For me, getting happy birthday cards has always been an afterthought. I would pick up a happy birthday greeting card as I stopped by the drug store on the way to a friend's birthday party, I would put my signature on it and maybe a little note, and tape it to the top of the gift that I had already purchased. It never came to my mind that a happy birthday card could be anything but a tasteless, simplistic greeting. It is really nothing more than a procedure - something to demonstrate that you care for your pal enough to offer them your best wishes along with your gift. I did not know there was so many kind of of birthday gift cards available, and the creativity that goes into some of them.

That all changed when one of my friends got me a happy birthday e-card. If you do not know what a birthday e-card is, it is basically a greeting card that you can transmit over the Internet to another Internet user on his birthday. The very first one I received was in fact an animated happy birthday cards. It had a whole flash animation that went with it, complete with a story. Basically, it was an animated animal dreaming about all the things that he would like to receive for his birthday.

However, all he got at the end was happy birthday cards. I believe that the gift that the character was receiving was in fact supposed to be the happy birthday card that I was getting at the time. I thought it was cute and funny, but more importantly, it made me realize that with my own birthday greetings I could be more creative. I have tried all sorts of things with happy birthday cards since then!

Of course, you don't have to send happy birthday cards over the Internet to find a card that does funny and cute things. You can actually buy singing happy birthday cards in stores. While they don't actually "sing", they do play a tune on an annoyingly high-pitched FM chip. They are cute, quirky, and funny. Someone usually appreciate these happy birthday cards for about two minutes, after which they get extremely annoying. You may also create your own happy birthday cards. I suppose that this was how people did it back in the days. However, it is somewhat of a lost art nowadays. I highly recommend trying it. It is really rewarding to make something pretty for someone that you love.