with a simple design, minimal text and the focus on the cross. I didn’t list names, ages or add any other phrases to the card because, frankly, I didn’t have the time to play around with it, but I ended up loving the simplicity of it. The focus is on Christ and on the faces I love so much! I took the photo and let the colors of the photo predict the color scheme of the card. I wanted to have some fun with some framing shapes. I designed a few variations and ended up choosing this one. Christmas is over, but I do want to share the link to my etsy shop in case someone comes across this blog post in the future! You can purchase the Christmas Card here in my etsy shop, Oh Fiddlesticks!
