Christmas is a time for tradition. Even people with the most progressive of personalities and forward thinking tastes tend to open up to tradition and reminiscence during the yuletide season. Whether it’s hanging a few heirloom ornaments on an otherwise modern themed Christmas tree, mixing in kitschy childhood decorations with impeccably stylish home décor, listening to old standard Christmas songs by artists that wouldn’t otherwise grace one’s iPod in a million years or even just carrying on traditional family celebrations passed down through the generations; it seems that there is always room, and maybe even some desire, to include a touch of classic Christmas.
Infographic: All We Want for Christmas 2011
December 2nd. Only 23 days until sleigh bells start ringing and your living room is covered in brightly colored wrapped paper. When you open your mailbox you’re now going to start seeing an array of colored envelopes with Christmas cards tucked safely inside. You’ll start getting invitations to formal and not so formal Christmas parties, where either Santa or the quintessential rum is present.
Shoot Your Own Christmas Card Portrait – The Wrap-Up!
We’re a few days from Thanksgiving which usually marks the point when trees, greens and other Christmas festiveness starts to get broken out and the whole family takes time to be together. It’s also when winter outfits have secured a space in the front of the closet and you start feeling like it wouldn’t be so early that people would think you were weird for sending Christmas Cards. That also makes it the perfect time to wrap up the Shoot Your Own Christmas Card Portrait series!
6 Christmas Card Verses We Dare You to Use
If you’re like most people, regardless of the style of Christmas card you chose, you’ll opt for a fairly traditional verse for the inside. However there are some amongst us who are a bit more daring, who live life a little more on the edge, who like to stick things in a lion’s cage and see what happens, who have been on Santa’s list for coal more than not!
4 Holiday Promotion Ideas for Service-Oriented Small Businesses
I hear you screaming from here – “Holiday promotions? It’s not even Halloween yet!” and in a way you’re right. It is a little early for Holiday promotions, but that’s also the point; now’s the time to start thinking about what you’re going to do and how you’re not going to get lost amongst all of the multi-million dollar campaigns the big boys are going to run between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Shoot Your Own Christmas Card Portrait – Part 4
You’ve successfully turned your living room into a somewhat convincing Christmas-themed photo studio. Now comes the real fun – getting everyone in the family to pose decently and look at least somewhat happy about it – and framing it all up with the camera to get a great shot…
Shoot Your Own Christmas Card Portrait – Part 3
OK, so you’ve found a room to shoot your Christmas card portrait in, you dug out some decorations to help give a festive feel and everyone has outfits selected. Now it’s time to figure out what to do with the photographic equipment you’ve also rounded up…
Shoot Your Own Christmas Card Portraits – Part 2
Let’s face it, about the only thing that sets a Christmas portrait apart from any other family portrait is the fact that it clearly says “Christmas.” Any good family portrait tells the story of the family’s personality and bond; but when you’re putting a portrait on photo Christmas cards, the holiday is also part of the story that the photo needs to tell…
Shoot Your Own Christmas Card Portraits – Part 1
As one of the resident photographers here at 123Print a lot of people ask me how they can get the professional looking shots that the sales brochure for their fancy new camera alluded to…