Fabric Postcard Gifts

My daughter created lovely gifts to give this Christmas, which you could consider when you need birthday, thank-you, and Christmas gifts in the future. She has been experimenting with fabric postcards for several months and doing lovely work.

Some of her colleagues send these through the mail as Christmas cards. They also send them for birthdays, anniversaries, and thank-you.

However, Beth turned them into matted, framed pictures. These were scenes, made with fabric, trims, and beads. Then she placed each on a mat board, to give a border around the card, and enclosed it in a frame. One she covered with glass; the other she didn’t.

Another way to display your postcards is mounting six of them on a large piece of mat board. Separate them with fabric strips, trim, or pieces of wood. Then place in a frame.

Yet another could be a window frame with six smaller panes. Place the larger mat, with six postcards attached, behind this, so the pane dividers frame the pictures.

Fabric postcards make lovely gifts and can be displayed in many unique ways.©2005

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