merry merry

Here it is ... the first ever photo Christmas card.  I paid a visit to the hair salon and promptly came home and shot some selfies.  I think it turned out pretty good and have gotten some pretty funny (positive) feedback.  I printed via Tiny Prints and think they did a great job.  I, of course, wanted to do something different than the standard template (I'm such a designer) but let that go and rolled with it.  Maybe next year I will get my sh*t together a little bit earlier and design my own.  Put those graphic skills to work! 

I hope you are having a wonderful time with friends and family!  Happy Christmas (as the Brits would say)!

Elf on the Shelf - a set on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649

via flickr.com

We didn't do elf on a shelf when I was a kid, though we did have an elf that topped our mistletoe. I think the elf on a shelf is such a cute idea, and hands down the best ideas I've seen are from Allison from Snippets from Suburbia. I have no idea how she comes up with such creative ideas... I've followed her photography for a while now over on Flickr and her 365 self portrait set was fabulous too! I am really enjoying her elf on a shelf set and thought I'd share it here.

30 days of gratitude : twenty nine & thirty

30 days of gratitude :: Day 29 & 30 :: light & self portrait ... OK, so I'm cheating a tiny little bit on the challenge here.  I don't feel bad since most everyone bailed on me, but I have to say that some of the subjects on this one kind of sucked.  Why do I want to photograph "nightmare" for a gratitude challenge?   You know?  So, anyhoo... I decided to combine the last two items into today's photo and wrap this challenge up!  I got my hair done today (was way overdue for a cut & color) and came straight home to take selfies for my first every holiday photo card.  I figure why not, right?  So I'm single.  Why can't I send a photo of myself to my friends and family?  I have stayed away from this in years past, but people seem to enjoy my self portraits so what the heck ... I did it.  And I had to expedite shipping since I realized today that Christmas is only two weeks away!  OMG!

the kids

These are my kids ... Lucy simply loves laying in the lit garland, likely because it's warm.  And Phoebe, she loves sleeping under the down throw and emerges now and then to check out the scene.  What funny kitties I have.  I really don't know what I would do without a pet in my life...