Transformation Thursday: Live from NY

Merry Momma K here - literally live from NY. This is pretty much my favorite place in the world - even if I'm doing nothing at all but sitting in my hotel room listening to the sounds. It's magical and amazing - especially when the cooler weather is creeping in, the lights of the holidays arrive, and the bright packages and store windows are lit up with all things merry.

**Sigh**

Can you imagine your Christmas card being lit up by the sites of New York? Maybe I'll pack up the family one year just for a holiday card... that's not crazy, right? Good.


I mean let's look at the possibilities...

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I know, sadly we are not all walking distance from Grand Central Station. Wouldn't that be lovely? (And if you are, then I demand you take that picture. DE-MAND it.) 

You may not be moments away from iconic city scenes, but maybe you are close to gorgeous fields... 

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Or the mountains or beach... 

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The point of this blog is to inspire you to make things your own. Take these ideas, and give them the spin that makes it you and your family. TRANSFORM these photos to tell your story. Y'all, we are not exaggerating when we tell you we get texts/FB messages/Emails and smoke signals (ok, maybe that one's an exaggeration) from friends/readers/strangers asking us to help them. 

And we love it - but we also give consistent advice to "make it work for YOU!" Do what makes you happy and makes you feel happy. And we take our own advice.

Merry Momma C big fat puffy heart LOVED this picture. She sent me emails and gchats about it. She was PINspired by it. 

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And she TRANSFORMED it for the HMMs. 

And it's one of my favorite cards to date that she has sent. Read all about it here.


We would love to see your transformations. Send us links to pins that have inspired you and the card or photo that you transformed so we can share with others!

Transformation Thursday

Hi friends! The Merry Mommas are at it again...trying something new. I mustache...Did you like Tuesday Trends? Hahahaha! Okay, so today we are going to feature a post that we are calling Transformational Thursday. We are going to pick a card and show you how to TRANSFORM it and make it your own. The Merry Mommas know you are busy people and we want to make your life easy with direct links to clothing, props and cards. As well as, feature some locations and themes that make your card truly yours. We hope you enjoy!

Here's the card from Minted (love them!) And note that the designer is from Texas. (We love Texas!)

Let's discuss the location:
Well, I think we can all agree that a picture in front of the Golden Gate Bridge is pretty stinking cool. Alas, we don't all live in San Fran. But, I bet there is a bridge near you. Take a Sunday afternoon drive around your city and look for cool bridges, or consult one of our favorite tools - Google. We simple put in "cool houston bridges", clicked on images and this is what came up!

Let's discuss the clothes:
This family did an AWESOME job with their clothing. Layers, pops of color, not too matchy-matchy. Perfect. Must be why they are on a card site, right! ;)

Dad's sweater is cool.

 

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Mom's scarf is beautiful.

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And we LOVE a cute vest.

 

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Let's discuss how Minted allows you to make this card your own:
This is what the webpage looks like:

See that nifty arrow...you can change the wording:

 Be JOYFUL, MERRY and HAPPY

Check out the arrow again...

You can change the colors - WHAT! WHAT! Clearly, yellow works best with the clothing choices, but if you and yours like RED, it's an option!

One more time...the arrow. :)

 

The WAVEY trim with the water...PRECIOUS!

Let us know if you found a card on a website or Pinterest and made it your own - We would love to feature you on Transformational Thursday!