GOOP's A Day in the Life. . .

Ever heard of the blog GOOP? It is written by Gwyneth Paltrow. I am a huge fan. Today's post was SO FAB, it features a day in Gwyneth's life as well as 2 other working moms. It was great to read because of the tips given, but also just to know that my life isn't quite as crazy as I always feel like it is :)

Christmas cards recap!

I know I may be a little behind the eight ball with this recap, but I just had to share a few of the cards we did during this AMAZING holiday season! Once again this year, we were blessed beyond belief by being able to work with so many fabulous people. Thank you to everyone who chose one of our cards to send to brighten your friends' holidays!
It is beyond fascinating to watch people's lives unfold, especially those who have blessed us by being repeat clients year after year after year. We get to watch all phases of life: new babies being added, kids heading off to college, divorce :(  remarriage, and even the sweet family who said "thank you for your support for our family during this difficult year." I don't know very many of the people whose cards we proof, but catching a small glimpse into their lives give me personally the chance to pray for them and reflect on the blessings in my own life. My close friends know the past few months have been a bit of challenge for my family, and ironically, I had already designed my own card shown here and had used the verse John 1:18 "From the fullness of His grace, we have all received one blessing after another."  Despite everything, I claim this verse for my family this year because I know The One who has it all figured out and am in constant amazement of how He has been giving us one blessing after another!  So here is the card my family sent out (by the way, this is Ellen writing this post). It is our trifold card design.

Next up is my co-owner, Stella's family's card. She chose our 5x5 folded design.  She has the MOST amazing kids (of course besides my own ;) and it is always fun to see her include a photo of her dog, Ryder. Maybe the reason we work so well together is because of our shared Golden Retriever ownership?

Lastly, I wanted to show off some really fun trends we saw this year. Hopefully you know that our flat photo cards can be printed with photos on the front and the back, and that our folded cards are customizable on all panels of the card. It was so fun to see people include their pets or a picture of their family's vacation or a crazy shot on the backs of our cards.  We are constantly amazed at our client's creativity. We had fun changing colors, fonts, and wording to help people create truly one-of-a-kind Christmas cards. So sit back and enjoy a VERY SMALL sampling of some of our 2010 Christmas cards!

So fun seeing where everybody traveled to this year...

An efficient use of your Christmas card is to make it a Birth Announcement Christmas Card Combination...

It is always special when you have a wedding in the family to send out a wedding Christmas card showing off the big day... 

Cute pet Christmas Cards are such fun!!!

I love Grandparent holiday cards!

And because my alma mater, Auburn University, is playing for the BCS National Championship in 3 days, I just had to throw in my favorite Auburn cards we did. There were actually many more, too many to show here. If you will remember, a certain other university in our state played for the National Championship and won this time last year. It was really funny to see the trend this year...we did a couple of Auburn cards last year and more Alabama cards than we could count, and this year it is vice versa. So funny!!! WAR EAGLE!!!

Thank you again for your business and we wish you the very best 2011!!!