From Paper Cards to E Cards
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Blue Mountain creations, featuring the trademark company style of poetry and prose superimposed over a colorful nature background, spread joy wherever they are. Over 1,000 Blue Mountain e card designs are available to send electronically to a loved one to mark a special holiday or occasion. These messages are not available just to the English speaking world; greetings are available in many different languages.
The Blue mountain cards company was started in the early 1970s by Boulder, Colorado couple Stephen Schutz and Susan Polis Schutz as a vehicle for their hobbies (illustration for Stephen, poetry for Susan). They began by combining Stephens artwork and Susans free form poetry to create poster prints that embodied their shared feelings about life, love and nature, very much in keeping with the hippie culture of the time. The Blue Mountain cards company was initially conceived as a poster business when the couple persuaded a local Boulder bookstore to offer several of their posters on consignment. The business took off with the posters popularity; soon other area stores began carrying the prints. The parent company, Blue Mountain Arts, was officially formed in 1971. Stephen and Susan travelled the country selling their art, and business expanded so much that they soon branched out into gift books, calendars and stationery. Not long afterwards, they also transferred their art to Blue Mountain greeting cards. In fact, they were responsible for introducing the all occasion blank greeting card to the public. They also introduced a second greeting card innovation: the inclusion of expressive free form poetry to the interior of their cards, replacing the staid traditional rhyming messages used for so long.
Blue Mountain Arts introduced the electronic greeting card to the world when they launched their free e card website in 1996. The electronic greeting card concept grew from the Schutz family practice of keeping in touch with their college age son through electronic messages and greetings. Once, again, through its line of e cards, Blue Mountain Cards was an innovator. Their cards were free, and they allowed the sender to insert personal greetings rather than use a stock message. Blue Mountain then sent the recipient an electronic notification of the card, which the recipient could access through an attached link to the company website. Greeting cards were never so easy to select and send.
Through the e cards website, Blue Mountain cards can now be sent in any number of languages all over the globe.
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