the elves | maryland photographer
. . . Santa can’t really live without them, and I can’t either. This will be the first of two posts, to introduce you to my little elves, who I not only think the world of on a personal level, but couldn’t possibly have survived this fall and holiday season without them!
Elf #1, is mom to 2 boys, wife to a great hubby, and designer extraordinaire! She is the reason that you had to explain to your husband why you needed to send TWO holiday cards (as in different styles) because you couldn’t decide between your two favorite options. He, of course, talked you out of that, but we both know you wanted to do it. Yup, they were that good. She’s the reason that I have stared out the window, willing the mail truck to arrive, to tear into the boxes to see her album designs in print, and oh-my-goodness, I can’t even describe them. So I won’t, I will post some pics after the holidays. Nikki came on board in the early part of the fall, as I anticipated how nuts things would be, to “help a little” with card & album designs. Uh – huh. wink wink. I, of course, secretly hoping that she would in fact take over the whole kit and kaboodle, which she did, and I was, and still am, grateful. John & CG are too, because they actually got to see me some this fall 
At last tally we were well over a “couple of thousand” 
holiday cards printed, with some (including MINE) still on the way. As she would send over final album cover designs my responses to her were along these lines….”hang on, I just fell out of my chair”….”swoon”….”oh, look, yet another that I have to print a sample of”….”do you think it would be weird if I had this exact album on my own coffee table?”…you get the idea.
She’s the bomb, I can’t thank her enough for ALL of her efforts and hard work and making such a difference and being such an important part of the team. And of course, I tried to take a posey-posey picture of her which is quite ridiculous so instead I will post a picture of her with one of her three loves
hc | annapolis photographer
Nikki did a amazing job on our Christmas cards. They were by far the best I have ever had and I got so many compilments on them this year. Thank you to Nikki. We really appreciated how wonderful our card was and how quickly you got the design done! Can’t wait for next year! Clare Tower
Nikki just designed the most awesome Christmas card for my family. It has a vibrant front w/ traditional ornaments that compliments all the colors in my photo. To make it more fun, she added a “silly” pose (including a disco shot of my 7-year old) on the back that captured the whole feel of our photo shoot at the Christmas Tree farm. It showed my family happy, just what I wanted. Many people that I mailed the card to, some know my children and some not, have told me the card brings tears to their eyes. WOW! I hope you will be up for making my card next year too. You have made me very happy and thanks for everything. Kim Ford