Happy Holidays Postcards

I created postcards again for our holiday cards this year to mail out to friends & family. I got one heck of a deal at Overnightprints.com & they were printed and sent lightning fast.  I just love the simplicity and uniqueness of a postcard, plus the postage is a little easier I'm cheap & proud of it on the wallet too!
I actually had intended to get their premium printing on my cards, but because I had multiple designs and wanted my order separated out in smaller quantities, the best way for me to purchase them was with their basic printing service. 
I was a little nervous about how the printing would turn out, but they were crisp, looked just right for my postcard design and were completely charming!  You can just upload your photos & design your card using their templates & tools right on their site, or create something in photoshop and upload that.  I did a blend of both for my cards.  I also had to make a correction that was my own error and the guy I spoke to from their customer service was fabulous.  He fixed my mistake & then still sent me my cards on time with the date they'd promised, plus another 50 or so extra cards arrived, free of charge, so that I had more than enough for all my friends.  I was so very happy with their service. 
Holiday cards have always been an important gesture to me, because they sort of represent my small way of saying to friends, "I'm thinking of you & if I could I'd buy you each a gift, but here's a tiny token of my appreciation for your friendship".  Of course I couldn't make up my mind on which design I liked the best, so I had a few different ones printed and sent various ones out to different people. They were all designed and sent with love! 

Have yourself a cozy little Christmas & holiday season! From the Teeter Totter Tot family to yours!

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

I designed this year's holiday card myself using the text/editing/create tools on Picnik.com and the postcard printing services of cards direct, and of course the willingness, sweetness and energy of my son to take a slew of photos so that I could find one that worked. I actually envisioned my little screaming silent night idea last year sometime, when I got another pic of my son with his mouth wide open (he likes to do this). But, that image was a bit old & I was trying to figure out what to do for this year's card, so I stuck a hat on him, stuck him on his bike on the porch and started snapping shots & to my surprise, he made another perfect little open mouth hollerin' face that turned out just right for my idea.

He has this thing with opening his mouth after eating something, to show us that it's all gone. And also he just likes to do these surprised happy go lucky type faces in general, he's not really yelling or horribly loud in general, but he has a good set of screamin' lungs on him when he needs them (like in a mall that he doesn't want to leave as I'm draggin' him out or carrying him underneath my arm through Macy's times twice). Anyway, I did the postcard thing this year, A. because I like the look of them & B. because you save a few pennies on postage when you're sending out 75 plus cards each season (a third or more of those are family btw)

Here's what I had printed for the backside of these:

If you believe, as children do, the Magic of the Holidays will be with you!

A little statement I found on some other card site, but I don't remember where.

And then a few words of my own too:

Wising you and yours a blessed Christmas and

PEACE, COMFORT & JOY in the New Year!

And voila, there you have it, our holiday postcards 2010!