Yes, once again, I’ve created my homemade Christmas cards. I hope you can guess what I drew so you can win one.
They are a huge part of my holiday traditions; a labor of love, sweat, and a few tears. I actually balled up a few early sketches and threw them. It seemed like the appropriate, although dramatic reaction at the time.
My cards have chronicled our family through the years. My husband and I ski jumped in the first card, in the photo above. For a couple of years, I made popup cards and almost lost my mind. I missed parties to finish them. What was I thinking??? My latest version is popup-lite.
After a week of work, they’re done. Almost. I better make a couple more…
They are pretty ridiculous, as usual. And once again, they required sketching, drawing, cutting, and pasting, driving to the store for a new copier, glue sticks, stamps, and envelopes.
Guess what our family is doing this year!
Leave your guess in the comments and win one. If there are more than three winners, I’ll draw them from a hat. Good luck!
I hope you’re enjoying the holiday season. I better start Christmas shopping. Sheesh!
Do you send greeting cards? Do you love receiving them? What do you think of the new trend to have a B list that gets the email version?
My brain’s too fried for this challenge right now, but I wish everyone else nothing but luck!
You make the holidays truly magical with your positive attitude and inner – and outer beauty, Susie Lindau.
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Awwww! Thank you so much, Hook! You made my day. I’m adjusting to having finished this project. My day is wide open to work on the rest of my holiday traditions. Ha!
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Glad to hear sending festival cards has not yet died out completely. Absolutely love to send and receive them. I used to make cards too long ago with dried petals or sometimes with embroidery. Thank you for reminding me of those times. 🙂
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I agree!!! Yours sound so exotic!
Good old fashioned greeting cards are becoming more and more rare! I think it started with the price of stamps and ended with everyone’s noses in their phones and not enough time for life! Ha! There’s a strong opinion for you.
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Strong indeed!! But my opinion too. 🙂
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Ima gonna guess you’re all going to go exploring, looking for the long-sought source of the Cooswhatchie River. Close? Is there a prize for furthest off?
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Ha! You’re more creative than I am, Al! You’ll have to wait and see.
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I’m with The Hook on this one. On all counts. I love seeing your Christmas Card every year and I will look forward to the big reveal.
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Awww! Thank you so much for stopping by. It’s ALWAYS great to “see” you!
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What an awesome cool idea and a fabulous tradition!! Your determination is the best!
MY guess is: this year, your family are walking llamas. Or alpacas.
I hope that counts as one guess ☺
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It sure does, Em! Thanks so much for guessing!!!
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Skiiing?
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Thanks for guessing, Linda! I hope you are enjoying the holidays! (((hugs)))
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I dont decorate.. and this year is tough because of the meds.. but I look forward to Christmas Day to be with the kids
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Nice!
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I don’t know why I enter this every year…I naively suppose I can read your mind? xD
Maybe it has something to do with your travels, like your Wild Time™ in Paris.
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I love WILD TIME and will definitely steal it. Ha!
Thanks for guessing, Daya!
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I will guess cards that look like Christmas tree and stand up. Every year there seems to be fewer cards mailed out and less received. I miss them and email letters are not a substitute.
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I AGREE!!! Thanks so much for the guess! It’s always great to “see” you!
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Fun idea Susie and have shared. Though can’t enter as I don’t have a letterbox 🙂
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You are “off the grid!” Thanks so much, Suzanne!
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With all the craziest we’ve experienced this year, you and your family are probably going to simply stay home and enjoy the Christmas and holiday spirit in the way it is meant to be, with your family and friends !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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We all need a reprieve! Thanks for guessing, Robin. Great to “see” you!
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Going to Bermuda for the Holidays. We have given up the card tradition in favor of personal contact. Most of our friends have done the same.
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Nice and simple. Does Santa have a hard time finding you?
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My chimney has a flashing beacon and GPS location. Santa never has a problem
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Whew!
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I know right?
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An Irish pub scene with Susie’s arm lifting a beer in the pop-up version.
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You’ll find out soon! Thanks for guessing, Anneli!
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Or doing an Irish jig.
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It’s great that you draw your own Christmas cards- it must take you so long to do! I’m going to guess that you have drawn your family riding on reindeers (first thing I thought of!) 😊
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You’ll find out soon! Thanks for guessing.
They took about a week, but the popup cards took WEEKS!
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Kidnapping you and spiriting the entire family away to a South Pacific island for the season! 😀
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Thanks for guessing, Widderwoman!
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I do like getting them, but I am not sending them this year. I was in charge of sending out about 400 for work. So I’m done.
Are you guys doing yoga on the card this year?
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Thanks for guessing, Lacey. You’ll find out tomorrow!
I can see where you would hit the burnout stage! I sent out a batch on Tuesday and will sen the rest today. Whew!
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Stay strong friend!
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I love reading your positive posts! Very happy1
I will make a guess and say it is the one in which the family is building the snowman.
Scott
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Thanks, Scott! The reveal is coming soon!
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I’m guessing your card shows you eating a piece of fruitcake. (Hah!) Actually, I don’t send cards anymore, now that The Child is grown up. So I’m sort of hoping I don’t win yours. Because then I’d have to send you one (Lutheran Guilt). But hey — that doesn’t mean I won’t wish you a Merry Christmas! There. I just did! 🎄
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Ok, my guess is the family sitting on the sofa?? I strive to send greeting cards hence the 150 in my basement.
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Thanks for guessing! Wow. That is a lot of cards!
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I’m going to guess that you and your family are going sledding! As far as the cards go, I love making Christmas cards and I love receiving them, but it seems that this whole tradition is slowly going by the wayside. I don’t think much of the B-list. I guess I appreciate the effort people put into sending cards. Just like I appreciate a phone call over a text. 🙂 I do have to say that I love that you make all of your cards by hand. What a special gift they are to your recipients! 🙂
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Thanks so much, UR! I’m so glad you made a guess. They take an insane amount of time, but they are my gift to my friends. I’m so glad they’re done!!!
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Wow. That takes a lot of energy and commitment….or someone who should be committed? So my guess is a Christmas Moose. Or possibly one of those peaceful animal scenes where all your wildlife visitors of the past year are all enjoying each other’s company.
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Thanks for guessing, Jennifer! You’re right. I AM INSANE!!!
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I already won one of your Christmas works of art, so I won’t try to hog all the goodies.
Hope your holiday season is going along merrily, Susie!
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Merrily, merrily, Peg! I hope yours is too!
Thanks for stopping by! It’s always great to “see” you.
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