Take a new perspective on the ampersand.  The “Coming Together” font contains over 400 glyphs and is an OpenType font and is well worth the twenty.

This font was created exclusively for Font Aid IV to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. The font consists entirely of ampersands, to represent the idea of people coming together to help one another. Type designers, graphic designers, and other artists from around the world contributed artwork to the font.

The font is being be sold for $20US and is available through  Veer and other font distributors. All proceeds from the sale of the font will go to Doctors Without Borders, to help with their relief efforts in Haiti.

I currently have 13096 pictures in iphoto (after paring it down by 30% this year) and I could literally count on both hands the number of pictures I’m in with both my kids and husband.   Every Christmas the family photocards pour in and I am still sending photos of just the kids.  Well after reading the minted.com blog article on The Best Holiday Card Photos I was determined to at least look into getting some ideas for our family portraits.  As I pulled up site after site of cheesy family photos,  I was back to thinking there was no way I’m dressing my family in matchy matchy clothing and chucking a few hundred dollars out the window for pictures that I will hate.  If you love the matching outfits and posed smiling shots – great for you.  It’s not for me.  I want something timeless that I can hang in our home and be proud of as the years past. After some more digging, mostly on blogs, I was able to find some family portraits to aspire to.   I hope you enjoy them…

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