This year, I actually contemplated not creating a holiday photo card. I know, the horror, the horror. This thought lasted a mere 2 minutes though. It’s not that I no longer enjoy taking photos for our cards, it’s just that I wondered whether sending our holiday photos electronically made more sense. This is something I may consider for next year. What comes to mind for me is what ultimately happens to our photo cards after the holidays are over. I don’t even want to think about the T-R-A-S-H word. As a sentimental gal, I tend to keep my cards. Later in this post, I’ll share my 3 favorite ways to store holiday cards.
In the meantime, I’d love to share photos that made it to our holiday card this year.
1) The kids sitting on our buffet table. They bring us so much joy. Seems fitting that our “Joy” sign is between them. 🙂
2) All 4 of our girls together. Roxie and Lola have taken group photos with our kids for years. They pretty much stay put. Like their holiday sweaters? 😉
3) A shot of the kids placing ornaments on our tree.
And……..there’s always photos that do not make the card.
1) If the photo design I chose had an extra spot for a photo, I would have chosen this photo for sure. The kids were making each other laugh. You can see the laughter in Lauren’s face (left).
2) We always allow the kids to do a “goofy photo.” Lauren looks like she had too much eggnog. Ellie….well, she looks like she’s perfected her eye-crossing trick!
I always enjoy receiving photo cards from family and friends. I cannot bring myself to discard any of them so through the years, I’ve found ways to store them. Here are 3 of my favorites:
1) Photo Album – After the holidays are over, place photo cards into album just as you would with photos. Make sure to choose albums labeled “acid-free.”
2) Card Display – Punch a hole in the corner of the cards and thread a ribbon into the holes. Tie the ribbon into a bow and you’ll have a pretty stack of cards you can thumb through.
3) Photo Box – After labeling the photo box with the year, place photo cards in box. This is the simplest way to store the cards and keep them organized and accessible.
How do you store your holiday cards after the season is over? Like this post or have a comment? I hope you have a wonderful Christmas spent with your loved ones! I’m so grateful that you stopped by during this holiday week! Xoxo, Tee.
I just saw another idea. The person used their smartphone to take a picture of the Christmas card photo and then used it as the person’s avtar when they called. I thought it was good an additional use. 🙂
That’s such a cute idea! I love it. Thanks for passing along, Dianne!
I love stringing up old photos into photo garlands – they add a little cozy sparkle to the home (: p.s. your little girls are so adorable!
Love all of those suggestions!! I have a photobox and I love it!
Growing up, our tradition was to hang holiday cards on the back of the door or on the banister as they arrived in the mail. After the holidays, we would use the “generic” ones for crafting, and save the personal ones in a nice album or scrapbook.
These pictures are so cute!! I love seeing other people’s family christmas cards! Thanks for posting!
In my view, receiving a Christmas photo is like receiving a gift from a mail by sharing their precious with friends that you have met up with or seen. I treasure the photo by displaying them and storing them in a box in January. I love your ideas of ribbon display.
I love your post; it is full of great ideas!
Sandy
Thanks so much, Sandy! I’m glad you liked the ideas. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your lovely family :).
What nice picture and a beautiful family your have. Merry Christmas!
Thanks so much, Caroline. Merry Christmas to you too!
Ha!! That last picture is great. Funny pictures are always so cute to look back on to really see their personalities throughout the years.
I like the options of photo displays, it gives you something unique to keep your photos in, these ideas can go beyond the holiday’s I love these ideas
We usually do some sort of card display. Cute pics 🙂
I love all of these! You girls are adorable! The one with the dogs is great, and of course the silly one is too. We always tell the kids at the end they can do a goofy one too. It keeps them somewhat happy. Two of my three have mastered the eye crossing, and they do it ALL THE TIME. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
Thanks so much, Emily. Enjoy your Christmas too! Lol at your kids for mastering eye-crossing like Ellie 🙂
I like the card display idea. You can see how the cards and families have changed over the years that way. Cute stuff!
Thanks for your comment and feedback!
Love the family pics especially the doggies. It’s hard for me to get mine to focus and take a pic.
Thanks so much, Kim.
The card display is a great idea – I think I’ll try it out this year 🙂
I love that hole punch idea. I’m doing it:)
Thank u
You’re welcome! That’s what I plan to do this year as well :).