Being married to a creative man is really nice. It’s especially nice when I can exploit his abilities/resources to create something I really love for little to no effort. Well, no effort on my part. I guess it’s also really nice being married to a patient man.

Exhibit A: Christmas Cards. I decided I wanted to do Christmas cards this year just because. I also had a vision for what I wanted to do, but no idea how to get it done without spending too much money on Christmas cards. Christmas cards for a couple that got married a year and half ago (old news) and doesn’t have any children (no news).

One of our favorite things to do together is daydream about creative things. Rearranging the living room. House shopping when we are not in the market. Drawing plans to build shelves in strange places. Contemplating paint colors for rooms that don’t exist. It’s what we do.

I knew I could rope D into my Christmas card daydreaming so I asked him to bring home a camera from the studio. This camera is so awesome and so out of our price range. We got some old lights out of the attic and hung them on the back porch. The inspiration for all of this came from a party we threw for our dear friend Rachel last October.

So we set out to recreate the vibe. Naturally the studio camera has way to many features for the non-professional such as myself, so we had to finagle a way for D to get everything set and then just step in. How did we accomplish this you might ask? Wife-Swap. Otherwise known as having our neighbors and best friends help us out. Libby played photographer. Spencer played husband. Worked like a charm.

Fake Husband:

Real Husband:

Isn’t he bearded and cute?

I spent the rest of the evening hovering over D as he worked his magic on the computer through Photoshop, Aperture, and the lovely Miller’s photography lab where he managed to get everything printed the way I wanted for around $30. AND it was delivered to the house the very next day for free. Well played, D. Well played.

Basically we just had fun being creative and goofy with our dear friends. I’m so thankful they decided to buy the house right down the street.

Here is a preview of D’s work.