well, haven't been making birthday cards for friends for a long time already, and i made one on Friday for one of my study mates at uni. i used 15 minutes in the morning to cut the papers, colour them in the right way and sticking things together. everything look well on the card ... and friends thought i bought them and was taken aback when i told them i handmade it. the card made of weighted white paper with a small paper 'sculpture' with long slips of orangy-red paper tied together, resembling a piece of artistic sashimi at one corner.
i personally keep a lot of cards in a tin box ... the oldest birthday card is the one with a lovely rabbit holding onto a basket for my birthday in 1991. I met that aunty who travelled all the way from Canada for dinner in Hong Kong just on Thursday night. I got another forever friends' birthday card when i was in primary 6 well-kept and stuck on my wardrobe.
cards do mean a lot to me, perhaps because of the tangible quality, the memories that flood in with a few words left on the paper, the relationship it symbolises and the thoughtful care behind.
Christmas is around the corner, last year i printed out some photos and used them to say 'Merry Christmas'. i will definitely think of something different this year!
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