Ori is Israeli but currently lives in New York. His sister, an art student who also works as a flight attendant for El Al, was planning to visit him on his birthday, so their mum
ordered a card for her to bring along. Mum told me that Ori loves coffee and
that he sends them coffee photos all the time! He works for
Apple Inc. and of
course lives in The Big Apple. She also asked me to include the
Empire State Building, and told me that he favours Omega luxury watches too.
I showed bespectacled Ori standing in front of the Empire State Building,
the eighth-tallest building in New York City. He is holding a cup of
coffee and wearing one of his favourite watches. I then added a little graphic
of an apple with the words "The Big Apple" on it. The "shine" on the apple is
the Apple Inc. logo.
Doron was turning 30 and was going to celebrate his birthday in Rome! His mother-in-law
asked me to create a large card with a Rome theme. She also wanted a big 30
somewhere on the card.
The card was simple but a lot of fun to make. I cut out a large number 30 and
decorated the card with the Italian tricolour - green, white, and red. Then I added
a slice of pizza (of course!), a glass of wine, a gladiator's helmet, and an
image of the Colosseum, the huge amphitheatre built nearly two thousand years ago as a gift to the
Roman people and originally used for gladiator games, dramas, and - yes -
public executions! To finish it off, I cut out tiny pieces of pasta, a classic
symbol of Roman hospitality.
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