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The Card Shop: Letterpress Birthday Card
There's something whimsically beautiful about this LookyLoo Letterpress Birthday Card ($3.50). I'm not sure if it's the conch shell broadcasting birthday wishes, the "my darling" epithet, the seaweed feathers in the lady's locks, her flowing dress, or the pretty pink waves shooting out of the sea. But regardless, despite aging anxiety, I wish my birthday were just around the corner, and this one came in with the tide of utility bills and dentist appointment reminders in my mailbox.
The Card Shop: Turtle Papers Happy Birthday Deer Card Set
No gimmicks, sappy quotes, or photos of beefy men, the Turtle Papers Happy Birthday Deer Card Set ($10 for 4) is simply sweet and elegant. Yes, it does have that reimagined hunting trophy trendiness going on, but not in the sense that it's soon heading for the discount bins. Pick a set up and you'll always be prepared for the impromptu friend-of-a-friend birthday party you have to go to.
Binary Birthday Cards: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
When you're a geek you're a geek all the way from your first motherboard to your last coding day. But does that mean you should celebrate your birthday geek style? I'd be happy to receive one of these handmade Binary Birthday Cards, $2.50, but I'm not sure my friends would feel the same way.
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I'm Asking: Have You Ever Canceled a Vacation?
After the oft-annoying planning and booking process, the last thing on my mind is canceling a vacation. However, I once preliminarily booked hotel rooms for a pal's birthday with a 24-hour-notice cancellation policy directly from the resort's website. I knew I'd secured something at a good price while I diligently monitored my favorite travel sites to see if a room at a more desirable hotel would significantly drop in price (it did) or if I changed my mind and decided to go a different weekend (did that, too.).
Love It or Leave It: The Little Pink Card
I just came across this handy dandy tool that could make life a whole lot easier for the men out there! It's called The Little Pink Card, and it's a one-stop place for women to jot down important dates (anniversary and birthday) and her likes (favorite flower, designer, store, candy, etc.) so the man in her life knows exactly what to buy her, and when. It's designed to fit right inside his wallet for easy access!
Website of the Day: From a Birdie
You know the drill: you get a Facebook reminder that it's your friend's birthday, so you end up writing her an email, or you post a brief note to her Facebook wall. Rather than follow everyone else's lead by posting an impersonal b-day message on Facebook, why not create a collective album of online letters that you and your friends can send to the birthday girl on her special day? A cool new site called From a Birdie, which I found on makeuseof, is similar to the site GroupCard because it allows an entire group of people to collaborate on a personalized card or letter.
Where to Score Delicious Birthday Freebies
Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? Not only can you score a free lunch on your birthday, you can score a free steak dinner if you play your cards right! Plenty of restaurants go beyond the standard complimentary dessert, and will spring for your entire meal.
Website of the Day: Lolligift
Technology is good for making office politics easier, if nothing else!
First GroupCard came out, eliminating the need to pass around a paper greeting card to say sayonara or Happy Birthday to a colleague, and now Lolligift has the same idea, only it's for pooling money together for group gifts.
Once you set it up by entering in the recipient, gift, and requested amount, you just send around the link to your participating co-workers, and people contribute their money via PayPal.
GroupCard Deletes Awkwardness From Co-Worker Card Ritual
Does anyone else dread having a card passed around at work for a colleague's birthday, congratulations, or his or her last day? Even if it's someone you genuinely like, having to sum up your sincere thoughts in a one-inch space of cardstock among your other coworkers' sentiments is just awkward. It's like the grown-up version of that yearbook peach "Have a great Summer!"
Paper iBook Cards Make For a Geeky Greeting
The good 'ol iBook. Sure, today we have sleek and lighter MacBooks and MacBook Pros, but the iBook, with its happy colors and clamshell shape, was undeniably adorable.
But since I can imagine the speed would be slothlike compared to today's machines, I'll settle for these nostalgia-pleasing iBook Cards.
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