Not sewing but ...

Over the past couple of years I've become rubbish at sending Christmas cards. I went through a phase if making my own but have run out of time recently.

In January we spent the day at Kew Gardens - an amazing botanical gardens in South West London. There is a long walkway that has holly bushes of many varieties and I took lots of pics with the good intention if making cards.

As usual, I completely forgot about thus until last weekend when we met some friends at Kew for lunch. Thankfully (!) I was also rubbish at making our thank you cards from our wedding four years ago so still had a stack if plain cards and envelopes.

I printed the pics on a standard colour printer on standard paper and bought some festive ribbon from Morley's in Brixton (although 2m only managed 5 cards ... Gonna have to buy more!) Very simple design but looks pretty good. Inside I've used 'happy christmas' and holly hand stamped bought years ago from the Paper Mill at Gunwharf Quay (sadly now closed)