Archive for the ‘E Cards’ Category

Celebrating Halloween – 2011.10.24

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Hi all,

Halloween is almost upon us! We are just adding the finishing touches to the new Halloween e card which will be on the website very soon!

I love Halloween. Its such a magical time for children and there is excitement in the air. When my children were younger, we always used to have huge Halloween parties for them with their friends. We would spend all day decorating the the inside and outside of the house and Molly and Joe would be planning and then sculpting their pumpkins for the whole of the half term holiday!

Only 9 weeks until Christmas… 2011.10.21

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Picture 1Hi all,

I hate that I have done it – but I checked as I was planning when we could get some of the new Christmas ecards up on the website and did a quick count and I couldn’t believe it. 9 weeks! It was only summer the other day, where has the time gone?!

Some beautiful nature photography – 2011.10.14

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Hi all,

I have been joining various sites over the past few days, one of which is Tumblr, where I have been adding some information about me and my cards but also having a look around for some interesting and new things that are being added and following them from my profile. Its a great way of finding new and interesting websites, blogs and individuals.

A recent find has been this fantastic website featuring nature photography – http://www.naturegalleries.net/.

There are some utterly stunning photographs on this website, my favourites being the animals and the birds (which i have featured below). Take a look at the website, the pictures are fascinating!

Another Katies Cards competition!

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Its time for another Katies Cards competition!

Hi all,

We enjoyed the last competition soo much that we thought that it would be great to launch another one but this time we are asking you to send us ideas for a new Christmas e card! The person who sends us the best idea will win and we will make your idea into a e card and send you a £15 ($20) Amazon voucher!

How to enter the competition:

To enter this competition all you have to do is follow these simple instructions:

  1. Think of your Christmas card idea

The beast of Bushy park…

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Hi all,

As you may or may not know, I live near the lovely Bushy park and I absolutely  love taking Plum for a walk there. It really helps me to relax and get inspiration for new e cards. Its so beautiful and we’re very lucky to have deer there that we can see when we visit.

I recently wrote a blog post about the deer’s going into to rutting season and that they make loud roaring noises at the beginning of the season and begin to fight each other. When we first moved here, Nick and I couldn’t work out what the sound was as it was soo loud we thought that there were lions in the park!

A yummy salmon and noodle recipe!

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Hi all,

I made this dish not long ago for Nick’s birthday and it was so lovely I just had to share it. It was an aromatic and spicy dish of marinated and fried salmon fillets and singapore noodles with vegetables. It was soo tasty because of all the lovely ingredients, and although there are a lot of ingredients, once you’ve done 10-15 minutes of preparation, its almost ready!

(Nigella's) Seared Salmon with Singapore Noodles

(Nigella's) Seared Salmon with Singapore Noodles

Summer memories and a beautiful tree

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

Hi all,

Old news I know but summer has moved over to make space for autumn, which is a little sad for us here in Briton, who didn’t seem to get the summer we wanted. On one of the rare sunny days of the summer, I took this photo of a beautiful tree that I want to share with you. I walk past this tree every day on my walk in Bushy park with Plum and I think its magnificent.

Do you know what type of tree it is? Please comment if you can work it out!

Win a £15 Amazon voucher!

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Its competition time!

Don’t miss out on your chance to win a £15 Amazon voucher!

I know its only September, but it’ll be Christmas before we know it and I thought to help us to come up with some new ideas and give you a special treat, we would have a little competition…

How to enter

To enter the competition and be in with a chance of winning a £15 Amazon voucher to spend as you wish, all you have to do is follow these simple instructions:

  1. Take a look at our range of Christmas e cards and pick your favourite one (some example stills are below)

Don’t forget its Labor Day on Monday!

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Hi all,

labour day build

Labor Day e card

Just a reminder to get your Labor Day e card pre-scheduled for delivery so that you don’t forget to send to your loved ones.

I hope all that are celebrating this historic day enjoys themselves and wish you all a nice weekend.

We’re celebrating our daughter Molly’s 16 birthday this weekend – my how time has flown!

Don’t forget to schedule your birthday e cards for any upcoming birthdays and hope you all have a nice weekend!

Katie x

Handy hint for country walks

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Hello,

To help me get inspiration for new e cards, I often spend time walking in the countryside with Plum (our dog) and sometimes the rest of the family. One of my favourite things is to do is have a nice long walk and then stop somewhere cosy for a nice pub lunch and I have found a great website to help me organise my stop offs which I thought you might like too.