Father's Day Greeting Cards

• Send Father's Day Greetings June 19th..
• The first known celebration of Father's Day was on July 5, 1908 in Fairmont, West Virginia, where it was commemorated at William Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South – now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton is believed to have suggested it to her pastor after a deadly explosion in nearby Monongah in December, killing 361 men.



Art by Jennifer Sosik

• It was also during a sermon in 1909 that Sonora Smart Dodd became inspired by Mother's Day. After the death of her mother, Sonora and her siblings were raised by their father William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran. Sonora wanted to show how thankful she was to her father and, because William was born in June, she worked to have the first Father's Day celebrated on June 19, 1910.
• In 1924, President Coolidge recommended that Father's Day become a national holiday. President Johnson designated the third Sunday of June to be Father's Day in 1966. It was not until 1972 that President Nixon instituted Father's Day as a national observance.
• Did You Know – Roses are the official flower on Father's Day, red for fathers who were still living and white for those who have

Check out my New Quick Notes Ecards

What a neat way to keep in touch with family and friends.  We are creating a quick and easy way of sending cards for any occasion.    Sending a QuickNote ecard is a great way to save time in having to run to the store to get a card for that special occasion.   Now all I have to do is go to Pamela Gladding's  family friendly ecard website (where my new ecards are) and find the card I want to send.   Of course I am not the only artist that is sharing their art on Pamela Gladding ecard site...  there are some very special artists that provides Pamela beautiful art to create these beautiful tasteful ecards.  Visit Pamela's website and click on FRIENDS OF PAMELA to view more about the artists that joined in this wonderful venture.    I am looking forward to working with Pamela to provide her with more ideas to use my art for you to send QuickNote for any occastion.   What a wonderful way to share my love of art with my family and friends.

Happy Valentine Quick Note by Jennifer Sosik

Halloween is for Kids

Halloween’s official date is October 31, which is a Saturday this year. Of course kids will be out trick or treating on any night sanctioned by their community. It is a secular holiday with creative credits given to the Irish and the pagans.

Halloween is the second biggest retail holiday of the year next to Christmas. Everyone I know, kid or grown-up loves Halloween. There are no expectations to be good and giving. In fact, the more treats you can manage to acquire, the more tricks you can accomplish, these are the measures of the fun you are scoring on this night! Costumes are essential, scary and gross are ok. You get to pretend to be something you are not when you are wearing a mask and a costume.

Pumpkins, witches, haunted houses, bats, ghosts, candy corn, brooms, black cats and many additional details are our design elements for creating our Halloween ecards. We have the best time of the year creating these storyboards and animations. Adding scary music and creepy sounds adds to our delight! We hope that you enjoy the Halloween ecards we have for you at http://www.pamelagladding.com/.