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Monday, February 13, 2006

The Art of Valentine

It's Valentine's Day tomorrow, so, helpful as ever, I've been having a look at some of the ecards available out there.

For "what the hell is that" value, head for Penny Postcards, where you'll find a collection of some of the most bizarre images ever used in the name of greetings card sales.



These are some of my particular favourites. Would you trust the romantic butcher, clutching his cleaver and ready to carve up your heart?

















If you survive that, the lady on the left is feeling a little homicidal too apparently. And as for the card on the right, I have absolutely no idea what's going on there. I probably don't want to know...

















Why who's that lurking in the bushes? It's your Valentine's stalker of course! Fabulous! And it just isn't Valentine's Day without some charming bigotry!

















I don't know about you, but nothing says Valentine to me more than some geese and a bible quote. Just as well I found CrossDaily.com then... The lucky old USA gets efforts like that on the right at American Greetings. And it's not in a "kitschy old style" section either.
















Don't despair though, there is some good stuff out there. For classy understated flash ecards, head over to Jimpix. Lovely work.

And then there's the source of these four images, Hipster Cards, who have a great selection across a number of styles. And no animated singing balloon-clutching teddy bears in sight...

1 comment:

betsie said...

Google is your friend (and way too much time on your hands helps too...)