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The watercolour painting of the magenta butterfly with typography is by Rebecca Kitchin and your card will be handmade and personalised by either Peter or Rebecca. To purchase this card simply complete the two white panels below and click 'Buy Now'.

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How the birthday card developed

Special events often demand specialist personalised birthday cards designed by artists like Peter and Rebecca Kitchin. Your birthday can often 'flag up' an even more special event that can only be 'tripped' by the birthday. These special events include significant numbers like 1, 10, 21, 50, 100, or you may gain a voting right or allow you to consume alcohol or tobacco. You may also be ligible for military service, although in the UK this is unlikely at present. Coming of age issues can be tripped like a bar mitzvah on Jewish boys' 13th birthday. Jewish girls observe a bat mitzvah on their 12th or 13th birthday in Reform and Conservative Judaism societies while many USA girls have "sweet sixteen" birthday parties.
More holidays have been created by the birthdays of important people like Jesus, Muhammad, or Martin Luther King, Jr.
Historically people in the Western Civilisation have found it particularly difficult to convey good wishes and love to an other person. This is especially true in the UK where we have a long history of embarrassment whenever the need to demonstrate affection. Birthday cards have always prove a useful 'bridge' and the selection of the card and the inscription inside carries special importance to the person who receives the card. Personalised birthday cards carry that personal touch that makes them endearing and totally unique. Emotionally charged personalised birthday cards help to convey feelings of love that most people find difficult to express.
This huge and growing market has seen a proliferation of designs, some beautifully illustrated and other not so beautiful but even a poorly illustrated humorous card can make a meaningful statement regarding ones relationship.
To cater for this growing demand, card manufacturers commissioned artists to design cards that depicted a variety of emotions from sentimental to humorous.
Birthday cards, like all greeting cards, were originally developed by the ancient Chinese who are said to have started the tradition of sending goodwill messages on a New Year. Egyptians are also credited with developing papyrus scrolls to convey sentimental messages. The use of handmade paper greeting cards in Europe began around the early 1400's with the use of especially beautiful woodcuts that still exist today. Louis Prang is accredited with really accelerating the birthday card industry in 1850's with the introduction of his small lithographic business near Boston. Further technical developments meant that longer print runs were possible and the unit cost came within everybody's reach.
Do talk to Peter or Rebecca if you need a sympathetically designed and illustrated personalised birthday card, they enjoy the challenge.
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PLEASE NOTE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: Peter and Rebecca do not have any holidays scheduled for the near future. ORDERING CARDS TO ADDRESSES OUTSIDE THE UK For orders outside the UK please order a minimum of 6 cards (you can mix designs if you wish). GOOD NEWS FOR WELSH LEARNERS If you want to write your own Welsh message we have now added more pages to help you here. If you want to investigate the Welsh language further and perhaps learn a few phrases we have added a totally new section here. Don't forget - you can write ANY message on ANY card with ANY image - just enjoy yourself ! IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2010 / PWYSIG DYDDIADAU I 2010 New Year's Day: January 1st Dydd Santes Dwynwen* (Saint Dwynwen Day): January 25th Saint Valentine's Day: February 14th Saint David's Day (Patron saint of Wales): March 1st St Piran's Day (Patron saint of Cornwall): March 5th Mother's Day: March 14th Saint Patrick's Day (Patron saint of Scotland): March 17th Good Friday: April 2nd Easter Sunday: April 4th Easter Monday: April 5th Saint George's Day (Patron saint of England): April 23rd Early May Bank Holiday: May 3rd Spring Bank Holiday: May 31st Father's Day: June 20th Summer Bank Holiday: August 30th Saint Andrew's Day (Patron Saint of Scotland): November 30th Christmas Eve: December 24th Christmas Day: December 25th Boxing Day: December 26 Saint Stephen's Day: December 26th New Year's Eve: December 31st *Welsh equivalent of the English Saint Valentine's Day. Handmade personalised greeting cards from Wales, signed prints and originals. NODWCH GWYLIAU RHAGLEN (UWCH) ARCHEBU I ANNERCH Y TU ALLAN I'R DU Ar gyfer archebion tu allan i'r DU os gwelwch yn dda er o leiaf 6 cardiau (gallwch cymysgedd dyluniadau os ydych yn dymuno). NEWYDDION DA I DDYSGWYR CYMRAEG Os ydych chi eisiau ysgrifennu neges eich hun Cymru erbyn hyn rydym wedi ychwanegu tudalennau mwy i helpu chi yma. Os ydych am i ymchwilio i'r iaith Cymraeg ymhellach ac efallai ddysgu ychydig o ymadroddion rydym wedi ychwanegu adran hollol newydd yma. Peidiwch ag anghofio - gallwch ysgrifennu neges ar y cerdyn UNRHYW UNRHYW gyda delwedd UNRHYW - dim ond mwynhau eich hun!