I have printed my 2025 new year's cards. Fiona and I don't tend to send Christmas cards. Instead we send new year cards which we print at Deckled Edge Press.
As you can see from the photo above this year I have gone with words not numbers. A key reason for this that I wanted to convey the sense that I am having a conversation with myself and friends. In 2025 there will be many big issues that are out of our control. So instead of being ground down by this lack of control I feel I need to just do the small things I can control. This is in part based on a quote of Fiona's - "circles of concern, circles of control" - we have circles of concern (often big issues - e.g. climate crisis, war) and circles of control (often smaller, personal, local things we can do - e.g. kindnesses, individual care and/or support).
My message to myself, and hopefully friends, in 2025 is - let us not beat ourselves up or down; may we just do small positive things.
From a technical perspective the cards are printed on heavy watercolour paper cut into post card size by Fiona; for the year I used Mistral 48 font; for the message I used Marion 30 font; and I used Australian art studio Gum Leaf Green for the ink.
Process photos follow including the proofing print that showed a glaring error.
Excellent!
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