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Valentine's Day Cards - Minus the Love
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Fres-tiki
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Mon, Feb 7, 2011 2:21 AM
Is it just me, or is it tougher this year to find just a "friendship" type of Valentine's Day card?? I'm friends with a former co-worker and I send her a Valentine's Day card each year. But this year I had to go to three places to find one that didn't say "I love you" or some sort of passionate declaration. The ones that didn't say "love" were usually addressed to "grandma" or "teacher" or someone of that category. Can we just enjoy Valentine's Day with just a little less love?? |
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MadDogMike
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Mon, Feb 7, 2011 12:28 PM
Last year I was trying to find a Valentine's day card for a friend with liver cancer and had the same problem. Then all of the Saint Patrick's Day cards were about drinking and that didn't seem appropriate either :( |
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beadtiki
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Mon, Feb 7, 2011 8:53 PM
Sounds like you're stuck with children's cards - "I Choo-Choo Choooooose You!" |
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Fres-tiki
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Sun, Feb 13, 2011 1:00 AM
Ah yes - the classics. |
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Fres-tiki
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Wed, Jan 11, 2012 12:12 AM
Here it is a year later and I'm already beginning my search for a non-commital "friendship" card - minus the love - or sexual innuendo! |
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Sun, Jan 22, 2012 12:36 AM
Because I am so chock full of love (and other stuff) I send out valentines every year to all sorts of people. Even though I'm always hoping to get lucky none of these valentines are ever romantic in nature. How do I manage to send interesting valentines which don't mention "making whoopee" or have coupons in them for a free kiss? I make my own. "Oh that's easy for you to do, Woofmutt, you're an almost talented artsy-fartsy type who can occasionally turn out something that isn't complete crap! What about the rest of us who can barely tell a pencil from a dose of penicillin?" Thanks! I'm also witty. And I'm also lazy. If I'm gonna crank out a few dozen valentines for almost complete strangers and people who really don't give a crap I'm not gonna spend hours and hours and hours on them when mere hours will do. So here are my completely obvious tips for fairly fast and probably cool valentines... THINK RED & PINK BE ICONIC STICK WITH STICKERS QUOTE SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE BEND AN EXISTING VALENTINE TO YOUR WILL E-CARD TIPS |
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little lost tiki
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Sun, Jan 22, 2012 12:55 AM
BE ICONIC! there is much wisdom in the woof... |
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Fres-tiki
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Tue, Feb 7, 2012 4:18 PM
I ended up going "back in time" for my card this year. Found a blank Valentine's post card from 1913. |
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Bruddah Bear
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Tue, Feb 7, 2012 5:43 PM
Sure! After all, it's been done before... Bear |
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bigtikidude
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Wed, Feb 8, 2012 9:35 AM
Now that's a Valentines day card I can handle. Jeff(btd) |
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The Gnomon
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Wed, Feb 8, 2012 10:51 AM
Unless you're referring to the martyred Christian saint persecuted by Roman Emperor Claudius II, we have Geoffrey Chaucer to thank for the lustful twisting of St. Valentine's Day as a time for choosing mates. Friendship, per se, has never had anything to do with it. By the late 1300s, it has only referred to effort of attracting mates. From the 200s to the 1300s it was Roman. From the 1300s to the present it has been romantic. Even so, I still give my daughter a Valentine every year. The SVD massacre was more of a Roman greeting; not at all romantic. |
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MadDogMike
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Thu, Feb 9, 2012 10:34 AM
How about this one? |
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cheekytiki
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Fri, Feb 10, 2012 1:01 AM
Do you not think a hand drawn heart and chocolate on a card might prove to be problematic for the less artistic types. Although some people are in to that type of thing |
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Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:40 AM
"Do you not think a hand drawn heart and chocolate on a card might prove to be problematic for the less artistic types(?)" I think some people might feel they're incapable of drawing anything which is why I pointed out "...this Internet thingy is pretty dang good for hunting down interesting images to print..." and I also suggested one might just cut a heart shape out of various types of paper or "Get some Valentine's Day stickers, stick them all over a picture of anything and you have suddenly created a valentine." Now that you have no excuses you are free to go make some valentines. [This message was edited by woofmutt when he realized he had capitalized the word "valentines." The word isn't capitalized when referring to the cards given in observance of Saint Valentine's Day.] [ Edited by: woofmutt 2012-02-10 09:56 ] |
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Bruddah Bear
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Thu, Feb 14, 2013 6:34 PM
Owing to the day, this thread deserves a bump. My wife wanted me to say that considering her feelings toward how most people celebrate St. Valentine's Day, the pic I posted last year would be her all time favorite Valentine card. Have I ever mentioned before just how awesome my wife is? She also just informed me she'd love to have a poster print of it. God, I love her! Bear |
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