Showing posts with label Ramadan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ramadan. Show all posts

Friday, 4 July 2014

Greeting Cards for Ramadan

Last weekend the blessed month of Ramadan began.

And when that month comes to an end, Muslims worldwide will celebrate Eid.

Most of us know that Ramadan is the month when Muslims fast during daylight hours and that, at the end of the month, they celebrate the festival, Eid-al Fitr. 

But did you know that fasting is only one aspect of Ramadan? During this special month, Muslims are also called to extra prayers, to study and reflect on the Qur'an, to repent, to show kindness and to make generous donations to charities?

So it may not always seem quite appropriate for a Ramadan Greeting Card to bear the words, 'Happy Ramadan!' It seems somehow to trivialise this important part of the Muslim calendar. But 'Ramadan Mubarak' can be translated as, 'Ramadan Greetings' and 'Ramadan Kareem' literally means, 'Generous Ramadan' 

So, with that in mind, here is a selection of Greeting Cards for Ramadan:




 








This is just a small selection of my 
Eid and Ramadan
Greeting Cards
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to see the full range



  

Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Ramadan and Eid Greeting Cards

Ramadan is not so far off now so here's a selection of my cards, available in my Greeting Card Universe store:   

(Click on the cards to see the enlarged version and details)


Greeting Cards for Ramadan

These traditional Islamic designs were painted by hand, using Inktense pencils -

     

- and this one is painted in gouache, with lots of gold paint!

Greeting Cards for Eid

     


 


 (Click on the card if the message isn't clear in this small version)



More Eid cards based on traditional designs, with the greeting 'Eid Mubarak' inside and Eid Celebration Invitations

These designs were screenprinted by hand  -

        
       

And finally some Eid cards made from photographs of the roses in my garde...

    


...and photographs of patchwork cotquilts with traditional Islamic designs:







You may also be interested in mugs, mousepads and even Keds Shoes using some of these traditional designs, available in my Zazzle store. (to see the mousepads, click on 'Mousepads' in the lefthand navigation panel)