Don't Forget Mother's Day on May 13

It is not too early to be thinking about Mother’s Day.  I am going to go out on a limb here and say that most moms that I know would LOVE to receive a heartfelt message in a REAL greeting card more than an obligatory gift purchased.  Sincerely written, kind words will conjure happy memories and be read again and again.

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.

SendOutCards makes it easier to pick out a greeting card that is more personalized for your mom with its twelve subcategories to narrow your search. No more standing in a card isle for hours!  Use the SEARCH box at the top of the CARD CATALOG to get a Mother’s Day greeting card with a certain theme.  Ex: Write the words (mother, dog) and check the MATCH ALL WORDS box to get cards that have dogs on them that have something to do with mothers.

 You're a dog-gone good mom.

Drop in a few photos of what is going on in your life to personalize it all the more.  Even create a PicturePlus greeting card from scratch with personal photos on the front and inside.  How cool is that!

The most important thing is that you send a greeting card to your mom.  Make the message thoughtful and honest; it doesn’t need to be long.  A simple “I love you” works also.  You can write it today and choose the delayed delivery on the SEND CARD page if you want it to arrive closer to Mother’s Day.

Happy Mother's Day Card Sending!

The Adventures of Flat Stanley

Have you read any of the Flat Stanley books by Jeff Brown? Flat Stanley was an ordinary boy until a bulletin board falls on him while he's sleeping. He is flattened and decides to travel the world by mailing himself to friends!

For a school project, our 11 year old grandson, Adam, created a Flat Stanley and mailed him to us with the instructions to take photos of Flat Stanley, mail the school a letter or postcard telling the students where their Flat Stanleys had traveled and then mail him on to some new location. What fun!Well, it was a sunny day on Easter Sunday (one of our first for a long, long time), so I decided to take Flat Stanley on an Easter Egg Hunt! It made perfect sense, really, since our grandchildren had come up the week before to stay for Spring Break so our home was childless on Easter.
It was quite an adventure since Flat Stanley is a daredevil climber and very sleuth-like in sniffing out clues to the egg with the money in it (in Howard's pocket). I had fun taking lots of photos and then loading them into my SendOutCards account to create a fun three panel greeting card describing some of the eggs he found. I love the creative features of SendOutCards; it allowed me some fun play time in making my own greeting card so easily.
Flat Stanley even went to work with Howard and tried his hand at jack hammering. The photo of that trip was sent by postcard. How easy: just load a photo into the account and create a postcard with that photo splashed across the front! In just a few minutes I had a very personalized post card. I love SendOutCards!!! Flat Stanley is on his way to Mexico with Donna, my mom, and sister, Denise, and then on to St. Louis with my daughter Katie. Here's hoping a Flat Stanley will visit your home for a fun adventure someday! If so, send me a card.

Happy Card Sending!

Have an Egg-stra Special Easter Holiday

I know you'll have an Egg-stra fun Easter holiday!

With the Easter holiday having different meanings to a variety of people, SendOutCards has a basket full of greeting cards to fit your desired mood. In the Card Catalog, after choosing Easter from the Holiday Category, you may select from the categories: Anyone, Humorous, Just For Kids, and Religious. Of course, you may find the style of greeting card you are looking for by using the search button at the top of the Card Catalog by filling the search box with the words: easter, bunny and clicking the button "match all keywords" when you have more than one word in the search box.

TIP: I do not capitalize words in the search box.

Happy Easter

With SendOutCards, I love the fact that I may find the perfect card for the person I care about, write a heartfelt message and my card is sent in a matter of minutes. Also, one of the wonderful features of the SendOutCards greeting card service is the ability to personalize each card by changing the inside message or writing one of your own. If you choose to spend more time on each card, this service allows for that, giving you the chance to design each card specifically for the person you’re sending it to so each one will be unique. You may even look for quotes or poems online and include them on the inside of your card. Or, choose many of our greeting cards that already have a nice thought, poem or quote on the inside and just concentrate your minutes on your personal message at the bottom or on the blank side of the card. And of course, if you like the front of one of our greeting cards and the verse on the inside of another card, you may always cut and paste that message. So many options!

A colorful celebration of new beginnings, miracles, and hope. May the celebration last throughout your life. Happy Easter

Happy Easter Card Sending!