March 28, 2007

Cards for any situation

I accidently drank all your liquor when I house-sat for you and then I filled the empty bottles with Fresca and Mountain Dew. Sorry.

Haha - City Wendy has more.

This reminds me of something my friend Brooke did a couple years ago and I thought it was an awesome idea. Basically, she took photographs of her yelling at her two children by the Christmas tree - and sent those out as the family Christmas card. I can't remember what she called the campaign - something like Honest Moments. And she had her family pose in all kinds of circumstances, fighting, scuffling children, scowling silent dinner tables - and sent THOSE out to her mailing list on special occasions. I remember opening her Christmas card and instead of seeing the normal family-posed-smiling-on-the-stairwell-like-the-Von-Trapps ... there was a kind of blurry black and white photograph, a family in pajamas, sleepy-head hair, Christmas morning, tree lights lit up, presents everywhere, the two kids fighting over something, and Brooke looking on and yelling at them to stop. An action shot, if you will. Best Christmas Card ever - I'm still laughing about it.

Posted by sheila
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I am in love with this idea. Sort of reminds me of the Phil Hartman SNL commercial for Dysfunctional Christmas Carols, with such titles as "Mommy's Why Daddy's Drunk Again," "Christmas is Ruined (And it's Your Fault)," and "Can't You Ever Shut Up?"

Posted by: Nightfly at March 28, 2007 1:17 PM

hahahahahahaha Phil Hartman genius RIP


I know - her cards made me want to set up my own situations - which could be even funnier since I am single. Like me crying on the subway as I read Bridges of Madison County, and sending that out as a Valentine's Day message to all of my friends and family.

hahahaha

Posted by: red at March 28, 2007 1:21 PM

Oh, next year I am SO sending out Valentine's Day cards with that gangster massacre picture on it. I wish I could find one in color. The red totally suits the holiday.

Posted by: Emily at March 28, 2007 1:26 PM

My favorite part is the "I accidently drank all your liquor..." whoops! :-)

Posted by: Ken at March 28, 2007 2:37 PM

Brilliant! and I love your Valentine idea, Sheila. What a hoot.

OK. Now I'm going to spend the rest of the day brainstorming holiday cards for the year and get no work done!

Posted by: Marisa at March 28, 2007 3:32 PM

Marisa - we should all do it and then post our images on our blogs. Wanna??

Posted by: red at March 28, 2007 5:15 PM

Two years ago my little sister was trying desperately to get her four kids (at that time 5, 4,2 and newborn) to sit in front of the Christmas tree and pose for a picture. And two of them kept bawling(Not the baby)while one just smiled away. So finally, she just gave up and took the picture. The card read, "From Our Happy Home to Yours!" I thought it was perfect!

Posted by: just1beth at March 28, 2007 5:49 PM

Beth - hahahahahaha that is hysterical and so perfect!!

I owe you an email by the way. Things are going really well!

Posted by: red at March 28, 2007 6:36 PM

years ago, my brother in law and then girl friend house sat for a weekend, they drank all our alcohol, it was like Irish locusts swept thru and they should have given us that card.

Posted by: kevin at March 29, 2007 10:39 AM

See, now my next photo project will be cards like this. What ideas you give me!!!

Posted by: melissa at March 29, 2007 10:28 PM