| This colourful Welsh series was established in 2001 following Menna Medi’s success at composing poetry at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. She teamed up with her niece, Bethan Elin, who is a brilliant artist and who's responsible for the series’ image and freshness.
After testing the market with twenty designs, there are now 79 cards for different occasions, and are all printed locally at Castle Press, Rhoslan. There are ten children's birthday cards, eight cards with humorous captions, eleven for adults, twelve to greet the family, four “get well” cards, two “thank you” and bereavements, two blanks, eight Xmas cards and twenty two for general occasions - wedding, baby, christening, retirement, new job, new home and many more.
The cards are on sale throughout Wales at Welsh bookstores, post offices, newsagents, galleries, a few garages and even at a butcher's.
Menna Medi
Originally from Llanuwchllyn near Bala, Menna now resides at Groeslon. After 15 year with the BBC, she now works as Marketing Manager at Sain Records. She writes occasional articles for the national newspaper of Wales “Y Cymro” and is a member of BBC Talwrn y Beirdd as well as a member of an amateur dramatic company. Her first novel Hogan Horni was published in 2007. She has won nine chairs at Eisteddfodau for poetry and prose, and is responsible for all the verses in the greeting card series
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Bethan Elin
Bethan lives in Caernarfon, but was born and bred at Llandderfel near Bala. She specializes in oil paintings of Welsh landscapes and waterfalls, and won a Scholarship to visit Europe and America before graduating in Fine Arts from Newcastle University. She does a lot of face painting for children's parties and occassionaly works on television scenes for the BBC. She is now Vice Curator for the Royal Gallery in Conway, and is responsible for all the designs in the greeting cards series.
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