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What do you do when a snowstorm hits the day you scheduled your family’s holiday photo shoot? Put on your best festive threads and go play in the snow! While it may look like Christmas threw up on us, we had a blast being silly in a winter wonderland. All this was a happy accident. The snow was a surprise and my original vision for this shoot was for me to go as Momma Elf, with each of my kids dressed as Santa, a reindeer, and an elf. However, the holiday costumes at Target were slim pickings, so instead we gathered up three matching jammies. I decided to be Mrs. Claus (found this little gem of a get-up off of Amazon!) and The Giant got an Ugly Christmas Sweater.
This year I ordered our holiday photo cards from Minted. I was pleasantly surprised by the printing quality and paper stock selections. Minted has tons of unique holiday card designs to choose from (I went with this design with a gold-foil lettering) and free custom envelopes to match your card.
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For more Melissa Takes Fashion tips on how to style a holiday photo shoot, check out these other posts:
6 Pro Tips for Styling Your Family Holiday Card Photo
How to Take a Festive Family Holiday Photo
What family holiday photo tips and inspiration do you have up your sleeve?
Jessica Sheppard - Omg! These are the best Christmas pics ever, so your Christmas cards are definitely a win! Totally fab photos to capture a gorg settling of the snow for the perfect cards!
Laura @ Walking in Memphis in High Heels - I am SO jealous of your beautiful snow! Your pictures and cards turned out perfect!
Maggie - Aww what a fun shoot!! Love the costumes! 🙂
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Anna English - What a fun shoot! Y’alls cards turned out great!
Meggan - OMG they turned out sooooo cute!
Stephanie - These photos definitely couldn’t get any cuter! I love the theme behind it all, even if you had to switch it up a bit due to the snow! Everything is so festive, and Minted did such a great job with your cards! Love!
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Donna - I absolutely adore your Christmas cards! The family looks so cute and the photos came out perfect. Happy Holidays. XX, Donna
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Ruthie Ridley - Your babies are so precious and cute!!! I love these pics in the snow!!! XO
Elise - omg I love this post!! you all look so cute – such a fun photoshoot!
Sara - Girlfriend, this is the cutest photo shoot ever!!
xo, Sara
Lauren - These photos are so adorable! You have a lovely family!
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Stefanie - The cutest pic! They look like elves!
-Stefanie
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Brie - Your family photos turned out so cute and I love your Christmas cards!
xo Brie
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Lauren - This doesn’t even look REAL! These photos are absolutely amazing!
xx
Lauren
Kasey - OMG these photos are everything! Your faily is beautiful and how adorable are thos PJs?!
Ashley - These are SO cute!!! What a perfect Christmas card!
xo Ashley
Sandy a la Mode - you guys are SO adorable I cannot even handle it!!
Sydney - Your family photos are my life goals! I just love the whole theme and the cards look so beautiful!
Maggie - What a fun snowy shoot! You all look so fun and festive!
Maggie
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Lexi Kritzer - These pictures are absolutely adorable! And that is a whole lot of snow!
Kelsey - OMG it doesn’t get much cuter than this! You’re outfits are amazing! Love!
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Bella - Aww these images are way to cute!!! I love how festive this is.
Meghan - Wow I love these photos! Such cute cards too. I gotta check out Minted!
Anna Cobbs - Love these photos!!!! Your boys are so precoius!
Life of a Sister - What a cute idea for a shoot! Your family is adorable!
Amanda John - Such a fun holiday memory! Your little elves are the cutest!
XO Amanda John
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Nataly - Your outfits are adorable! These made really cute Christmas cards! Great idea!
Mollie - The photos turned out gorgeous! I wish we had some snow!
xx Mollie
Greta - Your cards turned out so cute! The snow was a perfect touch to these festive photos!
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Ashley DTKAustin - These photos are the absolute cutest!! Looks like y’all had an amazing time!
Kristina - Talk about a winter wonderland! These cards turned out great!
xo, Kristina
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Brooke - What a fun shoot! You all look so adorable and your boys were troopers! They are so handsome btw.
xo,
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