The evolution of a Christmas card

Since the girls were little, we have always sent out Christmas Cards to all our families and friends. Here's looking back through the years.

2002
I have no recollection on what we sent out as a card, so it was probably some generic card. Here is the photo that accompanied the card.

photo courtesy of the one and only time we visited Picture People

2003
Same with 2002. These years with 2 babies have fully escaped my memory.


2004
Apparently adding a third child to the mix meant I felt the need to start a family card tradition.
Even back then I couldn't get them to sit still and cooperate :) Although they were wearing matching outfits. (please ignore the fact that it's not straight, I took a photo of it)


2005
We tried something new this year - we made our cards using our family's hand prints. Printed at home as an opening card.

Front
Inside

2006
Hand prints again!

Front

Inside

2007
Back to flat photo cards this year. I love this photo of the girls, but it wasn't my favorite from the day. For some reason the Big Kid didn't like my favorite photo. So instead, that photo sits on our fireplace.

2008
This year, we went with a new printing company, one that I absolutely LOVE. It gave me a chance to design my own cards (with a little help from another fellow blogger who designed just what I wanted!) They were printed on a matte card stock paper, which I again, LOVE for cards!


2009
Again, we used the same printing company as the previous year but opted for a folding card. My same blogging friend helped us out again!

Front

Inside

2010
This year we went back to Shutterfly for our cards. We used a preset design but still printed on matte paper. We opted for a folding card.

Front

Inside Top

Inside bottom

I have loved looking back through the years at how much my girl's have grown. I must confess that I do keep all my Christmas cards and make scrapbooks out of all the wonderful cards we receive. it is great to look back and see how much not only my daughter's have grown, but also how much their friends have grown.