{"id":3821,"date":"2011-12-12T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T03:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2013-12-09T18:10:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T00:10:25","slug":"the-christmas-card-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/the-christmas-card-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Christmas Card 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was last Christmas when I gifted myself a copy of Print Workshop<\/a>\"\"<\/u> and the basic tools of a block-printing kit. Over the past year, I’ve made quite a few stamps using my trusty lino cutter<\/a>\"\", including a crochet-inspired one that I’ve been using on the envelopes for my Lace Love orders. I’ll share that one with you soon, but today I want to talk about my Christmas card!<\/p>\n

I doodled this tree, inspired by a drawing in a children’s book, several times and knew I wanted to incorporate it into our Christmas card somehow. I cut a small version on a scrap piece of Speedy Carve and liked it so much, I began drawing it larger. When I was finally satisfied, I drew it directly on a linoleum block and began carving. I found some metallic Speedball ink<\/a>\"\" on clearance at Hobby Lobby one day and took it as a sign. THIS needed to be on the front of my card! I got to work immediately and had my 30 cards printed in a few short hours. <\/p>\n

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Its metallic-y shiny goodness–which was surprisingly hard to capture in photos–is not the best part of the card. Nope. The BEST past of the card? The handsome little fellas on the inside:<\/p>\n

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Thrifted blazers, vests, cardigans, lollipops. Informal to the max, but just our style.<\/p>\n

You want to see outtakes, you say? But, of course!<\/p>\n

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I took the outdoor photos first. There was more than one meltdown, I can promise you that. The black & white photo shows what a toddler looks like when his big brother tells him he WILL NOT<\/b><\/i> hold his hand. Oh my word, the tears! I spared you the photo of them BOTH crying because I threaten their treat. When we finally came back in, they got their lollipop prize and were still so adorable, I HAD to take more photos. In our dining room. Lucky I did because I ended up loving one of those the most! <\/p>\n

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\nDid YOU take your own Christmas card photo? How did it go?? How did you “dress it up” for your actual card? I want to know!<\/p>\n

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\np.s. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway<\/a> for 100 custom postcards<\/b> I posted earlier today!<\/p>\n

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\np.p.s. I totally forgot to mention I’m linking up with The Paper Mama’s Holiday Photo challenge!
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