My Holiday Cards: 10th Design
DESIGN 10: FRONT
DESIGN 10: INSIDE
Message: “Warm wishes for holidays filled with laughter.” (The card was signed in the lower right corner.)
DESIGN 10: BACK
Specs: Vertical 5×7 card on archival linen with the inside design spanning the inside spread, folded in the middle.
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What I love about this design — I don’t often get the chance to photograph families with older children, because for some strange reason, people seem to think that if their kids are beyond toddler age, they’ve missed the window of opportunity for family lifestyle photography. That’s SO not true! I would love to have photographs of my family back in the days when we were all teenagers and young adults still living at home, playing Frisbee in the street, piling up on each other in a game of tackle-the-man-with-the-ball, helping mom in the kitchen, reading the comics on Sunday afternoon in the big gold chair with dad. That’s what I love about this card — it captures those moments! And I love how COOL the back of the card is with the added texture. It takes this design to a level beyond the typical family holiday cards that show younger children, and that’s the point. These are college kids! They needed a sophisticated card!
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like how this card shows no only the children but the parents on the inside. It shows their closeness in a Christmas earthtone feel. The snow on the cover bring in the holidayness
Comment by Dawn — January 26, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
I love the collage effect in the middle. So cool. Also, on the back, I really like the full length picture, I find it very fitting since they are all grown up.
Comment by Stacey — January 26, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
that “memory” effcct, with the fizziness, is FANTASTIC. and then when you contrast that with the clarity of the present photos, well, wow.
Comment by bob — January 27, 2008 @ 9:47 am
You’re right — the back of that card is SO COOL!
Comment by michelle — January 27, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
Comment by jules — January 27, 2008 @ 3:12 pm
I like the collage in the inside, a departure from your usual style. It’s nice how you design cards individually based on each circumstance. Such personal service.
Comment by Steve G. — January 29, 2008 @ 9:03 am
Love the entire look and feel of this card….it has captured the feel of my family…….and it is not cutesy as so many cards tend to be. It has a maturity to it that is so welcomed for a family with older children.
Comment by Kimberley — January 29, 2008 @ 9:33 am
Any card that can get the Baum boys to be glad they spent the day getting their pictures taken and even prouder to put it in print AND be HAPPY their wife/mother made them, deserves to win. It truly was a beautiful piece of art capturing that family the way you did. Their laughter, love and beauty oozed out of it and truly warmed my heart. Thanks for creating it. #10 has my vote. Thank You! Charlotte Walters
Comment by Charlotte — January 29, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
This is how I have always viewed this family—happy and fun-loving just being together.
Comment by Dorothy Pratt — February 1, 2008 @ 10:59 am