This year, I hand-made 70 Christmas Cards (inspired to show a double C here for the Cafe Crowd!!), some for relatives, mostly for staff where I work.

Usually I enclose something extra in the envelope. This year it is a sprinkle of little gold and silver reindeer, that when the card is opened will fall out *giggling* Hopefully (my smiley intention), appearing to JUMP from the card! Delivering JOY!!!!

It makes everyone laugh and I love watching their faces when they open the cards.

In the office, everyone is sticking the little reindeer around the edge of their computor screens. So they dance and prance round our serious work, inspiring a light-hearted feeling. Jill keeps the little inserts I include each time and brings them out each year, so she now has a fabulous collection.

For the tags for office presents, I got some wrapping paper, cut out tree patterns from the paper and stuck them on Cream Coloured card. I stitched on red beads as baubles. They look really nice. Looking at the colors and shapes gifts me a nice warm feeling!

We have a little tree that Mae has decorated. She brought in her Fairy that usually sits atop her tree at home. It’s quite big compared to our tree, and that’s the beauty of it, it does not matter!

Mae has also brought in chocolate decorations to hang on the tree. Hope the low winter sun does not melt them; as we have our tree in the bay window!

We have our cards hanging around the walls on string and I think it looks lovely and friendly when people come in to the office.

This last week before Christmas, we take turns at bringing in festive food. Today Meg has brought in pitta bread and home-made beetroot dip. Also home-made fresh cranberry muffins. A little taste of Heaven on a plate! I wish I could share them now with guests in Cyres Cafe!

Love and Light … and sparkley wishes … Jane’s Mum

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