Here is Irene's October envelope - and the card inside. Irene took one of Kathy Millici's classes on flourishing. If you enlarge the image you will see the stippling which is so effective and must take a very long time. Irene says she is just learning Spencerian. Most of what we have seen from her is copperplate. Not everyone enjoys both of those styles. Personally - I ended up with a preference for Spencerian because I could do it so much faster. I suppose I would have loved copperplate if there had been more of a market for it. On my own, I didn't feel like putting in the hours to establish the level of consistency that I prefer. Spencerian is more forgiving - if you just want it to be your everyday penmanship.
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I noticed that this year we (the Wilson household) only received two traditional Christmas cards - which are the ones that fold over and have some kind of illustration or photo - but not a photo of the people or person who sent it. One was from a very old person and the other was from a plumber. All the rest of the cards we received were the single panel style with photos of the people who send them. At my daughter's house, every single card was the single panel with photos. I wonder if Hallmark would share the numbers on this change in trends.
This one caught my eye. It's just one I saw online...so maybe it had something more traditional on the flip side.
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