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 Celtic greeting cards logo - Saint Valentine's Day cards personalised and handmade by Peter and Rebecca Kitchin
Handmade personalised greeting cards from Wales plus signed prints and originals

Saint Valentine's Day handmade cards beautifully  illustrated and photographed by Peter and Rebecca Kitchin. 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.

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How the Saint Valentine's Day card developed

Saint Valentine's Day is always celebrated on the 14th February every year for lovers to express their love to their partners. It is traditional for lovers to exchange cards, flowers or, more recently, chocolates. The word Valentine came from Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. To add to the historic confusion, there were numerous early Christian martyrs who were named Valentine and until 1969, the Catholic Church formally recognized eleven Valentine's Days. The origins of the real Valentine is still a mystery but one story suggests that he was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. At that time Emperor Claudius II decreed that single men made more valiant soldiers than those with the trappings of wives and families. He refused marriage for all young men and potential soldiers. Valentine continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret and defied Claudius. Valentine was put to death when Claudius discovered his actions. Another legend suggests that Valentine was a prisoner who sent the very first Valentine himself to the jailor's daughter who he had fell in love with. The story further suggests that he wrote the girl a letter before he died and signed it 'From your Valentine', which is an expression still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is unsubstantiated, they are seeped with heroism and romanticism and Valentine was one of the best known saints in England and France.
Later, in the High Middle Ages romantic love flourished in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer. Saint Valentine's Day cards gained popularity in the 19th century with the development of romantic images like hearts, doves and the winged Cupid. In Worcester, Massachusetts, Esther Howland established a flourishing business copied in the main from British designs. From this meagre beginning the U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that about one billion Saint Valentines cards are sent every year. This makes the sending of Saint Valentine's Day cards second only to the sending of Christmas cards every year worldwide. Apparently over 85% of all Saint Valentine's Day cards are sent by women.

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


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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.

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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!