Thank you to Minted for collaborating on this post.
Holiday card season is in FULL swing. We work with a couple of photographers…..and everyone of them is booked solid with family photo shoots. And they all keep saying the same thing…..families don’t know what to wear or where to take fun and original family photos! Enter, our what to wear in family photos series. (added bonus that y’all get to see my husband making guest appearances every now and again).
This shoot? It’s the one that I feel like our real life friends will recognize…..our everyday, casual wear. I know that a lot of families get super dressed up for family photos. My suggestion? Why not shoot pictures that actually look like you? My husband wears converse every single day. He even wore them to our wedding. And when Lydia saw her shoes from Rack Room Shoes for these pictures? She screamed “matching daddyyyyyyy!” at the top of her lungs.
My favorite family pictures are simple, coordinated, and timeless. You’ll never go wrong with jeans and classic sneakers. A fun twist? We wore neutral colors, and shot against a brightly colored wall!
Mommy: / jeans / top / converse c/o Rack Room Shoes /
Daddy:/ jeans / top / converse c/o Rack Room Shoes /
Lydia: / jeans / top / converse c/o Rack Room Shoes /
photos by: Captured by Collins
Now let’s talk about what to do once you have those great pictures. Since we had such a distinctive photo, we wanted a very specific style of holiday card. Enter Minted. Minted is a shoppable community of independent artists. So, you get a HUGE variety when it comes to card designs. What did we want? Clean, modern, and something that would compliment our color scheme. Isn’t it perfect? And with Minted’s customizable options we create a collage on the back of our card so our friends and family could see more of our year! Since you probably haven’t ordered your holiday cards yet…..be sure to scroll down, Minted is giving one of you a $150 credit to buy them!
– want to remember these outfit tips? be sure to pin this to your family holiday board –
Want more family photo inspiration? Check out the other posts in our Family Photo Series:
/ Family Photos: Nautical / How to Take Great Holiday Photos / Family Photos: Country / Family Photos: Grey /
My daughter’s birthday is New Years Eve and I would love to buy the invitations, if I won!
If I won, I would buy photo Christmas Cards to send out to family and friends! Thanks for the chance to win! Julie smartsavvymama@gmail.com
I would definitely get the Christmas cards and probably some holiday decor too. Their stuff is great!
If I won , I would get the Stylish and Merry holiday cards fr our first Christmas as a family of 3! Thanks!
I would buy personalized journals.
I would use it for my holiday cards this year. I like the Merry Holiday design.
I would get my daughters and I our own personalized journals or stationary.
Minted makes it so hard to pick a card design – they have so many! I really like the Big & Bold Foil Pressed photo card design…
so many amazing options! i think some fox art is calling my name though
I would definitely get photo Christmas cards!
Christmas cards! This year is my baby’s first Christmas! So the cards have to be special. 🙂
I’ve been looking at their birth announcement Christmas cards. We never sent out an announcement for my May baby and they have some great ones! Winning the credit would really help out with getting a nice card this year!!
CUSTOM SILHOUETTE
ART PRINT
I would purchase some fabric for a one of my projects.
I would get my son’s first birthday invitations and thank you cards! 🙂
I would get some lovely Christmas cards for this year!
I would get holiday cards.
Definitely Christmas cards! Love them:)
I love the Sea Forage curtains.
I would use it to order my son’s 2nd birthday invitations for his January birthday
I’d definitely get some Foil Pressed Art.
I’d get my Christmas cards for sure, and look at the art prints if there was any extra leftover!
I’d buy either Christmas cards or moving announcement cards (fingers crossed!). Happily I think minted has a combo of those two events:)
holiday cards for sure
I would choose the classically scripted christmas foil-pressed holiday cards!
There are so many beautiful art prints that I want to buy!
I would love to get a christmas art print!
demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com
A lot of the paintings are amazing on their website!
I would purchase my holiday cards!
I love the vintage library year in review card. So retro and perfect for a book nerd like me.
I like the Ohio Love Location photo!
I would buy some children’s art for my son’s room and Trophy Apothecary Jars for my living room.
Thanks for the amazing giveaway! I’d choose from the photo art for sure, the heart collage or foil collage for my dad’s 50th birthday!
I would buy some new christmas cards
I would buy the it’s a wonderful life card
Birth announcements for our little one arriving in December!
I would definitely get Christmas cards to share.
I would get party supplies for a bridal shower!
Christmas cards or moving announcements ..time will tell:)
I like the Floral Joy Holiday Cards.
I’d get Christmas cards for sure!
I would buy The Complete Tree card.
Letterpress cards!
My daughter is having a birthday party Dec 12th, I would get some thank you cards.
I would get Christmas photo cards.
I would get a custom art print because the stuff they have is fabulous!
I love the Bright Suzani lampshade they sell, it would be perfect for my bedroom redo.
I like the foil pressed holiday cards.
I would buy the heart snapshot mix photo art and fill it with old family photos! Thanks for hosting!
I know I’m going against he grain here, but I just moved into my apartment and the walls are BARE. I desperately need tpe make it feel homey before Christmas comes so i would get some art to put on my walls.
I would buy personalized journals.
I would buy holiday cards.
I would get their Vintage Metallic Mini Glass Ornaments and gift the rest to my son and daughter in-law to use as they wish. They’d probably get some of the foiled photos for themselves and my grandson. So fun! Thank-you. 🙂
I would buy Christmas cards.
The Bubble Apothecary Jar is really cute.
I love the Wander Notebooks as a weekly planner.
Christmas cards and I love the foil ones!
Watercolor ombré curtain in a blue color.
I love the Christmas Card Ornaments!! Thanks for the great giveaway 🙂
I would love to get Christmas Cards and a photo gift 🙂
I would love to get some cards and some business cards for my husband.
The “Sophisticated Snow” Foil pressed cards.
I just recently moved from NYC and I miss it dearly so I would love to have this gold foil print of the map of Manhattan! There are so many gorgeous things to choose from though! Happy Holidays 🙂
http://www.minted.com/product/foil-stamped-wall-art/MIN-2KU-GFA/new-york-city-map?ccId=344289&org=title
I would buy Christmas photo cards!
photo gifts for my family for the holidays!
I’d buy christmas cards to send out our first cards as a married couple!
i just adore the surfboard winter holiday cards sinde we live in florida – would d love to get them to send out
I love their customized wrapping paper!
They came out adorable! I would buy our Christmas cards and some gifts- the best thing to get all the grandparents is pictures of the grandkid!
I’d get a Christmas card – I really like the embellished holiday photo cards design
I would buy Christmas cards.
Id use it for my family’s holiday cards this year. I like the Holiday Revelry design (among many!)
If I won the contest, I would buy gold foil Christmas cards. Their options are fabulous!
Birth announcements! Due next month 🙂
I would buy gold foil holiday cards with red envelopes and an envelope liner.
I would love to do a wall hanging with all of my eight grandchildren
@tisonlyme143
elegant ornament holiday cards
I love the Christmas photo cards! I especially love the Life is Wonderful card.
I love their Joy Emboss cards. They’re so fun and bright! I think I just found our 2015 card!
The custom silhouette art prints are simply adorable! I would love to get one of those!
A new art piece, I love their artwork!
I would get holiday cards! I love their “Much Joy” design.
The Heart Snapshot Mix Foil-Pressed Photo collage would make a great gift too!
The Milk Glass Cake Plate is beautiful.
What a great and simple family photo! Kids in converse are always adorable!
The “Snow Baby” Foil- Stamped Wall Art.
I really want to buy Christmas cards this year for our son’s first Christmas
I would buy holiday photo cards if I won!
Totally agree that pictures are so much better when they capture the real you! And these pics are so cute! 🙂
I would love to have the Custom House Letterpress Portrait Art
I love the kidasaurus art piece!
Minted has some other awesome customized holiday products. I’m loving the custom gift wrap they have this year, especially the Typography Cheer Custom Wrappingg Paper in burgundy!
Oooo I really love the grey against that purple wall, looks great! If I won I would use it for all things Christmas! We have a 6 month old baby this year so I can’t wait to send out Christmas cards and show him off!
The Foil Heart Snapshot Mix.
Love these pics!!
Thank you for joining TBT Fashion link up and hope to see you next week. Have a great weekend!
Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com