Gifts, note cards, and holiday photo cards are a major part of the Christmas culture for families worldwide. This article will share ideas and processes for making your own vintage Christmas cards. Vintage style and retro Christmas cards are a buzzing, popular trend at the moment and can be a fun twist on the usual (and sometimes tedious) Christmas card-making process! But there are lots of other benefits to this twist, also.
Why Make DIY Vintage Christmas Cards This Year?
Most extended families are a mixture of the old and new generations; therefore, engaging in a vintage Christmas card-making activity can help the older generation recollect their time of youth and profound energy; and it helps the newer generation get an insight into how things were in the earlier years. Although it is evident that making the Christmas greeting cards yourself could be time-consuming, we think these benefits are well worth it!
Materials for Creating Vintage Christmas Cards
Since a holiday card could be made of or contain almost anything, the focus when making a vintage Christmas card would be items that were trendy in the vintage years, such as
Colored cardboard or paper. White paper usually won’t do the trick unless it’s painted or designed with a retro feel. Empty card stock A black and white photograph, especially if it is an old family photograph. Photographs with excessive RGB exposure Generic photographs, such as those with a Christmas tree, a snowman, or Santa Claus Old denim materials and cloth materials Tea bags for staining photographs to give them that victorian, retro Christmas card look Silhouettes Stickers Paintings; essentially anything that could invoke nostalgia!
For example, check out this vintage card from Greeting card universe of an old cottage with snow-covered roof and Christmas decorations.
Tips and Tricks for Creating Vintage Christmas Cards
Whatever holiday you are celebrating this year, whether it’s Hanukkah, Christmas, Xmas, or otherwise, these tips and tricks for vintage greeting cards will go down a treat for any recipient.
The cards can be made from seemingly modern materials; you’ll need to decorate them to appear retro to fit into the theme! For example, summer pictures could serve as inspiration for your own family pictures. If well-edited and decorated, they would give you fantastic material that you can print and use to make a proper vintage card. An essential part of the card should be the message to the person the card is intended for. Apart from the season greetings to them, you could include a poem, an old verse of music, or a quote that would fit into the vintage theme of the card. Vintage cards come in different forms and sizes; they could be conventional foldable cards with a personalized message inside. Or it could be designed as an old-timey postcard. You could even go for the retro-modern blend, and attach your vintage card to a fridge magnet. Consider making a matching envelope for your vintage Christmas card.
How to Make a Simple DIY Vintage Christmas Greeting Card
We’ve created our own simple instructions for making an easy vintage Christmas card:
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