I know -I KNOW.... but I started taking a family photo at Christmas when my husband and I first got married.... and now I've taken 13 of them and I just can't stop.
And you know what - I'm not even sorry. I love our family Christmas photos. I love that I can look back over the years and see how we've all changed and grown. How our family has lost and gained a furry family member, and how my "little" boys now suddenly are looking like big boys, or almost, little men.
When I'm choosing our outfits for family pics, I always like us to be coordinating, but never "matching". And, I often start with my husband's closet.
Believe it or not, he is the pickiest dresser out of all of us. Not that he likes to be fancy on a regular basis or anything - he's just "particular".
I also am completely obsessed with these boots I got from Torrid this year. They are also part of their Outlander collection (like my navy dress) - they have the "Fraser" tartan (from the show) on a band around the top - but they're incredibly comfortable - and of course, because they're Torrid they're wide enough to comfortably zip up around my calves.
I am loving how our Christmas card pics turned out this year. Do you take family pics for Christmas cards? Are you team coordinated or team matchy-matchy. Let me know!
I love taking family photos for Christmas cards! We normally use them to update some frames around our house. Your photos turned out so well! And your outfits are picture perfect! You have a lovely family!
ReplyDeleteOurs do double duty - as our cards and as gifts for some family members. I absolutely LOVE having pictures hanging, so our house has things hanging on almost every available surface, lol. But yes - we do update sometimes. I like to leave the previous pic in the frame behind the updated one, a little time capsule to look at every time I add a new pic. :)
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Tea, you are so funny and you have such a beautiful family! I am glad they humor you in the annual family picture taking fun! Have you ever heard of Simply Be? I did a collaboration with them a year or two ago and they have really cute wide calf boots, too. The nice thing is that you can specify your measurements to get the right width. I can’t wear Torrid boots because they are too wide on me...I am kind of right on the line between regular and wide. Thanks for linking up!
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Aw, thanks Shelbee! I do think those boys of mine are awfully handsome (and hubs ain't too bad either, lol) but I am also biased aren't I?
DeleteI have heard of Simply Be, but I've never really looked into them, to be honest, I'm not sure if they're even available here in Canada? I may have to go check it out again! My feet were always a bit wide, and then after having our boys my feet were even wider - so if the shoes aren't wide width - they're not going on my feet!
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Tea
You look great and I love the coordinating outfits! We have a family photo with Santa every year - we started it when we adopted our dog and since our family grew we kept doing it. Although our son was scared of Santa again this year, just like last year, so I'm wondering if I should maybe go the DIY route like you have or try something different next year - too many tears this year!
ReplyDeleteHope that you had a wonderful weekend :) Thank you so much for joining the #weekdayWearLinkUp :) I just posted this week's linkup, I'd love you to join again!
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