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Need to Make Holiday Cards?

December 02, 2007

Personally, I don't send out holiday cards. Too much work given my administrative laziness. I can't figure out how to do envelopes on my printer. My handwriting gets bad fast. And most importanly, I don't keep an address book.

But if you are one of those super-organized people who does do holiday cards, I have two options for you.

The first option is to try CluuCards by Cindy Luu. Cindy is the illustrator of my book, Mama Knows Breast. CluuCards feature Cindy's cool illustrations and can be personalized with your own message and photographs. Best of all, the cards are magnetic so they can stick to the frig. Cindy does cards for birth announcements, baby showers, bridal showers, save the date cards and of course the holidays.

The second option is to get a family photograph taken by Mercedes McAndrew. Mercedes is a Brooklyn based photographer who did the photograph I use on my blog. She also did family photos for us in Central Park this fall. This pictures of the kids are stunning, and I used them to make a 2008 calendar that I'm giving all the grandparents as gifts. Mercedes often travels outside of New York for work, so it's worth contacting her even if you aren't in NYC. Here's the latest deal she's offering.

$475 includes:
- An hour and 15 minutes of shooting time
- UNLIMITED color digital shots
- 2 rolls of film (color and/or black and white)
- Web contact sheet of all images
- CD of entire shoot
- (1) 4x6 and (1) 5x7 prints

$400 includes:
- An hour of shooting time
- UNLIMITED color digital shots
- Web contact sheet of all images
- CD of entire shoot

I realize it's sort of last minute, and this may information me be a little too late for you. But you see what I mean...if I had my clerical act together, I would have done this post a few months ago. Oh well.