perfect place to get a card for a really special occassion (moonpig.com)

Member Name: forestgateaux

Product:	moonpig.com
Date:	21/09/09 (40 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: a personalise touch like no other!

Disadvantages: expensive but worth it

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Yipee! I think Moonpig is a fantastic idea. Like most people I knew what it was for ages before I bothered to visit the site because of the annoyingly catchy jingle on the advert. My teenage sister is always singing it so I decided to get her a card from there for her 15th birthday. It started out as a joke but I soon realised it was actually a brilliant website.

I had a photo of her turned into what looked like a romantic film poster. It was very easy to do and there were good photo editing tools on the site. It only took a few minutes, once I'd worked out what I wanted to say, and I was able to choose not only the cover but the design for both sides of the inside of the card.

It is quite expensive, unless it was for someone you would usually spend a lot of money on it might take the place of a present. I think it cost £5 for a large card including postage. You could have a normal size card made for slightly less, but whilst you're making the effort I think you may as well spend the extra couple of pounds.

I was able to choose which day I wanted it delivered which is obviously very handy if you're sending it for a particular occassion. When it arrived it was in a moonpig envelope which got my sister very excited. I was impressed with the quality of the card. It looked just like one from a shop, except it happened to have a photograph of my sister on it!

If you don't want to upload a photograph you can choose from a selection of images and personalise the message. I was less impressed with these, I had a look through them and didn't see anything special enough that you would want to spend £5 on it. Personally I would prefer to buy a card in a shop and write the message by hand. There really isn't much difference when you think about it like that!

Summary: i would recommend for a 16th, 21st, wedding, birth of a baby etc