7 years of christmas factory fun
jane has been as busy as a busy bee. i was a little busy, but only at the implimentation and printing stage. jane drove the concept, construction and dispatch phase.
"what am i on about ?" you ask. "christmas cards" i answer.
2003
i'm not going to reveal our 2003 christmas card just yet as some readers will be receiving their's by the method of her majesty's royal mail.
(others will have already seen it and are here to claim their money back guarantee).
update: you can see 2003's here
however, here are some ones of years gone by for your delight. it's interesting to see how things have progressed. my photo shop skills have improved for sure !
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2002
a paper nativity with movable characters. the first few photos are from the photo shoot. this was kezia's first appearance
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the final card and commemorative top trump card (i went a bit photoshop mad last year):
2001
kezia hadn't been born and esther was an angel.
2000
esther as a toddler
1999
what was i thinking. it must have been the 6 months of sleepless nights with esther which made this such a poor entry. i can only apologise to anyone who received this card for the quality.
1998
this wasn't too bad - i stuck our heads on someone else's picture i think
1997
the earliest card on electronic record. we were married in 1996 and i don't think we did anything fancy card-wise that year (i don't think we even had a proper computer). but we did by 1997 and we went kerazee !
I cannot remember the 1997 one. did you not send it to me.
jane has a 'no cards for family' rule, though i usually negotiate them for my family. perhaps i hadn't honed my negotiating skills by then ?
hold on i might have found it.
oooh. you tease.
This year's card gets full marks for artistic endeavor, but fails on practicality - it keeps falling over!
have you checked the angle of your mantlepiece ?
jane says you should bend the metal bit.
i say you can't change the laws of physics (captain)
An idea for next year's card, maybe?
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, I was lucky enough to recieve a full set, and was overjoyed to get this years.
My personal favourite was 2002 which was spectacularly better than any other christmas card Ive ever had...
2003 card is here:
http://www.funkypancake.com/blog/archives/001975.html
2004 card is here:
http://www.funkypancake.com/blog/archives/005424.html