Christmas Greetings! Each year, we send out a Christmas card to family and friends. And each year we try to make our Christmas card just a little different from everyone else’s, to bring a smile and some Christmas joy to whoever we can.
Usually, those Christmas cards involve some sort of photo of us, often inspired by what has happened that year. See some of our past cards here.
However, this year we were faced with a little bit of a challenge.
Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year! As has become our custom, we sent out our very special Christmas card once again this year. Our philosophy is to send out something unique, something that you won’t get from anyone else. And we also want to make you smile a little, too. That’s our goal. See some of our past cards here.
When Laura and I were talking about what to do for our Christmas card, we wanted to do something different from past years, and perhaps something tied to this (hopefully) unique year of 2020.
A Sketch A sketch of Laura is the latest addition to Steve’s Sketchbook.
In my hopefully never-ending quest to expand my artistic abilities, I thought I would try to sketch people. And what better way to start than with a sketch of Laura? Laura is not sure that it really looks all that much like her, and I am not that sure, either. Maybe after I get some more practice, I will give it another try.
But First, Backstory Those of you who are longtime Burnsland readers know that we like to do a non-traditional Christmas card each year. We like to send out something that we have created on our own, something that is just a little special, and perhaps different from everyone else. Something unique. You can see some of those past Christmas cards here.
This year, we had trouble for a while coming up with something to do, and then something not quite pleasant happened.
Merry Christmas! Each year, we try to come up with something interesting for our family Christmas card. Past Christmas cards have seen us sitting with Santa Claus, enjoying a beach scene, and even flying through the air. So we tried to think of something that would at least equal our past efforts.
One of our life events lately has been that Jaylin is learning to drive. Why not do something with Jaylin driving?
The Christmas Card It is that time of year once again when everyone sends out Christmas cards to friends and family. Including us. Over the last few years, we have had lots of fun creating our Christmas card. We choose not to rely on standard store-bought cards or photo website templates. No, we would rather create our own.
So if you can’t get a good look at it in the above photo, here is the Christmas card for this year, both front and back:
Over the past few years, we have made a tradition of sending out Christmas cards to friends and family. But not just any Christmas cards. We decided to make our cards unique, something that you wouldn’t see from anyone else. That takes a little bit of work, but it is worth it in the end. Especially when someone tells you how much they liked your card.
I think that this year’s card was our best effort yet.
After last year’s fun Christmas Card, we knew we had to do something at least as good for this year. I kicked around ideas in my head for a while, to see what I could come up with. Laura had suggested something perhaps related to our cruise from this past summer, and so we eventually ended up with a beach theme.
First up, we had to get a group photo. So while last year we had bundled up in winter coats on a somewhat warm day, this time we put on our beach t-shirts and sunglasses on a cold day.
