We have added a new birthday card to our collection titled “Babycakes”. It celebrates the birthday “child” in all of us who delight at some cake, a sprinkle of nature’s magic and a party in our honor! Also great for birth announcements and congratulating new parents on the birth of their baby.
We have added a new card to our collection titled “Sweet Peas” which is suitable for a wide range of occasions.
The card was conceived during a lazy afternoon on my vacation in Denmark this summer. The abundant and colorful display of sweet peas in my grandmother’s garden provided endless subjects for my watercolor practice using a new technique.
Even though the sweet pea season is ending, early autumn is in fact the best time to prepare your seeds for next summer’s blooms. So send this card to extend the days of summer a little bit more or as a little reminder to all your friends who love flowers to plant their sweet pea seeds now.
The card includes instructions for planting your own seeds and a little bit of information about the painting technique I used to paint the flowers. Both can be viewed at the end of the card by clicking on the buttons called “Plant Sweet Peas” and “About the Art Work”.
Sweet Peas 
In celebration of US Independence Day we have added a new card set to Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” and inspired by the wonders of flight. This festive card is also well suited for other US national holidays, such as Veterans and Memorial Day.
We are currently hard at work on several other cards for general occasions, as well as a birthday card adaptation to this card featuring the biplanes in action.
Stars and Stripes Forever
Happy Independence Day!
This coming Sunday, June 15th is celebrated as Father’s Day across more than fifty countries worldwide, and this year it has been 100 years since Father’s Day was first celebrated in the US.
We have of course been hard at work on the latest addition to the site for this occasion, featuring once again “Woody” – you may remember him from the card titled “Best Friends”. I wanted to capture the contributions Father’s make in our lives while keeping the card lighthearted, a little bit clever and most importantly something sons, daughters and just about anyone would want to send to their own father – and all the other great fathers they know.
Good Time
Happy Father’s Day!
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Just in time for Mother’s Day, we have added another card to our selection called “Under the Moon”.
The card features moon bear cubs “Bingo” & “Happy”, born in captivity at Taiwan’s Low Altitude Research Station where their mother was brought after being found injured in the wild. My friends at the Station asked if I could animate the cubs based on the footage they had made since the birth of the cubs; this card is the result of this collaboration.
It is difficult to convey the breathtaking beauty of the forest and mountains where these bears live, so I had to challenge myself artistically to create an inspired backdrop. Let me know what you think!
Under the Moon
In addition to this card, we have other cards that are suited for Mother’s Day.
You can also go to http://www.ojolie.com/ecards_mother_day.php to see the complete list.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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We have added two more cards to our site.
“Pigeongram” is a general card suitable for almost any occasion when sending a message via virtual carrier pigeon will add a special touch. I have rendered much of the card by hand in watercolor to add to the vintage feel that I tried to capture.
Pigeongram
The second card, “Roof of the World” is somewhat unusual in that it was inspired by the events taking place around the world and in Tibet. I was honored when prominent Tibetan singer songwriter Techung agreed to provide the music used in the card, a very beautiful piece of his song to the Mountains, Kham Lu. You can find more information about Techung by clicking on the included links in the card.
The card is a celebration of diversity and peace for all of our global family. This card is free and is available for non-members to send. Thus, you will not be prompted to log in before sending the card. For our existing members, we recommend that you log in first to send this card if you want it to appear in your card history.
Unlike our other cards, this card will be the only card made available to a number of organizations for free distribution for the cause of peace. If you know of any organization that would like to use the card for this purpose, please let us know.
Roof of the World
Just a gentle reminder that Easter is this Sunday March 23rd. I am sure quite a few of us are trying to remember when Easter last was this early, but unless you are 95 years or older you would not have be en born yet – I will save you the math, that makes it 1913 when it last happened. And it won’t happen again until 2160!
In addition to the most recently added card “Gifts of Spring”, we have many other cards suited for Easter and
spring greetings:
You’ll find all the cards mentioned above here, http://www.ojolie.com/ecards_easter.php.
For anyone interested in the mysteries of how the date of Easter is calculated, the brief explanation is that it moves around on the calendar in order to preserve the season and phase of the moon at the time of the resurrection. Easter Sunday is the first full moon of the spring or vernal equinox, but since astronomical observations vary by the location of the observer on the planet, tables are a more practical way of calculating the date of Easter. And if you really, really want to know how that works, you can read more here (http://www.assa.org.au/edm.html#Calculator).
This month we have added two more cards to our selection.
“Gifts of Spring” is just in time for Easter and it can also be used to send a spring greeting. Easter and Spring are of course both essentially about rebirth; the gifts that nature bestows upon us are captured in this card featuring plenty of flowers, a fawn and a pheasant chick.
Gifts of Spring
The second card, “Surprise” features an American Staffy who definitely manages to have his cake and eat it too! Set to a piece of Bossa Nova, a Brazilian style that blends samba and jazz, which seems quite appropriate as “bossa” means doing something with particular charm and natural flair.
Surprise