Failed.

In the world of Pinterest we have a wealth of opportunities for failure and few successful attempts at creatively cute masterpieces. Today I join the thousands who have [once again] failed at a Pinterest craft.

Here are some examples of others failed attempts:

Every Christmas we try to send out a card to our friends and family. This year we have precious Baby Kate. So I cruised around on Pinterest looking for "Newborn Christmas Photos". I found hundreds of adorable shots of wee ones ranging from posing with Christmas ornaments to being captured sleeping in a little stocking.

Here's "THE ONE" I chose for our 2013 Christmas card:

I know, too cute, right?

Here's what we TRIED:

Those, friends, are NOT smiles. She was SO upset. So upset that fluids started coming out from everywhere! After a few pictures, lots of screaming, and a few laughs from us we called it quits and called Target. Target happened to be running a deal on Black Friday. The deal was all the photos taken in the photo shoot on a CD with all the copyrights to it, which would allow us to print our Christmas cards through another company like Shutterfly. Little did we know that you did not get the CD on that visit, you had to wait a week.

A week later a HUGE storm hit most of the United States, bringing with it ice, sleet, freezing rain, freezing temperatures, and crazy road conditions. "Crazy road conditions" mean that if there's anything white on the ground around these parts we freak out and forget how to drive safely. To the joy of every school aged child, some schools were closed for almost a week. News broadcasters were emphatically pleading with the whole state to stay home. Basically it looked like this:

 

This storm delayed our photos getting to us in time, but we still got some super cute pictures of Kate. I don't know how those ladies at Target did it, but here are a couple:

So maybe my Pinterest project failed OR maybe it didn't. I love all the shots we got of our sweet girl. I'm glad that we have proof that we tried to do something creative with her. Really it's so we can look back at these attempts later and laugh, but also next time we just skip the trying to do it ourselves and go to a "pro".