Christmas from time gone by

All our regular followers will know that each year we make our Christmas cards, often including quite a lot of handicrafts. This year though we had an idea spring to us, whilst out at a flea market, that was a little bit different. We came across some lovely Christmas and New Years cards from years gone by. The stall owner was selling them because they were pretty, but we liked them also because they had seasonal greetings written on the back. ‘What a lovely idea’ we both agreed, ‘to send the little messages on a second journey’.

And so we went about buying all the seasonal cards we could, some dating back to the 1940’s. Then we attached them to cards using corner tabs, so that everyone that received one could take them out and read the old messages — well they need to translate them first.

They were all really beautiful nostalgic designs.