well.. tomorrow I’m off to my Mom and Dad’s for Mom’s office Christmas fair for charity.. as i mentioned before I’ve been making Christmas cards to take with me to sell at that event, so the last few days have been somewhat frantic with trying to get enough made (and I’m still not done. I’ve still got all my own to make – although thats for when I get back).
However, since the majority of my cards are one-offs and unique (and even those that aren’t, there are, at most, 2 or 3 of the same ones) I’ve been taking photos of them all as i’ve gone along. If you like cards, you’re more than welcome to look, if you don’t, then skip this entry. Nothing but cards here to see!!
I’ll let you all know how it went when i get back – on Sunday. Planning to go shopping with Mum, visit with family (Dad’s family who live locally), and marzipan/ice/decorate 2 Christmas cakes. Its all go!
By the way: A lot of my cards have recycled parts from old Christmas cards (my family give them to me) which i then cut up and re-use. If you want to recycle yours, you can take them to a participating branch of either: M&S, Tescos, TK Maxx or WH Smith between 2nd and 31st January where they will be recycled to help The Woodland Trust – see the link for more details.
If you’ve bought a card at the fair, and you’ve come here to have a peek at who I am and what I’m all about.. *waves cheerily*.. hey, hope you enjoy your card!! Feel free to have a look around.. 😀
this one i almost forgot to take a photo of. Hence why its wrapped in cellophane (which they all are, after the photograph is taken – the cellophane, as you can see, makes it hard to get a good shot where the flash isn’t bouncing off) and in a box.
These two are my favorites. I’m so tempted to keep them for me.
the “leaves and berries” (fake) on this one came from a christmas cracker last christmas. Recycling is good! a lot of these cards have recycle bits from other cards.
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~ Urbania to Stoneheads ~ 
November 29, 2007 at 10:15 am
I’d be well chuffed if I could buy hand-made cards as good as these, especially when they’re made from recycled materials with proceeds going to charity.
It’s hard choosing one in particular, but my favourites are number 15 and the second last one.
Brilliant!
November 29, 2007 at 10:33 am
Stonehead – thanks for the compliments!! However, i do think i should put you straight on a couple things, and i hope i wasn’t misleading in the blog cos i didn’t mean to be. Not all the materials are recycled (I wish they were). The cards themselves came from different places, like The Works, and the glittery paper used in a lot of the cards came from Lakeland. The parts that are recycled are the parts with pictures – for example, there’s one with a photograph of a frozen branch with a christmas bauble hanging from it above. That part was cut out from a christmas card. So not as good as you may think!
In addition, not all the proceeds are going to charity. I’m hoping i’ll get enough back to at least cover the costs of making these, as i can’t really afford to be out of pocket. But beyond that, anything else is a bonus. I’m not even sure what charity is benefitting, although i’ll find out tomorrow, i’m sure!
I like the snowman too. Isn’t he *cute*? (I love the penguin for the same reason. but then, i’m a sucker for penguins, i would be, being a linux user.)
thanks again!
keth
xx
November 30, 2007 at 1:24 am
They are all gorgeous and I hope you sell them all! 🙂
December 5, 2007 at 2:01 am
I ended up selling 34, which i thought was really good going!! Thanks for the compliment! xx
December 31, 2007 at 6:33 pm
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