Saint-Amand, La Creuse
Don’t you love to receive a unique card in the mail - maybe a unique design with a personal touch?
L'église Saint-Amand front & back
Today I share my 2021 holiday card available for purchase.
My pen and pencil drawing
Saint-Amand is a village over the hill not far from my house. It is a short bike ride away, and offers the nearest café to where I live.
First watercolors are applied
The church in Saint-Amand is nestled within the community, on a small square and near the Chez La Marcelle café and along a walking path.
Mixing the colors and choosing just the right ones
I hope you like this design! I so enjoy sharing my French communities with you.
Details:
-Minimum order: one pack of 10
1 pack of 10: $35
Extra packs: $30 each
-original watercolor painting printed on smooth cardstock
-card size: 4.13" x 5.83" delivered with a white envelope
-custom printed in groups of ten
-blank interior allows for your personalized message
-the back of the card says simply "Saint-Amand, La Creuse"
with the artist’s signature or website
-printed in the USA (for orders outside of the US, the cards are printed in the UK)
-allow two to three weeks from order date for delivery
Water color set in action!
Detail of the cloche-mur (bell tower)
The final painting
The final card - ready for you!
St Amand has a very narrow roadway passing through it - every time I drive between these two buildings I hold my breath!
Another view of the clocher-mur: an extended wall with openings for the church bells. The yellow sign below is the map for the hiking paths,
Clocher-mur-detail
Ever since I was in art school, I've been making my own holiday cards. In the beginning, they were all made by hand: printed or drawn; possibly painted or silkscreened.
A few years ago, thinking of all the people I wanted to send cards to who were not receiving one of the few hand created ones, I began printing them with my favoirte Moo card printer (who prints my business cards, too - they’re stunning!).
Saint Amand is a village over a hill, near my house. I can get to it one of four ways (excluding car travel). I can ride my bike to Croix de la Fortune and downhill all the way to Saint Amand, past cows, fields, farms and stone houses. This is very thrilling, because I feel like I can go so fast! The countryside is beautiful and the traffic very light.
The other way I can go is through the village of St Maixant, past the castle, the city hall, the school and the community center (all that makes St Maixant sound way bigger than it is! It is petite, also). Then ride the bike up the hill and over the top, past the grazing cows where one has a beautiful view of the Plateau Millevaches way off in the distance. Green pastures, blue sky, and communities sprinkled from here to the horizon.
The church in Saint Amand is nestled within the community, on a small square and near the Chez La Marcelle restaurant which recently re-opened, reimagined by the two grand daughters of the original Marcelle who had the café in the bottom of her house there for many years. I’ve heard it was a welcoming afterschool hangout for he local children back in the 50’s. The café faces the street that goes through the village named, aptly, "Le Petit Café".