Let's Talk About Pottery & Collectables
Collectables => Ephemera => Topic started by: Anne on December 17, 2008, 01:09:00 AM
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In the box with the old Christmas cards are some birthday cards as well. Again, all three were commercially produced with printed insides.
The first one with the embroidered panel has a postcard back and was made in France. The small card below it was tucked into the pocket made by the lace, and says on the back in copperplate hand-writing Best love and kisses xxxxxxxxx as a supplementary greeting to the one on the reverse of the card itself.
Those in the other photo side by side are two double-folded paper ones dating from 1949 when my Uncle celebrated his 21st Birthday which again look very "home made".
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I love the embroidered one, and I think home made cards are wonderful. The fact that someone has spent time and thought making one, makes it special. Isn't that handwriting lovely! Obviously taught properly at school :)
My youngest makes all her own cards, and I've kept ones she had sent me over the years. They're a bit crazy but always make me laugh.
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My Grandpa always wrote in the most beautiful copperplate script like that, Anne. He drilled into us that writing was important and should be legible (otherwise what's the point if no-one can read it) and we learned to write the same copperplate script at school, but my writing had altered since then. I can still do the copperplate and tend to if I'm writing a lot of text as it is much faster than my usual scrawl!
Re home made cards, I love 'em too, this year almost all my Christmas cards (except the overseas ones which went out last month) are home-made ones - it's so relaxing just escaping from the computer and going up to my playspace with scissors, card and glue! :gcheer:
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Life was so more simple, but true... Very nice cards.