My nephew Robbie and my son Otis made their first Doozycard. We wanted to encourage them to use their love of Youtube videos and internet games to inspire their Doozycard. After posting the e-card, we were thrilled to tell them, their animated e-card is popular! So we proudly introduce our first birthday e-card made by internet-loving teenagers: The Find the Cake Game.
Bennett and I love Fall especially because it’s so much fun to write the new Halloween cards and animate the beautiful, multi-colored Fall leaves. Animated leaves can be gorgeous as they gently fall to the ground or surprisingly scary as they turn into bats! (See our new and upcoming Autumn and Halloween cards). Our lovely little fairies can also be surprised by modern conveniences! Check out what happens to our adorable plump fairy in Autumn Fairy Surprise animated greeting. This funny fall e-card has been very popular already which makes us very happy.
My 3 boys and I will run through the leaves as soon as they hit the streets and even dive into a few leaf piles. I also promised the kids we would make candy this Halloween. Yipes! I know nothing about making candy so any tips, recipes or recommended websites would be much appreciated. I found these websites which look very informative: candylandcrafts.com and baking911.com. Any suggestions on candy making or shared funny Fall leaf stories would be appreciated!
– Chandler
It’s always bitter sweet as summer comes to a close and the school year starts again. Yesterday, we enjoyed a Labor Day BBQ with some friends. We savored the last of summer foods from the local farmer’s market. Fresh watermelon, burgers with roasted peppers and basil and for dessert, figs with brown sugar melted on top. It was so delicious.
We pulled our three kids out of our friends’ pool and headed home, tired but ready to return to our fall schedules of early wake ups, Saturday soccer, Cub Scouts events, tennis tournaments, orchestra practice, homework, and more school activities.
This morning, our preschooler was sulking as he prepared to return to another year of preschool. I told him he was the big boy and there would be younger kids crying on their first day. We encouraged him to let the new kids know the school was a happy place and give them a hug if they needed one. Then, his six year old brother chimed in yelling that he would get stickers for being nice to the other kids. Excitedly, our preschooler grabbed his lunch box to leave but then again became sullen as we tried to take his first-day-back-to-school pictures. When my husband returned from dropping him off, I was relieved to find out he had entered the school happily, waving and smiling.
It was an emotional morning for us but now I am back to work, snuggling in a sweater and some warm socks! We have a big Fall planned at Doozycards. We have over twenty new cards currently in production. We are very excited to show you what we have been working hard on all summer. As soon as we have our new line ready we will post it on the site. Stay tuned and Happy Fall!
Happy Fourth of July! I love sparkler’s, cupcakes with white butter cream frosting and patriotic colored sprinkles, BBQ chicken and homemade lemonade. Since the spirit of July Fourth is all about independence and BBQs we made Founding Father’s BBQ.
Founding Fathers BBQ - these men are just about to cut loose!
We also have our popular America’s Birthday Song ecard. We hope you celebrate July 4th by adding humor and heartfelt wishes to your loved ones email in boxes. At Doozycards we are wishing all of you a very Happy and delicious July Fourth!
Join us and St. Vincent Meals on Wheels’ Cart for a Cause tomorrow in Santa Monicawhere chef Josef Centeno will be serving up his Lazy OX Canteen menu. Each $10 meal (includes drink and dessert) will feed a senior for a day. The Cart for a Cause will be at 2850 Ocean Blvd in front of the tennis channel. Meals will be served between 12 pm and 2 pm. I would get there at 12 pm since meals have been selling out by 12:30!
When we look at the people behind LA’s first non-profit food truck (see above pic), Cart for a Cause, it’s hard to believe Sister Alice Marie (right corner) started St. Vincent Meals on Wheels on her bicycle. Today the kitchen is serving thousands a meals a day via a fleet of vans and now – a gourmet food truck!
Here is our latest cartoon we made for the St. Vincent’s Meals on Wheels Bike-a-thon.
My son Otis and my husband Patrick enjoyed their third year doing the beach ride.
At Doozycards we are sending lots of love to the home bound seniors, many whom have been hit hard by these difficult financial times.