Isn’t it typical that the sun makes an appearance just at the end of the school holidays?
Im not complaining, but I had grand plans to sit in the back garden each morning, sipping my coffee and watching the dog entertain himself with all the various scents from the nighttime visitors. We rescued an old garden table, bought a parasol for it and collected garden furniture off freecycle in preparation, only for me to have to purchase a cover for it all a lot sooner than I had anticipated!
A final flourish from summer before I return to my day job at school, where thoughts inevitably turn to the next significant holiday. Christmas in our family means lots of Fayres and markets every weekend, followed by a small family celebration and then New Year. This heralds the family birthdays, which all fall into the first half of the year.
It’s handy having a card shop, with lots of birthday cards to choose from, when this time of year arrives. Honestly, it does feel like we just get one out the way then another arrives! In 2024 I hope to have some lovely new designs to share with you all, but if you need to be organised then the majority of my birthday card stock is available from the shop section now. One advantage of having a card shop in your dining room is that you don’t stock up then lose all the birthday cards you’ve just bought after putting them ‘somewhere safe’.
Anyway, I’m almost wishing the rest of 2023 away, and the run up to Christmas is my favourite time of year. All of our Christmas card packs support charities, with the newer designs (which are arriving soon) supporting Trussell Trust. If you don’t want to shop online with me then I will be sharing a list of events we’re attending soon.
Cari