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Time for Christmas cards planning

Two weeks ago, we attended this great wedding in beautiful Santa Barbara. The location was perfect: right by the beach, and the weather cooperated: very warm all the way through the evening. We could enjoy having drinks outside and watching the sun set. The adults obviously had a great time. But even Daniel and Charlotte did really well. Not sure if I would say that Charlotte had a great time. But she definitely didn't mind playing with a variety of new, very friendly people. Daniel loved the new experience of music, dancing, seeing the groom come to the wedding on a horse, etc...
And we managed to take a decent family photo, which I hope we will be able to use in our Christmas cards this year.

Because, yes, this is this time of year again. Within 2 weeks, the weather changed to rain and wind. Days are clearly getting shorter, and pumpkins are "flourishing" everywhere. The Holidays will be upon us quickly, so it's not too early to start thinking about Holiday cards. Fortunately, I already know where I can find great cards. This year, Tinyprints is offering the largest selection of great and unique Christmas card designs. Not only does it include the usual formats with all the details that make the cards special. But this year Tinyprints introduced a lot of new formats that you can't find anywhere else: round, ornament cards, flip cards and pop up cards, trifold cards, story cards and more. Choosing is going to be tough. Good that I am starting early. Now on to browsing my favorite site to start identifying my favorite cards...

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