Xmas Envelopes <br>The festive season is upon us! It’s time to start thinking about Christmas Envelopes. Discover a whole array of suggestions from our Christmas Envelopes category. We have carefully selected several top sellers and a few new additions that we think you will love this Christmas. Whether you are making Christmas cards for your family and loved ones, or you already have your order book bursting at the seams, our Christmas Envelopes category is where you will find perfectly themed envelopes to compliment your Christmas creations. <br> <br>The History of Christmas Envelopes <br>It was the Victorian era that saw the surge of Christmas card giving and receiving. In 1843, Sir Henry Cole, a British civil servant, commissioned the first commercially produced Christmas card. To our dismay, these early cards were often hand-delivered and did not come with envelopes. <br> <br>Thankfully for us here at The Envelope People, as the popularity of Christmas cards grew, so did the need for Christmas envelopes. These were often plain envelopes, serving the sole purpose of protecting the enclosed card. Overtime, people started to get a little more creative. Envelope decoration and personalisation become popular in the late 1800s, with leaf printing being a go-to choice. <br> <br>As the world advanced with new printing technology, and with the rise of the postal network, Christmas cards and Christmas envelopes became more affordable to the general public. <br> <br>Today, Christmas envelopes have evolved and so has the choice on offer. Firm favourites like coloured &amp; recycled Christmas envelopes, to more specialist options like pearlescent and recycled kraft pearlescent envelopes. <br> <br>Popular Christmas Envelopes <br>The obvious go-to choice for Christmas envelopes are going to be your Christmas Green and Crimson Red. Year after year, these envelopes are snapped up in their hundreds of thousands. These coloured Christmas envelopes are available in a number of different sizes, from C6 &amp; C5 to 133mm x 184mm &amp; 125mm x 175mm. <br> <br>In more recent times, recycled envelopes have been popular with crafters and manufactures alike. The rise in affordable recycled products has bought a whole different sense to Christmas cards. Deep kraft tones and the slightly more textured feel gives these envelopes it’s place in our Christmas envelope category. <br> <br>A new range for 2024 is our recycled fleck pearlescent range of envelopes. These envelopes are made from recycled materials and have an outer pearlescent finish. They have a real sense of quality as they are made from 120gsm paper. Available in Harvest Gold, Champagne Gold, Autumn Gold, and Pewter Silver. We believe these envelopes will be very popular around the Christmas season, as they combine two firm favourites – Pearlescent and Recycled. <br> <br>Discover our range of Christmas envelopes today. From coloured, recycled and pearlescent envelopes to our newest addition, recycled fleck pearlescent envelopes. You will be sure to find a texture or colour to match your Christmas creations this year. We also have our cello bags online, in various formats, in all the popular sizes. We offer a range of standard poly bags, compostable bags and printed compostable bags.

Throughout the years, C6 envelopes have been a firm favourite for greeting card manufacturers, wedding stationers, and hobbyists alike. Due to their popularity, there are a huge number of colour, texture, style, and weight options available. <br>C6 envelopes measure 114mm x 162mm. A6 greeting cards, or card blanks, are perfect in size for C6 envelopes. A6 size is A4 folded in half and then half again. They are similar in size to standard postcards. <br> <br>The C in the name C6 originates from the ISO 216 standard. This was established in 1975, and soon standardised paper sizing throughout the world. When trying to match a paper or card size to an envelope, always think of envelopes as C and paper or card as A. So, if you had an A6 card blank, then you would need a C6 envelope. If you had an A5 card blank, then you would need a C5 envelope. <br> <br>Common Uses of C6 Envelopes <br>C6 envelopes have many uses and are used in a whole array of applications. Most greeting card sizes go through phases, and popularity changes throughout the years. However, C6 envelopes have always been a popular size and have stood the test of time. <br> <br>Today, personal letters, greeting cards, and invitations are among the most common uses. Sized at 114mm x 162mm, they offer a compact, cost-effective solution for mailing many different creative creations. Thank you notes are also a common use for this size. <br> <br>Businesses wouldn’t use C6 envelopes to send out their documents. The size is too small to fit an A4 document in without folding it twice. Business correspondence is usually more suited to a DL, or C4 sized envelope. <br> <br>Environmentally friendly C6 envelopes <br>In this ever-changing world, with more and more people choosing environmentally friendly products, recycled C6 envelopes have seen a huge jump in popularity. Not only do they give a nod to sustainability, but the rustic charm of a recycled product is being chosen time and time again. <br> <br>The paper that is used to make recycled envelopes is predominantly made from two types of paper sources. You have post-consumer waste and pre-consumer waste. Post-consumer waste refers to paper products that have already been used and discarded by consumers. Pre-consumer waste includes trimmings from paper manufacturing and from the envelope conversion process. <br> <br>Coloured C6 envelopes <br>As mentioned above, because of the popularity of C6 envelopes, the colour options available are vast. In fact, you have the most colour choice out of any of the ranges of envelopes. Colours are very seasonal, and favourites can change from month to month. <br> <br>In the summertime, you will find the lighter and brighter colours will be ordered more often, like Baby Blue and Butterscotch. And then in winter, with preparation for Christmas, Christmas Green, Gold, Silver and Red will be firm favourites. <br> <br>C6 black envelopes is a colour that is increasing in popularity in recent times. It has now become a trendy tone to match against a themed greeting card. Black envelopes are ideal for delivering an elegant but mysterious tone. Black is very well matched to black-tie events, Halloween, or New Year’s Eve invitations. Contrasting Black with bright colours is also becoming a popular option. <br>[a]https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theenvelopepeople.co.uk%2Fc6-envelopes%2F[/a]