One of the sad things about this year for me, at least in terms of being able to follow through on my own personal Christmas traditions, is that I haven’t been able to print my own cards, or mail them out to my rather massive card list. It’s one of the things I love doing, since it is the one time of the year that I actually contact some of my old friends. I do it for myself, mostly, because I like letting people know that I still think of them.
So, this year, my mailing list has been cut way back. A dear friend bought me a box of cards and even included postage for them. I will use them (since I haven’t gotten them out yet, oops) to send to people that I don’t have email contact for. I’ll have to send out a lot of email greetings, which for me is a sad but acceptible substitute for a physical object.
That said, I still did a card design for 2011. I’d been thinking about this one for some time, wanting to toy with some ideas. So I figured I would go ahead and do it. This is, actually, the first design I have done entirely on the computer. It’s been a fun stretching of my skills.
And so, without further ado, the 2011 Christmas card design from yours truly —
With love to all of my friends, new and long-time, may God bless you this Christmas.
