Every year, it seems I find boxes of beautifully detailed Christmas cards in our local stores. The cunning, intricate designs and quality workmanship draw me like the proverbial moth is drawn to the flame. The designs seem to be cuter each year, with appliqué elements, embossing, cutwork, and all manner of card-makers artistry. Making your own handmade, watercolor Christmas cards is not as difficult as you might think, and is certainly less expensive.

Christmas cards have been a great way of sending festive greetings to friends and family around the world. Christmas cards have been around since the mid 1800s and there are lots of different types available from vintage Christmas cards to Christmas cards with Santa, Christmas in the tropics and even Gothic Christmas cards. What type of Christmas card would you like to recieve? I like cute ones or traditional ones myself, but it's really hard to pick the best ones to send.

Sending out a merry Christmas greeting card to everyone that you know can be very expensive. The cost of one card can be well over five dollars in many cases. This is just not budget friendly. To get your spending back in line, you could cut down on the list of people that you will send a merry Christmas greeting card to this year. That may make some people unhappy with you. There is another option. You could make your own merry Christmas greeting card to send out.
-