BARLOW FAMILY CHRISTMAS CARDS 2017

created in partnership with Minted. 

SWEATER (on sale! wearing a size Small)  ||  BLACK LEGGINGS  ||  MATTE LIPSTICK IN “LIGHT MY FIRE”

aaaaand then how we felt after we were done with pictures….

CHRISTMAS CARDS FROM MINTED  ||  MY BLACK DRESS (wearing an XS)  ||  BRADLEY AND CASH’S APPAMAN SUITS (the best European cut suits for boys! Bradley wears an 8 and Cash wears a size 6)  ||  BRADLEY’S SHOES ||  BRADLEY AND CASH’S TIES  ||  ELI’S APPAMAN SUIT  ||  BOYS WHITE DRESS SHIRTS

We ordered our Christmas cards this year from Minted, and I am so thrilled with them! They always have the prettiest card options and the quality of their cards is exceptional. This year I looked through all of their different holiday card options before we even shot our pictures for the card, to get an idea of the spacing we needed in the photo to fit the card. I love that Minted’s website allows you to filter all of the different holiday cards by photo orientation, number of photos you want on the card, Christmas, New Year, Religious, etc. I picked the orientation and Christmas card filters first, then loaded the picture I wanted to use into their system. This pulled up all the card options that would fit our image, and gave me a preview of what each card would look like with our image already in the card! It is such a brilliant system, and it really makes selecting our cards go so much faster.

I think my favorite part about using Minted for our holiday cards, is that they have a downloadable address spreadsheet to fill with all your addresses (I keep this on file all year and update it if we have friends/family that move). Then when I order my cards, I can easily upload this document to my order and it prints out all of our addresses on the envelopes! I always forget to order stamps for my cards and end up running to the post office for stamps at the last minute (which is the worst. I hate going to the post office!). So this year I ordered custom stamps from Minted too. I can’t believe what a breeze it was to get all my cards out this year! I opened our Minted box and had Cash help me put on all the stamps and lick the cards and I got them in the mail the SAME day we got the cards! That never happens. I swear Minted thinks of everything.

We shot our family pictures up in Big Bear this year, and I am so happy with how they turned out! I usually switch off between dressing in a formal look and casual each year, and since we were dressed more casual last year, I went with super formal this year. I just die over seeing my boys in their suits! My black dress is one of the prettiest and most intricate black dresses I have ever seen, and it makes for the perfect Christmas dress too. I wore it to church last Sunday and got so many compliments on it. I will be blowing up some of these to hang in our home for sure!

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photography by Jordan Zobrist