Anyway, they wanted me to make a few quilled Christmas cards to add to my regular basket, and I've designed a few which feature photographs of the village combined with a greeting in French: 'Joyeux Noel' (which means 'Merry Christmas').
It may seem strange to mix French words with such a typically English scene, but that really sums up what the cafe is all about, and the customers really seem to like my cards! Here's the first design I made, with a photo of our frozen village pond in last winter's snow, complemented by a quilled snowflake.
As much as I hate snow, it's a very pretty scene and of course the snowflake is perfect.
ReplyDeleteThat is so pretty and your village looks beautiful (and cold!). Christmas here in Australia certainly doesn't involve snow and that just looks so traditionally Christmassy! Combining the nationalities is s a great idea.
ReplyDeleteOoh, so pretty! I love the stylized snowflake and the photo is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLovely scene for Christmas and a simply beautiful card
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! I'm not a great fan of snow myself, but I must admit that our village did look lovely after the heavy falls we had last winter. Still, having taken a lot of 'snow scene' shots for posterity, I'm rather hoping that we don't have a repeat performance this year!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card Philippa. I love the design of the snowflake. Its funny because I did not think anything of you mixing an english scene with french words because I am so used to that in Canada. What I was amazed at was the amount of snow you get...it's not just Canadians who live in a deep freeze.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cheryl. I had forgotten about English and French appearing side by side in Canada - of course, it must be quite an everyday thing for you! We don't normally get this much snow, I'm glad to say (sometimes none at all) but it really was exceptional last winter.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Philippa, Look the photograph and the snowflake ,white on white looks great.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suganthi. I'm always surprised by how effective 'white on white' can be!
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