Season's Greetings!

Happy Friday everyone! 

We are in Michigan, YAY!! I do have to work today, but I'm so looking forward to having five days off in a row starting later on this afternoon! I can't wait to just relax, sit by the fire, see friends, and spend time with family. It's so nice to be back in my home state! 

Today, I just wanted share our Christmas card for 2012...

Front

Back

  I ordered our cards from Minted for the first time and I was thrilled with the finished product. They have the most adorable designs and I really like the one we ended up choosing. In the past I've ordered from Tiny Prints/Shutterfly and although the cards were nice, Minted's products are definitely higher quality. While Minted's cards do cost a little more, I think that they're totally worth it and I will definitely be ordering from them again. 

As for the photo, my sweet friend Kelly them for us. I knew I definitely wanted to get the lake in the photo we'd use for the card, and originally I was just planning on using a photo we had already taken. However, when I started looking through our photos, I realized that so many of them that had the lake in the background we're also wearing our bathing suits! And I'm sorry, I just was not going to send one of those types of cards ;) So luckily Kelly was nice enough to come take some (fully-clothed) photos of us in front of the lake and I love this photo.Tahoe might not have much in the way of shopping or restaurants, but it does make for a good Christmas card! Plus, this is sort of my way to entice family/friends who haven't seen where we live to come out and visit!

And then I ordered these address labels which I just loved: 

I thought it was so clever how they wrap around your envelope because I always worry about things unsealing after you send it out. 

So there you have it, our Christmas card for this year! Each holiday season, I get so excited about sending them out as it's a tradition I really enjoy. I put photos up on FB/my blog all the time, but it's nice to send mail once a year, and I know that some of our older relatives who aren't super tech-savvy really enjoy it. What about you? Did you send out cards this year?

{I'm also linking up with Kelly's Korner to share our card today!}

Now, my next project is going to be putting a book together for all of our Christmas cards that we can add to each year--but that will be something for January once things calm down and I have some spare time! :)

Last but not least, I realized I never announced the winner of my Shabby Apple Giveaway from last week...whoops! The winner is Mandee @ You Say It Best! Send me an email to claim your prize! :)

Have an amazing weekend everyone!! Xoxo

PS: If you haven't voted for me yet in the Online Shoes contest, I'd really appreciate your support! Voting is really easy and you can win a free pair of boots!