I love getting the chance to design Christmas cards for friends! Most of my friends know that I do photo design cards on the side, so I normally don't advertise it or pressure anyone. But each year I am always asked by a friend or two to design their Christmas card. This year I had the pleasure of creating a couple of Christmas greetings that two friends could send out to say Merry Christmas!
I just love making photo cards at Christmas time.
Here are a couple I've done for my family...
Only 2 more days to Christmas!! This month has felt like it's gone by in such a rush.
My husband and I were able to go on a week long vacation for our 5-year anniversary.
And it has snowed and snowed and snowed here in Portland, Oregon unlike anything that has been seen for almost 40 years!
These two things have made it feel not quite like a "normal" Christmas season.
But, despite the craziness, I was able to enjoy designing a few more Christmas photo cards.
Thanks to my friend, Sarah, for letting me design her card this year!
These next 3 designs were for a very dear friend who has given me the opportunity to design last year's Christmas card and her son's baby announcement. She ended up choosing the first one for this year's Christmas card.
The same dear friend from above shared my love for design to her mom and this will be the second year I have designed her family's Christmas card. I love seeing how much the children grow each year and how big the family keeps getting. 
This is our Christmas card. I really wanted a collage theme this year, since we had so many great pictures to choose from thanks to my friend Annie who photographed our family.
Merry Christmas to you and your family and blessings in the New Year.
Here is an example of how I can take a pre-designed card and tweek it to make it look more complete with the picture that you might give me.
I created this particular card last Christmas as a set of designs for a friend to choose from. This isn't the one she chose, but I kept it in my pre-design gallery.
A gal in my MOPS group chose this particular design for her Christmas card this year, but I was able to give it a few extra unique changes to make it work for her family card, such as making subtle changes to the font, color, wording, picture size, and using a different snowflake. This card was printed off 4x6 in size with a deep cranberry colored matting (1/2-inch all around) to make it a 5x7. Sometimes the matting gives it that special unique look.
So, if you ever see something in my pre-design gallery (Christmas cards or other special events), know that I can try to make the changes necessary to make it fit your style.
However, for an additional $10 custom design fee, I can also create something that is unique just for you!
Just a fun new holiday card to add to the mix! This one's simple, but makes a fun statement!
Let me know if you'd like to order a pre-designed card for your Christmas greeting this year by e-mailing me at heidilynneboos{at}hotmail{dot}com. Check out my low pricing on the left hand sidebar.
I'm in the midst of trying to create a few new Christmas cards...
Here is one that I just completed, but it's not actually our Christmas card, I just used our family picture and names. I'm keeping our family Christmas card a surprise until I get them sent out in the mail.
**Important information: If you are interested in ordering Christmas cards, I need to have your information, picture, and design choice by no later than Tuesday, December 2nd in order for me to get them to you before I leave on Saturday, December 6th. I will be gone for one week and will not be returning until December 13th. Unfortunately I will not be taking any more custom designs due to the small amount of time from now until I will be leaving, so if you are interested please see my pre-designed gallery of Christmas cards (the pre-designs also includes the one I have just posted).
Whew! What a busy weekend! So much to prepare for! One of the things being our local MOPS group just held our 1st Annual Craft Fair & Bazaar this morning. We had 12 tables set up for 40 women to browse through and do a little early Christmas shopping. I was the coordinator of the event and I think our first one ran smoothly. Hooray! I hope to open it up to other Christmas shoppers outside of MOPS next year. I set up a table to advertise my HB Creative Design photo card business, and so I look forward to seeing what comes of that. I think I have a few women who were interested in holiday cards.
And now I'm moving on to the next project (or should I say projects?)!
I wanted to give you a sampling of the holiday cards I have created for my friend Annie, an amazing photographer. The pictures displayed on each of these cards were taken by her.
I know this is a busy time of year, but I hope to design a few more in the coming week to have as other options for potential customers looking for photo cards. Over the weekend, we finally determined my photo card pricing that will be for the coming holiday season (see left sidebar). I'm slowly growing my business, so I'm sure as the work load grows, I will probably have to adjust my pricing to compensate for that.
**For more pre-designed holiday greetings available, click here.
I have always enjoyed sending some sort of holiday greeting to family and friends for Christmas. Over the last couple of years in working with photo cards, I have designed a handful of cards for Christmastime, a couple for our family, but a few cards & designs I have created for a friend. It gives me great joy to create something extra special and unique for family and friends to receive during the holiday season! Here are a few samples of things I have done over the last 2 Christmas seasons. There are so many more ideas to put down on paper (er, I mean computer), so I hope to share those creations in the future and maybe for others who would like a fun and unique way to say Merry Christmas for Christmas 2008!
