It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Well, almost anyway. :)  I'm really trying to hold off on Christmas until after Thanksgiving, but I can't help but start to think about it at least a little bit.  I'll get to decorate when I get home, we'll get a tree soon after we get back to OH, I'm excited to pick out those perfect-somethings for friends and family... and one of my favorite parts of the holidays is connecting with family and friends with Christmas cards!  I love seeing pictures of everyone's family, reading snippets of what God has done in their lives the past year.  I love checking the mailbox to see who we heard from, and I love writing our Christmas letter and choosing a Christmas card.  Especially when it's a photo card. :)  What a testimony it is even to me to think over our year and recount God's faithfulness, and I hope it's an encouragement to those who read it as well.

I have been perusing some sites looking at different Christmas card designs, and I have to tell you I think I found a winner at Shutterfly.  I love love love their photo books for preserving Asa's days during the year, and their Christmas cards are a perfect to way to share your most special highlights during the holidays.

I think my favorite design that I came across is actually pretty simple with some opaque flourishes along the side of the card that perfectly compliment and showcase the photo of your choice.  You can even add your own text AND photo to the inside of the card!  I don't want to give away exactly what card it is, because you just might find it in a mailbox near you. :)  But I hope to send our cards out soon as most people do not have our new address (eek!).  My plan has been to mail our cards early and hopefully get our address out that way before cards start coming our direction. :)

If you're thinking of sending out a Christmas card, make sure you look at your Shutterfly options! :)