Camino crafts - Congratulations cards

It seems to have become a bit of a tradition for us that I give Dad and Becky a 'Congratulations' card the night before we get to Santiago, I've always just bought these before but wanted to do something a bit different this year and so decided to alter cards to make them more Camino-y.

This is the first card - fairly plain ready to be decorated with a nice big space at the bottom

I drew the outline of Santiago Cathedral and then cut it out and turned it over so that my pencil lines could not be seen

Then I stuck it on and drew my design of three Pilgrims walking on with pencil

Then I went over it in pen and, when the pen was dry, rubbed out my pencil lines

My other card has different versions of 'Congratulations' on it. I started by cutting out small triangles in blue and yellow

Then I sewed on a black 'loop' to be the string that bunting hangs on

And stuck on my felt triangles to be bunting! Nice and easy but looks good

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The Camino Primitivo

The Camino Primitivo (or the Original Way) is reportedly the very first Camino Way to Santiago in the 9 th century when most of Spain was under the control of the Moors and it runs from near the city of Ovideo in Asturias as it starts in Villavicosa (which also lies on the Camino Norte so many people follow this Way from Basque city of San Sebastian (Donosti in Basque) or in from the French border at Irun ( this route then hugs the Bay of Biscay passing through Guernica, Bilbao, Santander, Llanes before going under the Picos de Europa and then heads along the coast to Ovideo) before branching off onto the Primitivo which goes across the mountains and through the city of Lugo before joining the Frances at Melide. The route is 320km long. Image taken from https://viaalpina2013.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/camino-del-norte-camino-primitivo/

Symbols of the three main Christian Pilgrimages

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Camino Mascot

Those who have walked the Camino will probably have seen one or more of the Camino mascots along the Way but do you know their names? http://m.elcorreogallego.es/xacobeo/ecg/xubi-jubila-pelegrin-mascota-xacobea/idEdicion-2010-06-08/idNoticia-555962/

On the Camino

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