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|  personalised birthday cards with flower photographs
| personalised handmade birthday cards for kids
| handmade birthday cards with Welsh castles
| personalised birthday cards with Welsh cobs
| birthday cards with Welsh landscapes
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| Christmas cards with Welsh cobs and animals
| New logo for personalised handmade christmas cards with illustrations Xmas cards with illustrations and photography
| personalised Christmas cards with traditional watercolour landscapes
| New logo for personalised handmade christmas cards with photographs handmade Christmas cards with photographs
| Christmas cards with illustrations of Welsh steam trains and Welsh castles
| Christmas cards with windows


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| New logo for exciting new range of handmade designs with abstract flowers in watercolour exciting new range of designs with abstract flowers in watercolour
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| personalised weddings invitations with iconic images
| wedding invitations with ampersands and petals
| creative wedding invitations with gate folds and watercolours


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| handmade Dydd Santes Dwynwen cards
| New logo for handmade personalised valentine's day cards with red roses  Saint Valentine's day cards
| handmade Easter Sunday cards
| Saint David's Day cards
| Mother's Day cards
| Father's Day cards
| thank you cards
| get well soon cards
| with sympathy cards


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| New logo for watercolours of Welsh landscapes by Peter Kitchin watercolours of Welsh landscapes
| watercolours paintings of Ffestiniog trains


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| New logo for welsh cob paintings and watercolours by Rebecca Kitchin Welsh cob paintings
| illustrations of cats and dogs
| watercolours of Ffestiniog trains


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Photograph of holly berries for personalised Christmas cards with hand-cut windows with watercolour of holly
 Ordering page for Christmas cards with hand-cut windows

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You are about to purchase a 'Christmas / windows / 3' as card illustrated below. Each fully personalised card is still only £2.85 including envelope and you can write your own message on the cover and inside. The watercolour illustration of holly and red berries is by Peter Kitchin.

There are two ways of ordering your personalised Christmas card: 1. Click on any "Buy Now" button below and pay by Credit Card or by Paypal (you will be asked how many cards you wish to order). 2. Just e-mail Peter or Rebecca and discuss your requirements with them and pay by cheque. If you need more information just click 'About Buying'.


Photograph of sample card - personalised Christmas cards with hand-cut windows with watercolour of holly


Handmade Christmas card with watercolour of holly by Peter Kitchin    Inside design of handmade Christmas card with watercolour of holly by Peter Kitchin

The watercolour illustration of holly and red berries seen through a holly window is by Peter Kitchin. Your card will be handmade and personalised by either Peter or Rebecca. The illustrations above show how the card is folded twice to create 6 pages. The front page has a hand-cut window to allow the illustration inside to be viewed when folded.

Write and design your own personalised Christmas card
- still only £2.85


Totally personalise the cover and the inside by typing your messages in the white panels below (maximum 10 words each panel)

Specify words for cover

Specify words for inside

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Credid card logos - personalised Xmas cards with hand-cut windows with watercolour of holly

If you require additional help when ordering the 'drop down page' below may help you.
To return to the last page click here or view all your purchases to date click the "VIEW BASKET" below.

Special offer - save £2.80  on every pack of 8!


Purchase a pack of 8 for only £20 and you save £2.80. Each card is thoughtfully designed with a hand-cut 'window' on the cover showing a large watercolour illustration inside. The 6 page design offers plenty of room for your message. We do not personalise packs of 8 and the wording is 'Merry Christmas' as the illustrations below. To purchase simply click the "BUY NOW" button below.

Pack of 8 cards - personalised Christmas cards with hand-cut windows with watercolour of holly

Credid card logos - handmade personalised Christmas cards with hand-cut windows with tradition watercolour landscapes

If you require additional help when ordering the 'drop down page' below may help you.
To return to the last page click here or view all your purchases to date click the "VIEW BASKET" below.

Watercolour illustration of holly by Peter Kitchin for Christmas cards
The development of the Christmas card

The design and giving of Christmas cards originated in England over 150 years ago. By the late 1800's there was such a demand for Christmas cards that many famous artists and writers were employed in what was a  growing and important industry. Writers like Kate Greenaway, and the Victorian illustrators Frances Brundage and Ellen H. Clapsaddle, were favourites at that time. Many cards became extremely elaborate and finished with fringe, silk and satin. Others were sculpted liked fans and crescents, and others cut into images of Christmas like bells, birds, candles and even plum puddings. Other Christmas cards were 'pop-up', puzzles and some made amusing noises when opened. For some strange reason this Christmas industry did not spread to America immediately but they had to import English Christmas cards for more than 30 years. Fortunately Louis Prang, a German immigrant, set up a lithographic shop and produced the first series of American Christmas cards in 1875. Soon he was printing more than five million Christmas cards each year with traditional Christmas images like snow scenes, fir trees, glowing fireplaces and children playing with toys. They were so beautifully produced his cards are collectors' items today. In the UK, John Calcott printed the first Christmas card and set it to his friend Sir Henry Cole, a wealthy industrialist, who it is claimed, came up with the concept in the first place. Many of the first images were of charity scenes with rich people giving to poor people - perhaps a reflection of guilt in an age were few were wealthy and many were poor! As with the present day, nativity scenes were always popular and illustrated by painters of the time. With the growth in electronic technology consumers developed the desire to use the Internet to send the electronic greeting card or E-card in the late 1990s. Unfortunately this lazy trend is still gaining momentum. Do talk to Peter or Rebecca if you need a specially designed and illustrated personalised birthday card, they enjoy the challenge, just click enquiry@celtic-1.co.uk

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PLEASE NOTE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
Peter and Rebecca do not have any holidays scheduled for the near future.

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.

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NODWCH GWYLIAU RHAGLEN (UWCH)

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!