My family is scattered around the world. In one month we have two birthdays for people in different coutnries. We have two choices. One is to fly between the two countries. Only one person or one couple needs to fly.
The alternative is for one coupld to join the other. Celebrate two birthdays the nearest weekend to one or both birthdays. Alternative countries. This year in the chldren's oucntry. Next year in the parents' country. Normally we try to get together.
So, sending birthday cards by email becomes a must.
I received a card from 123. I could send a thank you card.
Than I looked at cards to choose, create and email
The first 123 offering suggestion for a birthday card was fireworks. To me this looked more like a New Year card.
Decisions
I should have sent it. But I decided to move on and explore more cards. Why?
I am classified on the Myers Briggs personality test as ENFP. The P stands for Pereiver but I call it procrastinator. The opposite is judger, my husband's type. He would have found one good enough card and sent it off straight away, job done. He accomplishes much more each day than I do.
Being an ENFP, I have to see all the options before making a decision, a commitment. 123greetings offered about 167 cards. I looked at them all. That took me over an hour.
Bithday Cards I rejected
The 123 birthday card site shows you all kinds of birthday cards. Many of them were instantly and easily rejcted. For my son I did not want greetings to a daughter, a mother, a father, a wife, a baby, a toddler wtih teddy bears, a sixteen year, a seventy year old, a retiree with grey hair.
I liked a capella - a barbershop quartet, and a country and western song. But that might not be his taste.
I started looking for all the alternative sites and comparative sites.
Jib-Jab
Jib-jab are those people who send the cards with the face of the sender on little animated Santa bodies doing dances.
You can insert photos of your family. This takes time. It works well if you are at home over Xmas and start sending out cards early.
Canva
Canva offers the greatest choice for creators. But you need time to design every aspect. The text workding, font, size colour, position on the page, the front, inside, back, insert photos, remove the company logo.
To sum up:
Instant cards on 123. Some free. Or share the cost bewteen two or three members of your family and whoever has paid the subscription can do cards for everybody.
Your family's faces on jib-jab, but you pay.
Canva
Allows you to create completely individual cards, with your own photos, writing, colour schemes, music. Allow time to do this. Not for last minute sending on the day unless you have hours of time and are on a timezone East so you are several hours ahead and can work on the card and still have it arrive your lunch time or evening but the recipient's breakfast or lunch time.
Wiki
Wikipedia has not much of use under birthday cards but redirects you to the more useful Wikicommons site which has a few picture sof birthday cards showing balloons, cakes, kids and flowers.
Facebook
I am not keen on broadcasting exact bihday dates on Facebook and media. It lays you open to identity theft.
You could change the date by a few days.
Email Storage
You could also keep cards from one year to the next in your email box under the word birthday. A year later you can use old photos of last year's birthday cake and the Birthday girl or boy.
Create an animated slide show of past birthday celebrations. you could even project onto a white screen or white wall a big picture of a family birthday.
Cnference Call Party
Another possibility is to do a conference call with the family overseas, using Skype, Google Hangouts or zoo. Set up a camera on a tripod with a remote to take a group photo with those in one country with the others in the other country.
Useful Websites
123
https://www.123cards.com/birthday-ecards/
Jibjab
https://www.jibjab.com/
Canva
https://www.canva.com/templates/search/birthday-cards/
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/03/tanglin-club-birthday-lunch-in.html
About the Author
Angela Lansbury is the author of 20 books, several blogs, and a travel writer and photographer. Please share links to your favurite posts.
The alternative is for one coupld to join the other. Celebrate two birthdays the nearest weekend to one or both birthdays. Alternative countries. This year in the chldren's oucntry. Next year in the parents' country. Normally we try to get together.
So, sending birthday cards by email becomes a must.
I received a card from 123. I could send a thank you card.
Than I looked at cards to choose, create and email
The first 123 offering suggestion for a birthday card was fireworks. To me this looked more like a New Year card.
Decisions
I should have sent it. But I decided to move on and explore more cards. Why?
I am classified on the Myers Briggs personality test as ENFP. The P stands for Pereiver but I call it procrastinator. The opposite is judger, my husband's type. He would have found one good enough card and sent it off straight away, job done. He accomplishes much more each day than I do.
Being an ENFP, I have to see all the options before making a decision, a commitment. 123greetings offered about 167 cards. I looked at them all. That took me over an hour.
Bithday Cards I rejected
The 123 birthday card site shows you all kinds of birthday cards. Many of them were instantly and easily rejcted. For my son I did not want greetings to a daughter, a mother, a father, a wife, a baby, a toddler wtih teddy bears, a sixteen year, a seventy year old, a retiree with grey hair.
I liked a capella - a barbershop quartet, and a country and western song. But that might not be his taste.
I started looking for all the alternative sites and comparative sites.
Jib-Jab
Jib-jab are those people who send the cards with the face of the sender on little animated Santa bodies doing dances.
You can insert photos of your family. This takes time. It works well if you are at home over Xmas and start sending out cards early.
Canva
Canva offers the greatest choice for creators. But you need time to design every aspect. The text workding, font, size colour, position on the page, the front, inside, back, insert photos, remove the company logo.
To sum up:
Instant cards on 123. Some free. Or share the cost bewteen two or three members of your family and whoever has paid the subscription can do cards for everybody.
Your family's faces on jib-jab, but you pay.
Canva
Allows you to create completely individual cards, with your own photos, writing, colour schemes, music. Allow time to do this. Not for last minute sending on the day unless you have hours of time and are on a timezone East so you are several hours ahead and can work on the card and still have it arrive your lunch time or evening but the recipient's breakfast or lunch time.
Wiki
Wikipedia has not much of use under birthday cards but redirects you to the more useful Wikicommons site which has a few picture sof birthday cards showing balloons, cakes, kids and flowers.
I am not keen on broadcasting exact bihday dates on Facebook and media. It lays you open to identity theft.
You could change the date by a few days.
Email Storage
You could also keep cards from one year to the next in your email box under the word birthday. A year later you can use old photos of last year's birthday cake and the Birthday girl or boy.
Create an animated slide show of past birthday celebrations. you could even project onto a white screen or white wall a big picture of a family birthday.
Cnference Call Party
Another possibility is to do a conference call with the family overseas, using Skype, Google Hangouts or zoo. Set up a camera on a tripod with a remote to take a group photo with those in one country with the others in the other country.
Useful Websites
123
https://www.123cards.com/birthday-ecards/
Jibjab
https://www.jibjab.com/
Canva
https://www.canva.com/templates/search/birthday-cards/
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/03/tanglin-club-birthday-lunch-in.html
About the Author
Angela Lansbury is the author of 20 books, several blogs, and a travel writer and photographer. Please share links to your favurite posts.
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