Fresh Fridays- New Halloween Card Designs!

It is still hot and toasty in most parts of the country still, but that doesn't stop me from thinking about Halloween! I decided to add a few new designs to our Halloween photo card gallery this year. I created this cute owl graphic last year and he showed up on a few of the new designs.

I also created this design featuring a simple black cat and a funky color scheme. I love the purple, white, green and black combo for Halloween and may have to come up with more designs in this color scheme.
The last new design I added is a simple design meant to show off two big photos. Perfect if you have two little ones!

I hope you like this years new designs. You can check out all of our Halloween photo cards at AddieKate.com!

Fresh Fridays- New Fire Truck Invitation!

What little boy wouldn't love a fire truck themed birthday party? When a customer asked me to create an invitation matching this theme I was excited to give it a try. This customer had used our popular cupcake invitation for her daughter's 1st birthday so she requested a similar format for the fire truck invitation.

Here is how it turned out

I hope you like it! I am hoping to have our 2010 Halloween card gallery complete for next weeks Fresh Friday. Can't wait to show you what I've been working on!

Our family Halloween Card

I am so excited to report that my 2 year old daughter was actually cooperative for our mini photo shoot the other day. Hopefully this is a sign that we have moved past the months of only getting pictures of the back of her head as she runs away from us.

I usually design a new card for our family holiday cards but this year I was so busy with Halloween photo card orders that I just choose my favorite from my gallery, the Boo design.

I modified it a bit to say buzz instead of boo but that was the only change I made.


Stay tuned for our family Christmas photo card in a few weeks!

Holiday Photo Card Tips

Halloween is just around the corner and before you can blink an eye the rest of the holidays will be upon us too. This is the perfect time of year to start thinking of taking family photos for holiday cards. Over the last few years I have picked up a few tips from photographer friends about how you can achieve great pictures on your own. I thought I would share a few here.

Take photos outdoors when possible
There is nothing like natural light to create beautiful photos. Make sure to test a few areas before starting you shoot to make sure there are no shadows or glare when taking your pictures.

Bring an assistant
This tip is especially important if you are photographing young children. An extra set of hands to adjust stray hairs and fix buttons can really be helpful. If an extra person is on hand to be silly behind the photographer this can help to get great smiles out of the kids too.

Take lots of shots
We are so lucky to live in the age of digital cameras. Take lots of pictures so you have many to choose from when selecting pictures for your holiday card.

Don't get too close up
If you are taking pictures for a holiday photo card make sure to leave plenty of room for cropping. This will ensure you have more options when selecting a design. Be careful about being too zoomed out though as if too much of the photo needs to be cropped you may lose quality.

Have fun and be creative!
If you go into a shoot with a positive attitude and an open mind you are sure to come up with some great shots!

September Halloween Card special

At AddieKate.com we are currently offering our customers 10% off on Halloween photo card orders. This special is good throughout the month of September.

This year we are featuring Halloween cards that are modern and fun. We have designs that are photo collages as well as designs that feature one large photo.

For the 10% September discount enter code PUMPKIN at checkout!

Have a spooky Halloween!

Halloween Costume of the week-Don't forget Fido!

This week I decided to stray a little from my search for kids Halloween costumes. I have done many holiday photo cards featuring a family pet instead of children, so I thought I would check out what was available for pet costumes. I happened upon Costume Craze and immediately saw the link to Dog Costumes. This site is chock full of fun costumes for your pet. My favorite is the Elvis dog costume, although I am sure their aren't too many dogs that would actually put up with wearing sunglasses.


Costume Craze has a wide selection of costumes if your pooch is your baby. They also have great costumes for the rest of your family, many of which are on sale currently. Make sure to check them out soon!

Halloween Costume of the week!

This week I thought I would go back in time and reminisce about my daughter's first Halloween. I was checking out Moon Costumes and saw that they had the costume Addie wore for her very first Halloween. I loved her little cozy caterpillar bunting. It was so plush and snugly and was just adorable on her. Here she is modeling it for our first family Halloween card.


If you are looking for an adorable baby Halloween costume make sure to check out Moon Costumes. They have a large selection and great prices!

New Halloween T-shirt designs!

As I was working on my Halloween photo card gallery I was inspired to create some fun new shirts for my cafe press store, Trendy Tots. I created a cute little pumpkin graphic and from that came op with the idea of "my little pumpkin" shirt designs. I added a version for mom, dad, grandma and grandpa. I can also take requests for different names at no additional charge.

Below are a few of the new designs. There will be more to come soon!

Halloween Costume of the week!

I know it is just barely August and Halloween is nearly 3 months away but I am already excited about finding a costume for my daughter. I have noticed the last couple of years that popular costumes sell out quickly so I always tend to order early. I haven't decided on what Addie will be this year so I thought I would post about a cute find every week as I try to make up my mind.

This week's featured costume is the lil' disco toddler costume from Costume Craze .

If they had this in pink and I thought there was any way my little girl would keep the wig on, I would be ordering it for Halloween. I think it is such a fun and unique costume for a toddler. Another plus of this costume is that it is on sale currently at Costume Craze for 19.96. One of the benefits of ordering Halloween costumes early is that you can find great deals. Last year I saved 20 dollars on Addie's costume by ordering in August. You can also get 5% off at Costume Craze with coupon code GET5 .

Be sure to check back next Friday to find out what fun costume we've found!

New Halloween photo card designs!

I know it is only July but before you know it summer will be over and it will be time to start thinking of Halloween. To prepare I added four new designs to our Halloween photo card collection at AddieKate.com.

The new designs for this year are bright and modern. I aimed to capture the fun spirit of Halloween. Most of the new Halloween card designs feature multiple photos. It is just two hard to pick just one photo sometimes! Especially when your little one is just cute as can be in their Costume. Below are two of our new cards in the Halloween gallery.


Visit Addie Kate Creations to view the entire collection!

Speaking of Halloween make sure to check back in early August for our featured Costume of the week.