Hand Made Christmas Cards
When I was growing up, one of our family holiday traditions centered around the production of our family’s Christmas card. The were designed and silk screened by my mom.
The card always featured my older sister Rosemary and I, and what we were up to. It was truly quite a process, to get those cards printed every year.
First, my mom would create a template for each of the different colors used. When it was time to begin the printing, the silk screen would be set up in the basement of our home.
Each color was printed during a seperate session. Every card would have to be positioned exacty, so the colors of the final print would line up correctly. My dad would pour the paint onto the screen, my mom would squeegee it across, then my sister and I would set them all out to dry on the ping pong table.
My mom started making these christmas cards when my sister was a baby, and continued until I went off to college.
