Free Birthday E-Cards

If you're like me, you use e-cards for every occasion, like Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving, Easter-and especially birthdays.

I can't stand going to the grocery store and sifting through hundreds of birthday cards, then paying up to $5 for one and having to find a stamp, write out an address, seal the envelope, walk to the mailbox, stick it in, then wait a few days and pray the card doesn't make it there a day late or a day early.

When I found out about e-cards as a young child, I was thrilled. I would hate having to send a card to my family every Christmas-not because I didn't love my family, but I hated the process of buying and sending a card. And as a child, I didn't have much money to spare. When I got my first computer as a gift, I quickly discovered the world of e-cards, and I sent my first one to my grandma when I was 12 years old. I loved the convenience then, and I still love it today.

E-cards are so easy, and they're free! All you have to do is find the one you like, personalize it, type in the recipient's email address, and you're done.

To help you get started, here is a list of five of the best free birthday e-card websites:

Hallmark - www.hallmark.com

The best feature of Hallmark cards is the great selection. It offers e-cards which focus on everything from love to family to traditional to belated, and everything in between. There are specific cards for sisters, daughters, aunts, boyfriends, girlfriends, uncles, nieces, cousins, friends, co-workers, in-laws, business acquaintances-it has it all. It's best feature, though, is one that allows people to make their own slideshow of family photographs inside an e-card, offering an ultimate personalization that no other site can match.

E Card Funny - http://www.ecardfunny.com/birthday-cards/