Although these days I’m not really bothered about getting Christmas presents, I do enjoy getting Christmas cards and annual newsletters from all our friends around the world. All the years we lived in Schmitten we amazed the neighbours with the number of cards that we received. They knew all about them, because I hung them on ribbons over the windows. It didn’t look too pretty from the outside – the back of cards are rarely very attractive – but from inside it made our lounge and dining room windows very festive.
The thought of all those letters travelling across the world made me want to include them somehow in my sketchbook. Some greetings and good wishes are travelling to me and some are leaving me to make the recipients feel just as good as I do, I hope, when I find new post in my letter box each day. I didn’t want to use the cards themselves as they are on display and adding some festive cheer to my flat here in Kronberg. So I decided to use some of the envelopes instead. Everything you see on these pages came from an envelope – yes even the Christmas tree.
