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April 2016 Downloadable Background & Letter from Editor

April 1, 2016 by bluemountainecards

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It seems like it is human nature to resist change. Weren’t things just fine the way they were? The truth is, without change there could be no growth. The cells in our bodies are constantly renewing just as Nature is constantly changing with the seasons. And lucky for us, Nature’s changes at this time of year are especially beautiful–sunny skies, blooming flowers, new baby animals and white fluffy clouds floating by. Life’s alive in everything in spring.

Relationships evolve and change, too. To ensure they are growing and changing for the better, it’s important to nurture them. One essential way is by keeping in touch. There doesn’t need to be a special occasion. Reach out to family and friends just because you’re thinking of them. Let them know they matter in your life. Call them up, arrange a get-together, surprise them with a note, send an eCard. Here at Blue Mountain we have many delightful cards to wish them a happy day, send “Good Vibrations,” and share a smile. Be the sunshine in someone’s day. How about today?

Here’s our free background download for March– enjoy!
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Happy Spring, Everyone!
Caroline Martlew, Senior Editor

March 2016 Downloadable Background & Letter from the Editor

February 29, 2016 by bluemountainecards

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Hello Blue Mountain Friends!

Spring is nearly sprung and I can hardly wait to see the crocuses peeking up through the fresh, new grass and to hear the birds singing again in joyful celebration. Sunny blue skies, budding trees and warm southern breezes are all headed our way.

It’s the perfect time for us to embrace the warmer light of spring and bring ourselves back to life.

In this season of renewal, you can reconnect with important parts of yourself that you may have lost touch with–favorite places, fun pastimes and especially old friends. Let’s write the note, make the call, send the invitation. You know all those things you’ve been wishing to do? It’s time to begin. Let’s fill our days with magic and dreams realized.

Here at Blue Mountain, we’ve made it easy to stay in touch by creating imaginative new eCards you’ll want to share. Our new St. Patrick’s Day card features lush Irish scenery set to traditional music. For Easter, the artists designed a breathtaking scene that transforms from winter to spring. Our religious Easter card reveals a crown of thorns transitioning into a beautiful wreath of flowers. You’ll also discover some fun, new birthday cards featuring well-known popular songs, such as “Shout,” “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Tequila,” and “I’m So Excited.”

Here’s our free background download for March– enjoy!
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I hope you’re as excited as I am about spring!

Caroline Martlew, Senior Editor

February 2016 Desktop Background & Letter from the Editor

January 29, 2016 by bluemountainecards

It’s February in a Leap Year! If you’re deep in the doldrums of winter, what a great time to take a leap and try something new. February 29^th is Leap Day, which only happens every 4 years. Here at Blue Mountain we’ve created a special birthday card just for the “leaplings” who had a 1 in 1,461 chance of being born on that day. So it’s a perfect day to take a chance on a new relationship, a new venture, or a new pasttime. Get out your seed catalogs and plan a new garden. Pick a new hairstyle for spring. Go on an impromtu winter escape. It’s time to shake it up.

February kicks off with Groundhog Day on the 2^nd. Maybe our furry weatherman won’t see his shadow and we can expect an early spring. Chinese New Year celebrations begin on the 9^th for the Year of the Monkey, which according to the Chinese Zodiac, is an unpredictable year when anything can happen. On that same day is Mardi Gras, which is aptly named, because in French it means “Fat Tuesday,” a day to eat, drink and be merry before fasting for the Lenten season.

With Valentine’s Day at its center, February is certainly a month of love. If you are in a new relationship, or in a lasting one, we have new Valentines to celebrate that love.

As Shakespeare wrote: “They do not love that do not show their love.” Be sure you’re loved ones know how special they are to you, on Valentine’s Day and every day.

Happy February!

Caroline Martlew, Senior Editor

January 2016 Desktop Background, and Letter from Editor

January 4, 2016 by bluemountainecards

Hello, January! This month was named for Janus, the Roman God of beginnings and transitions, the guardian of exits and entrances. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past, reminding us that we are not defined by our past, we are prepared by it. January is a new door we can walk through to a world filled with new energy, new ideas and new beginnings, bringing us closer to where we want to be this time next year.

January is typically the coldest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, but you can warm the hearts of friends and family with sunshine and smiles from Blue Mountain. Are there people you’d like to thank for making your holidays brighter? For you, we created the new “Holiday Gratitude”–a heartfelt message of appreciation delivered with beautiful scenery and music. For a lighter touch, “Barbershop Quartet” is a fun way to express your thanks. We chose some inspirational quotations to be hand lettered for sending on birthdays, anniversaries and just because you’re thinking of someone. For a great birthday laugh, we designed a greeting featuring Chihuahuas dancing to the well-known instrumental, “Tequila.” With our jazzy take on “Auld Lang Syne,” you can be the first to wish them a happy new year filled with the promise of new beginnings.

Let’s start something today that our future self will thank us for. A fun way to start the New Year, is with a beautiful image. Here’s our free background download for January – enjoy!

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Happy New Year, Everyone!

Caroline Martlew, Senior Editor

December 2015 Desktop Background & Letter from our Editor

November 30, 2015 by bluemountainecards

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Flannel shirts, snowy walks, fireside talks and family gatherings. Party planning, decorating and shopping can also make this a very busy, hectic time for some of us. But the real gifts of Christmas have a way of reminding us of the things that matter most—the gift of love and the special way it shapes our lives, the gift of sharing and the closeness it creates, and the gift of family and friends and how much they mean to us. The spirit of the holidays is not found under a tree, it is found in our hearts.

At Blue Mountain this year, we’ve created a dazzling array of Christmas cards for you to express what’s in your heart. Inspired by Charles Dickens’ description of London, “A Merry Christmas” embodies all the beauty and magic of a Victorian Christmas. As we follow the gas lamplighter down the street, we see shoppers and street musicians and children playing. In the closing scene, we hear a hauntingly beautiful rendition of “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.” On the lighter side, we have the Can-Can Candy Canes, Your Christmas Cod and A Holiday Barbershop Quartet. Our spiritual card, “Christmas Glory” depicts a lovely country church in a snowy woodland setting and features the refrain from “Angels We Have Heard on High,” along with the story of its origins. In “Holiday Hearts” we celebrate the warmth and coziness of the winter season.

We also have a brand new, beautifully Christmas-inspired desktop background for your computer, phone, and even your Facebook cover image.

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All of us here at Blue Mountain wish you and yours a very merry Christmas season. With Christmas comes hope that all things are possible, so we’re making a special wish this year for peace and harmony in our world.

Merry Christmas!

Caroline Martlew, Senior Editor

November 2015 Desktop Background & Letter from our Editor

November 1, 2015 by bluemountainecards

We’re coming up on Thanksgiving when many of us feel that tingle of excitement at seeing friends and loved ones gathered round. We may also be feeling the tug of nostalgia for Thanksgivings gone by and people we may not be seeing this year. But we press on. Maybe this is the year we think outside the turkey and gift someone else with a Happy Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is a perfect time to express our appreciation for all that we have, for the people we love, the friends who are always there for us, and for the hope and spiritual resolve we need to carry us through difficult times. You can reach out to family and friends this holiday with our new Blue Mountain Thanksgiving cards. Simple Gifts captures the joy and magic of a woodland celebration and features the charming Shaker hymn that it is named for. You can send a smile with our new talking cards, Happy Collie Days and Let’s Talk Turkey. And for a big laugh, you can share our diva turkey, Gloria, who will sing her hilarious parody of “I Will Survive.”

So let us be grateful for the trials we’ve survived, the blessings we enjoy today, and the joys and challenges yet to come. Whatever your plans for the holiday, we here at Blue Mountain want you to know we are ever grateful for your kind attention and wish you a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving.

We also have a brand new, beautifully Thanksgiving-inspired desktop background for your computer, phone, and even your Facebook cover image.

November Background:

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Caroline Martlew, Senior Editor

October 2015 Desktop Background, and Letter from the Editor

October 1, 2015 by bluemountainecards

Last month we talked about ways to make a fresh start in the fall, and one important thing you can do for yourself, is declutter your home before the holidays. The above quote by William Morris, famous for his wallpaper designs, really captures the essence of a clean, well-organized home.

Here are 5 questions to consider when decluttering:

Is it something that you’re keeping because you might need it someday?
Donate it to someone who needs it today.

Is it something you would buy all over again?
If not, someone else can use it.

Have you worn it/used it in the last year?
If not, let it make someone else happy.

Is it something you’ve been meaning to mend, repair, read, or assemble for over a year?
You probably won’t. Buh-bye.

Is it something that brings you joy?
Keep it!

An organized home gives you more time for the things that really matter, like connecting with the special people in your life. This Halloween, you can treat them to beautiful and fun new cards created by Blue Mountain. We think you’ll be enchanted by Moon Magic, Funny Bones and our new Halloween “Happy” card. Be sure to remember your boss on Boss’s Day, the 16^th, and your Sweetie on Sweetest Day, the 17^th. We’ve also designed new cards for your all your fall birthday friends.

I have to agree with Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables who said, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

Fall into fun!

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Caroline Martlew
Senior Editor

September 2015 Desktop Background, and Letter from the Editor

September 1, 2015 by bluemountainecards

I hope everyone has had a wonderful and memorable summer. Inevitably, every summer comes to an end, but every ending is a new beginning. It’s time to trust in the magic of new beginnings and let your imagination fly.

Here are 8 ways you can make a fresh start this fall:

Choose a new hobby or craft to take you through the winter.
Plant bulbs in your garden for next spring.
Start a gratitude journal.
Declutter your home before the holidays.
Change up your workout routine.
Plan a road trip to enjoy the brilliantly changing leaves.
Create a new reading list.
Promise yourself to get in touch with old friends.

When you’re making your get-in-touch list, be sure to remember Grandparents Day on the 13^th and your friends who are celebrating the new year on Rosh Hashanah, which also falls on the 13^th. Here at Blue Mountain we’ve created new cards for all your fall occasions, including fun, interactive cards, fall birthday cards, and even a new card to celebrate the changing season.

We also have a brand new, beautifully Fall-inspired desktop background for your computer, phone, and even your Facebook cover image.

September Background:
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Autumn gardens, caramel apples, cozy sweaters, toasty bonfires, pumpkin spice lattes…Let the fall fun begin!

Caroline Martlew _ Senior Editor

July 2015 Desktop Background & Letter from the Editor

June 30, 2015 by bluemountainecards

Life is like everything else—we get out of it what we put into it. You can wait for an adventure to come knocking at your door, or you can go out and make one happen.

When was the last time you did something for the first time? It doesn’t have to be base jumping or highlining, it can be as simple as taking a dance lesson, attending a music festival, joining a hiking group or embarking on a road trip. Children have an innate sense of adventure, so pack a picnic and invite your kids and grandkids, or borrow someone else’s, and go exploring. Now is the new never.

Summer is a great time for making new memories and revisiting old ones. Are there elements you could add to your décor that evoke happy recollections, like wildflowers in mason jars, bowls of seashells and sea glass, wind chimes and Japanese lanterns? Are there summertime drinks that remind you of home, like sweet tea or sangria or root beer floats? Maybe you could you return to a favorite family vacation spot or theme park. The Fourth of July is a perfect time to revive some childhood traditions.

On July 4^th we commemorate the day in 1776 when our Declaration of Independence was signed and our freedom declared—a freedom that we continue to cherish and protect. Parades, picnics, BBQ’s, sparklers and fireworks are all part of the fun. And while you’re celebrating our nation’s birthday, remember all your family and friends who are celebrating theirs this summer, by sending them Blue Mountain Birthday eCards.

We also have a brand new, beautiful desktop background for your computer phone, and even your Facebook cover image.

July Background:

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Go 4^th and have fun!

Caroline Martlew, Senior Editor

June 2015 Desktop Wallpaper & Letter from the Editor

May 28, 2015 by bluemountainecards

On June 21^st, the longest day of the year, we welcome the first day of summer. It’s that magic moment when the earth’s North Pole tilts directly toward the sun and we celebrate the summer solstice. Remember our childhood summers, when it seemed like there was all the time in the world? We never thought of growing older, never looked in a mirror, but old photos show us in fits of giggles with tangled beach hair and happy, tanned faces. Those were carefree days filled with endless possibilities– riding bikes, reading through the summer book list, climbing trees, making wishes on dandelion puffs. There were mourning doves and lucky lady bugs and picnics and the scent of honeysuckle and sudden downpours followed by rainbows .On beach days, there was volleyball and wave jumping and swimming all day, always on jellyfish alert. Then we’d head home in happy exhaustion, with sand in our bathing suits and salt in our hair. Our tans may fade, but summer memories last forever.

Another great thing happens on June 21^st—we celebrate Father’s Day. Here at Blue Mountain we’ve created three wonderful new cards to honor Dads. Who doesn’t love dogs playing poker? In our version, the dogs sing a funny song about Dads. If you’re a Daddy’s girl, we’ve made a lovely heartfelt card to express your feelings. And for the sportsman Dad, we have painted a beautiful, interactive fishing scene that turns into a puzzle Dad can put together.

Every summer has a story. Let’s make this a summer to remember. We also wanted to offer our friends and fans a beautiful Summer-inspired download for your desktop background, your phone background, or even your Facebook cover image.

June Background:

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