Ideas for Holiday card pictures

Every year I have a great time coming up with a new fun idea for a Christmas card photo. I decided to compile a list of all the great ideas I've used and seen on others holiday photo cards.



Baby with Christmas lights

Place your baby or toddler on a dark background with a lighted string of Christmas lights to look at. Turn of all lights and utilize the natural light available. Take lots of photos of your baby looking at the lights. (Disclaimer- Christmas lights contain some lead so do not let your child put them in their mouth and wash your child's hands thoroughly after your photo shoot).



Santa's Cookies

Take a picture of your child in their holiday outfit "stealing" Santa's cookies. You can caption your holiday photo card to say "I'm sorry Santa". Or a similar fun saying.



Naughty and Nice

Pick a collage holiday card design and feature one photo of your child smiling sweetly and one photo of your child mad (we all have those!).

Christmas wreath

Take a close up of your child peering through the middle of a Christmas wreath. This makes for a beautiful, simple photo for any of our individual picture holiday cards.

Our Christmas Gift came early

This is a great idea for to use on a holiday birth announcement. Place your baby in a large box to appear it was unwrapped.

Ho Ho Ho

Place your baby in the bathtub with a Santa hat on. Put bubbles on your babies face as a beard. Too cute!

These are just a few ideas to get you started. Have fun capturing that perfect moment!

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to take Holiday Card Photos!

It is always difficult to coordinate a family picture. Getting family organized for a holiday card photo can be frustrating and futile. Avoid the hassle of getting family together by taking photos when your family is already gathering at Thanksgiving!

Most likely when you are together for the holiday your family is already at least a little dressed up and in good spirits after a Thanksgiving meal. For great holiday card photos you can focus on candid shots or take a group photo. Even if you aren't using a picture of extended family on your holiday photo card you can still take advantage of the opportunity to gave another family member take a picture of you immediate family.

Addie Kate Creations will be accepting photo holiday card orders through December 15th so you have plenty of time to get that perfect picture!,

Why choose Addie Kate Creations?

Addie Kate Creations offers artistic and modern photo cards that aren’t offered by any other company. Larger photo card companies operate by allowing a customer to upload a single photo to a template design. At Addie Kate creations we work with each individual customers photo to crop and edit the photo to ensure it looks it's best. We also offer free customization of fonts colors and text. Your photo card from Addie Kate Creations will stand apart from the many cards your family and friends will receive this year.

Our unique designs aren’t the only thing that makes us different. Addie Kate Creations offers a full service mailing option designed to make sending holiday cards easy and hassle free. The Holidays are hectic enough without having to worry about addressing and stamping a card and sending them off to friends and family! How does it work? You e-mail us with an address list and we will stamp and send your cards for you within two business days of approval of your proof. The mailing option is also available for our girl birth announcements, boy birth announcements, holiday birth announcements and photo invitations.

This holiday season all orders also include free return address labels. Your labels are designed to match your holiday card or birth announcement. They provide your photo card with a pulled together complete “look”. Similar labels sell at other companies at up to 30 dollars per set.

Holiday Birth Announcement Wording Options

Many parents that are blessed with fall or winter babies choose to combine their holiday card with their birth announcement. This is a practical, cost effective and festive option for new parents. We have often been asked what about the appropriate wording for holiday birth announcements. I have listed some options below that range from short and simple to more elaborate.

Our Christmas gift arrived early this year, introducing….

This holiday season we joyfully announce the birth of our daughter…

This Christmas season we welcome with love..

Our most precious gift has arrived….

We introduce this Holiday Season….

We celebrate this holiday season with the birth of …

Our greatest gift is here…

Happy Holidays from our newest family member…

With great joy this Christmas season we introduce…

God has blessed us this Christmas season with the birth of…

The above phrases are just a few examples of wording that both wishes your family and friends a joyous season and announces the birth of your child. Addie Kate Creations can customize your photo holiday birth announcement with any of the above phrases or with an original phrase of your own choosing. As with all of our design colors and fonts can be adjusted as well. Happy Holidays from the Addie Kate family to yours!

Sample Holiday Card Phrases

Simple greetings such as “Happy Holidays”, “Merry Christmas”, “Seasons Greetings” and “Happy Hanukkah” will always be classic and popular choices for holiday card phrasing. If you are looking for something a little more unique check out our list of sample holiday card wording below. Remember Addie Kate Creations can customize any holiday photo card with the wording and colors of your choice.

Wishing you a very merry and bright holiday season

Warm wishes from our family to yours this holiday season

The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest gift is family and friends

Joy and Blessings from our family to yours

Best Wishes for the Holidays and Happiness throughout the New Year!

Wishing you a merry, bright and beautiful Christmas

May you be blessed with peace, love and joy throughout the New Year

May peace and joy be yours this holiday season

Wishing you a joyous Holiday Season and a Prosperous, Healthy New Year

May health and happiness bless you in the coming New Year

Joyful Holiday Wishes from our family to yours


Whether you choose to use a simple holiday wish for your family seasons greetings card or a longer phrase, remember that you family holiday photo card is a wonderful expression of well wishes to your friends and family. Make sure your photo holiday card is as unique as you and your family are!

Holiday Card Trends

At Addie Kate Creations we like to take some time to predict what each year’s trends in holiday cards will be. Here are this years thoughts.

It’s all about the photo- Photo cards are becoming more and more popular whether for birth announcements, invitations or moving announcements. Holiday cards will be no exception. His year we will see more and more families go beyond the traditional one photo card and select a collage photo holiday card. We will also see lots of photos that are creative and artistic rather than the traditional family portrait.

Custom Cards- Many style conscious families will choose a unique custom card vendor such as Addie Kate Creations to provide their holiday card. Many of the large retailers carry cookie cutter designs and discerning customers are searching for smaller vendors that create a custom holiday card to suit their taste.

Simple Messages- This year’s holiday card designs are accented with simple greeting such as “Peace, Hope and Love” rather than long complicated verse. Less is more this year when it comes to the text on your holiday card.

Retro Design- Retro and vintage accents will appear on many holiday card designs. You will find cards that feature traditional elements with retro color schemes as well as mod characteristics.

Elegant and Simple- The classics will always have a place in holiday card designs. Simple black and white photo cards are always beautiful and are showcased with clean lines and a minimalist design.

Now is the perfect time to order Halloween Photo Cards!

Now that October has begun it's time to start thinking about Halloween. You most likely have selected a costume and maybe have even taken a trip to the pumpkin patch. What better way to share your adorable Halloween moments than with a Halloween photo card!

At Addie Kate Creations we can customize your digital Halloween photo card to suit your style and taste. Your family and friends will be thrilled to see your little cutie in their spooky costume.

Halloween cards are also a nice alternative to Holiday cards. More and more families are finding that it is difficult to send cards during the busy holiday season and Halloween cards are a great substitute.

Addie Kate Creations is able to ship your order within 2 days of approval of your proof. You still have plenty of time to place your order and get them out before Halloween!