Last year, we had a little family portrait made by the talented Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co. to use as our thank you cards and personal family stationery during the first few months of Ruby's new little life. I had one of the cards framed and decided we'd update our stationery every year to collect over time.
I recently framed our newest portrait, which we used as thank you cards for her first birthday, and I love how they now sit side-by-side showing the beginnings of our young family.
I remember I used to think family portraits were all about cheesy department store photos. But with the holidays upcoming, it's such a fun time to think about different ways to share a little representation your family. Here are a few others I'm loving…
Have a great weekend all!
P.S. Congrats to Jenna G. for being the winner of our Imm Living giveaway this time!
{Top photos by Oh Joy. Bottom images, left to right, top to bottom: Custom rubber stamps by Lili Mandrill, Holiday portrait by Ello There, cross-stitch portraits by Scarlet Pyjamas, and sketchy portraits by Alessandra Olanow}
I love it! this is so cute!
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
Love the idea of this. They look great. I especially love your signature polka dots and stripes (if I am seeing that right!) 🙂
I love it! It’s fantastic! What a great idea to update it over time, too. It will be so great to have that collection. I can imagine Ruby will love looking at all the cards when she is grown.
thats so lovely!
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How precious! I love the idea! Also just purchased your book on the iPad and haven’t been able to put it down, so chalk full of great info, I’ve hi lighted almost all of it, then realized there is a resources section ; ) YOU SO SMART : )
Also loved your talk with Naomi yesterday and how it made you guys look like ‘real people’.
Keep being great, and working hard, because people love ya!
so cute! i love everything that anna does and have always wanted to do one of the portraits! right now it’s just me and my husband, but i think when we have little ones this is a terrific idea!
How adorable! Thanks for sharing your beautiful portrait plus the other ideas.
We don’t have any family portraits but I think it’s about time I look into getting one done. I really like the cross stitch idea 🙂
The picture looks adorable! I’m making the cross stitch portraits for all of our family for Christmas!
I love the new portrait. What a great idea to have a new one made every year!
The portrait is so cute!
really cute !!
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Such a cute idea! I love this, and love Rifle, of course.
the portrait idea – updated annually – is fab. i’ll have to think up a version to make of our own..
This is lovely. Thank you for sharing! I sent you an email – did you get it? 🙂
What an adorable family photo idea! I went on her site but I didn’t see any family portrait options. I would love to have one ordered for Fathers Day or for my husbands bday. I guess I will have to send an email.
Enjoy your weekend!
Hi Heidi!
Ours is custom, but its just an alternate version of the personal stationery:
http://riflepaperco.com/category/Portraits/c42
Best!
Joy
I love this idea! So cute! I just had Eva Black make us Christmas cards that are similar but I am really loving the idea of doing one every year to frame. Love it.
Heidi
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I LOVE these!! I absolutely want one now! 🙂
Morgan
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Super adorable! XOXO HAve a great weekend!
I love this. I think I might have to order some for my family 🙂
these are perfect! thanks for sharing!
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How cute! Great ideas for the holidays!
i love that! i would love to make one for our family to hang on the wall.
Super cute! 🙂 I love that you put both the illustrations next to one another.
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Really cute!
These are most likely the cutest family portraits I have ever seen. Such a great idea and um, who wouldn’t want a family portrait by Anna Bond? Incredible! 🙂
What a great idea for our family portrait. We usually have a studio shot taken yearly but we might give this one a go. Thanks for sharing! Your family portrait is gorgeous by the way. I love how it sat side by side to tell a story.
This is exactly what I did for my Christmas cards! I used Pop Pop Portraits on Etsy, she is incredibly talented.
Adorable! Ruby looks so cute with her little dress! Such a nice thing to have a new one each year.I do the same for my family, and as the kids grow older, they wait for the new illustration and are excited to see how it looks.
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What an adorable card to receive!
Awww this is soooo adorable!!!
i love your illustrated striped top! Both illustrations are insanely adorable!
So cute and adorable! Oh my! This is really giving me a something so great! I love these creations so much!
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Whoa now- this is cuteness overload! I love it so much. Thanks for sharing- might just have to commission one of my own 🙂
So fabulous! I love these creations so much! Thanks for sharing these wonderful ideas!
There are many families willing to experiment with different ways of preserving memories. These illustrations are a unique way of capturing family portraits.
Would you mind telling me what the paint color is on the walk where your Rifle portraits are hanging?
I just spoke with Rifle Paper Co. and they don’t do the family portrait 🙁 So sad! I am pregnant and wanted to get this done!
Any ideas of other places that do this?