Elizabeth, one of my clients from Tanglewood, was looking for a custom holiday card to send out to friends and family this year, and saw my $99 Custom Holiday Card design special in my fall newsletter.
We tossed around a few ideas, but she mentioned that a friend had done a really beautiful line drawing of their home, and maybe I could "Christmas it up" a bit to use on their custom holiday card.
Here is the original drawing, done by Rosemary Williams:
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I also requested a photo of Elizabeth's gorgeous house:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KT-ZDBsXPmU/ST0s4M_8EgI/AAAAAAAAAS0/R8BFsuR2gWI/s400/207Chester_Photo.jpg)
I took the drawing into Photoshop, sampled colors from the photo, and "painted" the line drawing to mimic her home. I also added Christmas lights to the roofline and the sailboat in her window, some snowflakes falling through the air, and the little topiary trees on her porch.
After I was done "Christmasing up" the artwork, I created the custom holiday card layout in InDesign, adding the background, design elements and typography that matches the Tanglewood logo I created for them earlier this year.
Here is the final custom holiday card:
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KT-ZDBsXPmU/ST0tBGH5P9I/AAAAAAAAAS8/GIioy0r8H-0/s400/Elizabeth_Xmas_3-1.jpg)
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Thanks for letting me work on this project, Elizabeth, and I hope you and your family have a very happy holidays!
If anyone else is interested in taking advantage of my $99 Custom Holiday Card design special, contact me soon! The holidays will be here before you know it! Running short on time? A New Year's card can also work well. And we can also help you be eco-friendly with either a custom holiday card printed on 100% recycled paper (like Perceptivity Studio will be sending out this year) or even a custom e-card like I'm currently designing for Bacon Group Architecture.
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Hi Susan! Thanks for your comment, and I'm glad you enjoy my blog. And I appreciate the comment too! I know it's easy to read blogs and never let people know you're reading them (I'm guilty of this all the time), so thanks for stepping out and saying hello. :)
I can't wait to get my hands on the actual card. V. excited!
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