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Handmade personalised greeting cards from Wales plus signed prints and originals Personalised new baby and christening cards - handmade and illustrated by artists working in Wales. Click on any thumbnail below to view a larger image and make a purchase. Click here if you need translations (including Welsh). *If you wish to learn how to write and speak Welsh just click here. Personalised new baby or christening card 1 Personalised new baby or christening card 2 Personalised new baby or christening card 3 Personalised new baby or christening card 4 Personalised new baby or christening card 5 Personalised new baby or christening card 6 Personalised new baby or christening card 7 Personalised new baby or christening card 8 Personalised new baby or christening card 9 Personalised new baby or christening card 10 Personalised new baby or christening card 11 Personalised new baby or christening card 12 The history of Christening cards Christenings were conducted in the Church from the earliest times when Christ gave the Great Commission for all men to be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Christians took on board the concept of the Christening and spread salvation to the whole world. Whole families read the holy scriptures and began to understand the importance of being baptized as a group, and that included the children. Some called the practice of baptising children paedobaptism and it remains remarkably consistent across many cultures and time periods of the Christian faith. Following a period of intolerance, beatings and flogging, the practice of baptism really took hold after the 2nd and 3rd century A.D. Eventually, most churches were taking on the practice and now the message can be spread to friends and family with christening invitations  without fear . Nowadays the family and friends gather in churches and a priest performs the baptism ceremony. It is common that the baby is sprinkled with holy water and a few phrases are said over it. Frequently the baby's head is anointed with holy oil. It is customary that the baby wears a white dress which is often passed down through generations. A gathering in the parent's home usually follows a baptism where food is laid out. All this activity is usually accompanied by the sending and receiving of Baptism invitation cards. The designs, illustrations and typography usually reflect the joyous occasion and the visual content often falls into two distinct areas like religious and fun. Religious images are usually the cross and drawings of a church and baptism fonts, while the sectarian images are often caricatures of sweet little babies, prams and groups of any small pretty animal you can think of. Gifts are often given like engraved silver spoons, plates and pendant on chain. If you need to discuss specific design, typographic or illustration requirements, especially if it is a challenge, please do do hesitate to contact Peter or Rebecca at enquiry@celtic-1.co.uk PLEASE NOTE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: At present we have no holidays scheduled. Please note actual delivery is totally out off our hands although we normally print the same day (orders received before 3.00 pm) and post 1st Class the following morning. ORDERING CARDS TO ADDRESSES OUTSIDE THE UK For orders outside the UK please order a minimum of 6 cards (you can mix designs if you wish). GOOD NEWS FOR WELSH LEARNERS If you want to write your own Welsh message we have now added more pages to help you here. If you want to investigate the Welsh language further and perhaps learn a few phrases we have added a totally new section here. Don't forget - you can write ANY message on ANY card with ANY image - just enjoy yourself ! IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2010 / PWYSIG DYDDIADAU I 2010 New Year's Day: January 1st Dydd Santes Dwynwen* (Saint Dwynwen Day): January 25th Saint Valentine's Day: February 14th Saint David's Day (Patron saint of Wales): March 1st St Piran's Day (Patron saint of Cornwall): March 5th Mother's Day: March 14th Saint Patrick's Day (Patron saint of Scotland): March 17th Good Friday: April 2nd Easter Sunday: April 4th Easter Monday: April 5th Saint George's Day (Patron saint of England): April 23rd Early May Bank Holiday: May 3rd Spring Bank Holiday: May 31st Father's Day: June 20th Summer Bank Holiday: August 30th Saint Andrew's Day (Patron Saint of Scotland): November 30th Christmas Eve: December 24th Christmas Day: December 25th Boxing Day: December 26 Saint Stephen's Day: December 26th New Year's Eve: December 31st *Welsh equivalent of the English Saint Valentine's Day. Handmade personalised greeting cards from Wales, signed prints and originals. NODWCH GWYLIAU RHAGLEN: Dim gwyliau rwan. Am traddodiad: yn amlwg darparu gwirioneddol yn hollol allan oddi ar ein dwylo er ein bod bob amser yn argraffu ar yr un diwrnod (archebion a dderbyniwyd cyn 3:00) ac ar ôl 1 Dosbarth y bore canlynol. ARCHEBU I ANNERCH Y TU ALLAN I'R DU Ar gyfer archebion tu allan i'r DU os gwelwch yn dda er o leiaf 6 cardiau (gallwch cymysgedd dyluniadau os ydych yn dymuno). NEWYDDION DA I DDYSGWYR CYMRAEG Os ydych chi eisiau ysgrifennu neges eich hun Cymru erbyn hyn rydym wedi ychwanegu tudalennau mwy i helpu chi yma. Os ydych am i ymchwilio i'r iaith Cymraeg ymhellach ac efallai ddysgu ychydig o ymadroddion rydym wedi ychwanegu adran hollol newydd yma. Peidiwch ag anghofio - gallwch ysgrifennu neges ar y cerdyn UNRHYW UNRHYW gyda delwedd UNRHYW - dim ond mwynhau eich hun!