Finding a beautiful, high-quality birthday card online that you can send to a loved one with pride, knowing they'll feel special, isn't as easy as it looks.
With birthday card design often a lower priority than volume and gadgets, it's easy to feel disheartened or overwhelmed by what you find. So we've scoured the web to find the best birthday cards you can buy for family, friends and colleagues.
Taking into consideration everything from the quality of card design to personalisation options, speed of delivery and who the collection would suit best, we've got the best birthday cards you can buy online for a wide range of recipients and purposes.
From the best birthday cards for him, her, kids, loved ones and colleagues, here's your round up of the best birthday cards online. Our analysis includes both standard and luxury birthday cards as well as personalised birthday cards.
We'll cover:
- Best birthday cards for her
- Best birthday cards for him
- Best birthday cards for older relatives
- Best birthday cards for kids
- Best birthday cards for colleagues
1. Best Birthday Cards For Her
Overall:
Whether for your wife, girlfriend, friend or family, the best birthday cards for her can be found at: Whistlefish, Design By Lyft, Sara Miller London and Caroline Gardner.
Each of these independent greeting card companies sells beautifully designed, luxury birthday cards for women with pretty details, thoughtful designs and themes they'll adore.
Florals:
Whistlefish's birthday cards for women are colourful, bold, pretty designs centred around florals, animals, cakes, balloons and the coast. Cards cost around £2, are delivered within one working day and are available as blank cards for your own message.
Older Women:
Sara Miller's birthday cards for women are beautiful, elegant designs in rich jewel tones with gold accents. Each card design features animals surrounded by botanicals in a vintage Asian-inspired style, the overall effect is exquisite - one that will be appreciated by older women over 45. Sara Miller's birthday cards are blank inside for your own message and cost £3.20 each.
Stylish:
Design By Lyft's birthday cards for women are stunning, stylish designs with the wow factor you want when sending a birthday card to a loved one. These are stylish, pretty designs with girly themes such as: heels, make up, perfume, bags, cocktails, flowers, "bossing it", being a style maven, positive quotes and more. The majority of designs are finished with gold detailing and the collection has an appeal that spans the decades.
For older women there are cake, positive quotes, champagne and floral themes to name a few, whilst the under 45s have plenty of on-trend girly themes that are catered for. Every birthday card can be personalised with your own message and customised with the name of the recipient. There are also a range of gifts that can be added, including confectionery, gift vouchers and makeup bags. Cards cost £2.25 and are delivered within one working day.
Cute:
Caroline Gardner's birthday cards for women say they're cute and they really are. The collection features pretty, heartfelt designs for a wide range of themes. The graphics are thoughtfully designed, sentimental and upbeat. Cards are blank for your own message and cost £3.75 each. It's worth noting that delivery times at 3-5 days are longer than most.
Simple:
If you're shopping for a woman who does not like pretty styling and prefers much plainer design, Ohh Deer or Katie Leamon are a good choice.
Ohh Deer's birthday cards are image-led with simple, colourful, gentle designs featuring subtle humour and covering a range of everyday themes. Cards cost between £2.95 and £3.25.
If your recipient likes really plain, simple styling, Katie Leamon has plenty of minimal graphic or text-led designs in gentle, neutral colours. Prices are between £3.75 and £3.90.
Penny Black also has some humorous, text-led virthday cards that older women may appreciate.
Teens and Kids:
If you want a beautiful birthday card for children then Whistlefish, Design By Lyft, Caroline Gardner or The Greeting Card Company have lots of cute options for boys and girls with animals, characters, unicorns and age cards.
Colleagues:
For women or men that you don't know that well, Whistlefish and The Greeting Card Company are good options with plenty of less sentimental birthday cards you can send to acquaintances.
2. Best Birthday Cards For Men
Overall:
The Curious Pancake, Whistlefish, Caroline Gardner, Design By Lyft and The Greeting Card Company have lots of beautiful, well-designed cards for men
Simple and Non-Fussed:
Caroline Gardner's cards for men feature graphic designs, text or simple images on upbeat designs. Cards cost £3.75.
Stylish:
For guys with bags of style, Design By Lyft's stunning, stylish birthday cards for men feature sports cars, luxury watches, popular sports, sports icons, iconic trainers, men's beauty, alcohol and more.
Available in exquisite colours, such as powder blue and khaki, many are finished with gold detailing, with designs for men of all ages. Each can be personalised with your own message and customised with the recipient's name. Cards cost £2.25.
Any Men:
Whistlefish has a wide range of beautiful cards for men, featuring everything from sports to cars, trains and coastal themes. Cards are blank for your own message and cost £2.
The Curious Pancake has a fantastic collection of birthday cards for men. Birthday cards are colourful, humorous, image-led designs, featuring a range of interesting hobbies and interests such as wild swimming, fishing, surfing, hiking, camping, animals and more.
Cards at The Curious Pancake can be handwritten for you and cost between £2.90 and £3.50.
What about Moonpig and Funky Pigeon?
Although Moonpig and Funky Pigeon might be the most well-known online birthday card brands, their birthday card designs are certainly not the best on the market.
What Funky Pigeon and Moonpig do offer are the most advanced personalisation tools to personalise your birthday card.
Whilst their birthday card designs may be low quality, Moonpig offers the most personalisation features with photo uploads, stickers, video upload and your own handwriting. In a similar vein, Funky Pigeon offers personalisation with photo uploads, stickers, your own message and a custom name at the front of the card.
Moonpig and Funky Pigeon match each other on price for standard cards at £3.99, large cards at £5.99 and giant cards at £9.99. Funky Pigeon also offers a smaller £2.99 card option and Moonpig a cheaper 99p ecard option. Delivery at both Moonpig and Funky Pigeon is within 1-3 days with both offering a quicker tracked option.
If you want high-quality birthday card designs with personalisation options, take a look at our gorgeous birthday cards which can be personalised and customised. Go
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