A Brief History Of Weddings

Let’s start a brief history of weddings with the dresses with the colours of the wedding dresses. A white dress is what most people in the West associate with weddings. This isn’t surprising when white is universally regarded as the colour of purity, and weddings are about celebrating and cementing a monogamous, loving relationship. However, the tradition of brides wearing white wedding dresses only started in 1840. It started when Queen Victoria wore a white … Read more

WordPress Many Points Of Weakness

The many points of weakness are the strength of WordPress and WooCommerce. Sounds counterintuitive doesn’t it? I was thinking about it because from time to time I think about moving our self-hosted WooCommerce site to one of the SAAS (software as a service) offerings. Why would I want to do that? With WordPress and WooCommerce I have to keep everything up to date. And I have to check that the updates of the different bits … Read more

Handwriting And Fountain Pens

You have to work in partnership with a fountain pen.. I hear a lot of children are not even taught cursive lettering. What a waste. My experience with handwriting and fountain pens says that it’s a skill well worth having. To go back a bit, my handwriting started to drift all over the place from using ballpoint and gel pens. So I bought a fountain pen. This was about five years ago. I bought a … Read more

Mother’s Day Cards: Unraveling the Dynamics

Here’s the official version why one must send Mother’s Day cards: Britain has a history of valuing tradition and heritage. Mother’s Day cards have been a longstanding practice, passed down through generations. The act of giving cards aligns with the continuity of cultural customs and demonstrates adherence to societal norms. OK, that is what a social psychologist might write, but we all know the down-to-earth reason. It is this. If there is anything that is … Read more

Frame Your Greeting Card

Frame your greeting card to keep because it is pretty. It looks just right next to three little jugs on a low table. And the balance is retained with the large framed print on the wall behind. The whole assembly looks natural and almost rustic. Certainly the Edo period woman in the greeting card looks in keeping with the general colour palette. Our greeting cards are a pretty standard 120 x 170 mm, so it’s … Read more

Ways To Make A Greeting Card

There are different ways to make a greeting card. Some people draw or paint and then scan in their designs. Other people photograph and upload an image and work from that. Whichever way they work with the design, at some point they are going to have a PDF ready to send off the printer. The first thing is to decide which company is going to print the cards. It seems like this is working backwards, … Read more

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