Xmas Card Exchange -- Please Share Your Picture! UPDATED

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

Listening to you all talk about starting to receive your Xmas cards always makes me so sad.  The reason that I never join the group is because the most stressful thing that I do all year is to try and get a descent picture for their Christmas Card.  I of course make it more difficult because I want there to be snow and I want my decorations up to try and use in the pictures.  I wait for the first snow, I take hundreds of pictures, and with each bad picture I stress a little more.  Always made more difficult because the snow will always come through the week, it is dark out by the time DH gets home, and I have to try and do these with two dogs by myself.  Finally, I decide that I've just run out of time and I have to use something that I have.  My girls aren't real cooperative when the camera comes out which makes it even more difficult.  Oh, and I forgot to mention I'm terrible with a camera.  So, I didn't get my pictures done in time to join a group, but I still wanted to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and share Lucy & Sophies card!  I've included 2 cards.  The one with both of them we will be using for the Residents and staff at the Ohio Veteran's Home and the one of just Sophie we will be using for the Patients and Staff at the Mercy Hospital where just Sophie visits!  I also still have a few that I haven't gotten done yet that will be for our Foster families.

 

So, I'd love to see some others even though I didn't get my act together in time to join!  Will you share with me.UPDATE:  I'm updating to include the picture I finally finished today for the families of the Doodles we fostered this year, along with the girls picture with Santa today!  Thanks so much to everyone for posting your pictures I'm having a great time seeing them!

 

[Zoe, Benny and Tyler]

My cards are still on the way from Europe but here is how they look like this year

 

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

I love this card!!!!  Look forward to receiving it!

[Camilla and Darwin]

This is way cute! I too have heard a lot about picnik, and I think I'm going to head over and try it right now. 

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Very cute.  I love the red nose!  Seems everyone is doing them this year.  I may have to give Picnik a visit and make yet another card for Gracie Doodle!!!

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

My first Doodle tree filled up so I removed all the photos today and put them on a fake tree with lights.  It is almost filled up and there are tons more cards arriving!!!!  I love looking at all of them.  Everyone has done such a great job with their cards and photos.  They keep me smiling!!!

 

 

Took this tree down and created this other one. I wish I had more space...then I would display them both!

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Nice job on the card tree !

[Dori & Rua]

What a totally cute idea!  I have a 4' little tree that I might try that with.  I just need to find a place to put it so Rua can't get to it!  LOL

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Great idea for displaying all these amazing Doodle cards!

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Yes it is.  I posted either in one of the exchange groups or here the name and make...but yes it is by Umbria and I bought it at Aaron Bros.  Don't know if they are nation wide or not.  They are a frame and art store.

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

What a great idea to display all the amazing DK cards.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

This is fun to see. I even can see Fudge and Vern hanging from the tree. Next year, I think I am going to string a beautiful Christmas ribbon across one wall and use green and red clothespins to hang the cards. Your tree idea is neat.

[Frannie & Callie]

I can't get the exact Shutterfly card to copy, print, or do anything useful, so here is the caption and the picutre for Callie's Holiday card.

 

No matter if you light candles on a menorah or string lights

on a tree...we wish you all the joy of the holiday season!

Love,

Frannie and Callie