This year I decided I would save a tree and send e-cards instead of paper cards. It seems to me charities haven't really caught on to this as a fund raiser. It was surprisingly hard to find any, and even harder to find ones I liked. I eventually found this from Engineer Aid, who don't even insist on a donation (though they do invite one).
I bought just half a dozen "real" cards to give to some special people. I was so pleased to find these Traidcraft cards from Bangladesh, handmade using traditional embroidery techniques and various papers: cotton, straw, jute.
Cotton paper is new to me, but I was especially pleased when one turned out to be made of water hyacinth paper, after having learnt all about the problems it causes just a few months ago.
And since my visitors are all special people, please consider these to be your cards :) Let me know which one you like best.
I've noticed how paper-art from the Baglidesh & India regions often have a specific gifted form of charm to them - or, perhaps it's because i know someone who's really good at this sort of stuff.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the image with the harp - reminds me of the Marx Brothers :)
Looking forward to catching up with 'Things Fall Apart" during my break. I've already been enchanted by the first few pages!
Wishing you a great holiday season and grand new year for 2008 ;)
Paper that is meant to last a long time is made out of cotton or linen. It has been expensive. When I work in the Department of Records, they used a heavier version to draw the dimensions following the bearings of plots of each city block(s). They ordered it from Italy at the time.
ReplyDeleteI like the one with the red square.
Have a Happy Christmas.
Ladybanana thank you. Have a wonderful break!
ReplyDeleteAka r'aquel I agree - they do have a style and charm of their own. I'm glad you're enjoying the book. I hope you and yours have a great holiday too:)
Hathor I didn't know that about cotton paper. It must have been really good quality to be worth importing all the way from Italy. Merry Christmas to you too :)