Twofer Friday - The Cerny Family

Julie was sweet enough to let us feature her 2012 and 2013 cards, thanks Julie! 

Who: Brandon, Julie and Stella Cerny

Location: The Cerny home in College Station, Texas

Clothes: Brandon's shirt is from Kohl's and Julie's outfit is from JCPenney's. Stella is looking darling in a vintage dress.

Props: The wreath came from Big Lots and the highchair is Julie's Dad's. (How awesome is that!!)

Designer: Nichole Quick of Quick Design Company

Photographer: Sarah Burns of Butterfly Chaser Photography

Julie's Comments: For the pictures, I had a bunch of props but didn't really have an idea of what direction we were going in. My family keeps everything, so we had this highchair in the attic for years. We also had a old wooden wagon, but those pictures didn't make the card. I knew I wanted the chalk board look so I gave Nichole some pictures fro inspiration and she did the rest. I am a firm believer in using the talent of others to my advantage. I think if you have good photos to start and let someone design that has a creative mind and knows what they are doing you can't go wrong. (SO TRUE, Julie!)

Julie's Favorite Things: Stella's pictures…I'm a little biased, but I think I have an adorable baby. (The MM think she is cute, too!)

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Merry Mommas' Thoughts: Can we come to your attic Julie? This highchair is amazing and send us the wooden wagon pics, we want to see! The props are cute, but even cuter than that is this family. They are happy and the card reflects that!

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And now for 2013...

Who: Brandon, Julie and Stella Cerny

Location: Research Park in College Station, Texas

Clothes: Brandon is in a shirt from Kohl's and Julie's clothes came from Old Navy. Stella's dress is another vintage one and her hair flair is from a Brinks and Babs (a local boutique in CS).

Props: They are laying on an old family quilt and the last picture of Stella has an antique pink coach that Julie bought of Craig's List.

Designer: Nichole Quick of Quick Design Company

Photographer: Sarah Burns of Butterfly Chaser Photography

Julie's Comments: This card was very last minute. I always have big dreams for the photos and end up going with the same type of props and shoot every year. thanks goodness Sarah is amazing and I know that no matter how unprepared I am, she will make us look great. I turned the design overt to Nichole and let her work her magic.

Julie's Favorite Things: Stella's curls and dimples! This child has some awesome hair. I love how Sarah captures her personality so well and how Nichole designed it to show several pictures of her.

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Merry Mommas' Thoughts: GOLD GLITTER, a cute little girl and a happy family. This card just says HAPPY and we love that. We also like the usage of black and white images and color…very trendy and fun. 

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We hope you enjoyed our week of Quick Designs. We appreciate Nichole letting us feature her work and her clients being willing, too. Contact Nichole NOW for Christmas Cards!

 

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Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Clause

Who:  O & G representing the family!

Location: Our yard in College Station, Texas

Props: Our awesome photographers, Tim and Kristen, provided the couch and the cute trunk!

Clothes: Carters, Children’s Place, Levis and Converse (and the fire truck shoes are sold out everywhere!)

Comments: At the photo shoot we had taken some family shots but the one of the boys together warmed my heart. So, I decided they could represent the whole family.  I also fell in love with the photo of the boys’ feet as soon as I saw it! I really wanted either a Christmas song or a Holiday poem on the card. Then I remembered my Dad always reading me and my siblings “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus” every year. So, I decided to incorporate that into the card.

Designer: Kristen Douglas of Fidelis Photography.  Kristen is amazing! I told her my idea and the elements I wanted to incorporate and on the first round we had a winner!

Photographer: Fidelis Photography 

Favorite Thing: I think it has to be the text treatment of the excerpts “Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus”. Kristen emphasized my favorite parts of that letter.  I also loved the paper that we chose, a matte linen cardstock.

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Katy's Thoughts: There is just something about little boys that make me smile. Maybe it's because I have a little boy of my own, or maybe it's because they are darling little creatures filled with wonder and imagination. I LOVE the addition of this amazing excerpt from this letter and then once I read it's history, I loved it even more. And to be honest, I'm a sucker for a feet pic. 

Cindy's Thoughts: This card just makes me happy.  The darling boys on the front have real smiles, are "hugging" like brothers hug and just look like they are having fun.  And then I flip the card over and read the quote from "Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus" and my happy levels just triple.  I don't think even the scroogiest Scrooge wouldn't smile at this card.  It reminds us to love, be generous and give devotion.

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How can you recreate this card? How fun would it be to put your own twist on a famous Christmas poem or song? The Kings first Christmas card as a family of 3 included an original rendition of "We 3 Kings"... What about "Twas the Night Before Christmas" or "Away in a Manger" for a newborn announcement? Lots of great ideas! And to set up this photograph - easy! Cute kids, a couch and some awesome fun shoes and DONE!

Get Pinspired: 

1. We love the added detail of that fabulous trunk - and it works for lots of different pictures! A happy couple! A darling set of siblings! An adorable baby! It also works for a great game of peek-a-boo!
2. We kind of went over board pinning stuff.... (I know, isn't that such a disappointment?) Check out our Christmas Carols board... pay close attention to this one. (LOVE!)
3. And we also made a board for Christmas Stories and Poems. This card pretty much makes us happy. 
4. And, what could be more merry than some Christmas Mad Libs? 

Merry Friday, Y'all!