Project: Christmas Postcard

Have you noticed I'm quite a bauble freak? I could honestly spend a day in a shop looking at all the amazing designs and styles. My brother-in-law had one hanging in his car and I always thought of doing the same but have never actually got around to buying one. Maybe I'll see that one bauble that I really must have even though I'm tempted to buy all of them.

What Christmas item can't you help but buy each year?

Project: Christmas Postcard

Can you believe its the 10th December already, the time just seems to be flying by so quickly, before we'll know it we'll be seeing the new year in. At least its nice to know that there is only next week left until my holidays begin but of course for some of you it means the start of the Christmas celebrations :)... joy!

Project: Christmas Postcards

A little bit of vintage meet modern... love these images, its just a shame that its so restrictive working with the squareness of them.

Project: Christmas Postcards

Today I managed to post nearly all of my postcards. I just have a couple left that I need to send with letters etc... but hopefully I'll get those sorted by the weekend.

 

Do you buy a stocking to fill?

Project: Christmas Postcards

I've blogged about 6 postcards so far but I haven't even posted one of them yet! I went today and asked the man at the post office for some airmal stickers. He got me one sheet... erm... Can I have some more please! He looked at me really weird so I explained how I'd made my own Christmas cards this year and that I'd bought my stamps online as I know he doesn't stock that many. He just went thats so true as I use the printable labels more these day and I could have found a way to stick them on your postcards... yikes!!... they are half the size of the postcard so he would have had to stick them on the front the way I'd written the addresses. Also I already couldn't believe that he had stuck the postage label for my lovely letter on my cat when I'd actually left a space...he stuck the air mail sticker there instead. The only reason I know this is because my partner had posted a photo on her blog. I'm not there when he sticks the labels on as he does it all later when its much quieter, the women do it whilst I'm there and are usually really good with my stuff. He's a really nice man and so good with my niece, I haven't taken her for some weeks now and he keeps asking about her.

 

Do you have good postal workers?

Project: Christmas Postcards

I ended up decorating the back of the postcards really simply. I used peel-offs, coloured pens and I wrote a simple tiny message of thanks along the bottom. Majority of the card was taken up with the address.

 

I bought my stamps online at the end of October but there was no mention of Christmas stamps in a higher price... they only advertised the UK ones. It wasn't until a couple of weeks later I was talking to the lady at the post office just saying I wonder why they don't make fancy stamps in the higher prices and she told me they did and showed me a sheet. I felt really annoyed as Christmas stamps would have added a little something extra to my postcards. I would have bought some and used these another time but the prices go up every April so I may not be able to use them again so its not worth it which is a shame.

Wondering around the shops I always love looking at the Christmas decorations, I actually feel a little sad at times that I don't celebrate it... even my own religious festival is boring as we just cook a meal and wear fancy clothes. Still at least I can take part this way...