The Birthday Card (Part 2)

The plan was ready. I was about to make a handmade card for my bestie. But, somewhere after our tough fights, I hesitated to continue with this idea, but somewhere deep down I knew that a good start could easily sort out the misunderstandings between us.

So, I was on the mark to make up a birthday card for her… I needed many new ideas that could turn a simple handmade card into a perfect one..

A greeting card needs many things to get completed with perfection… Therefore, I started collecting the stuffs which I would require to make up a birthday card. I got many color pencils, sketch pens, pencils, eraser, A4 sheets, newspapers, glue and many many more elements. I then sat on the floor with all of these stationary spread around me.

“Hearts”, I told myself. They’ll become the theme of my card. Hence, I took the newspapers and started making strands of heart shaped cut-out. Yet, the leftovers were again the Hearts, which I could now use to cover up the background. It was all going well and good, and yet up to the mark!

After the cutting was done, I connected all of the them, and yet started the gluing process.

I now had too many hearts for my bestie… The task was now just to stick each of the hearts and give the card a more beautiful look.

The card I made was a four fold. It had sides and it could be folded easily, and on completely folding it, it turned out into a tiny rectangular piece...

All four sides, that means the length and the width of the topmost part had the hearts which I had cut… As the card was opened, it had four more rectangular pieces folded on itself and on opening all of them, I stuck the strands of hearts.

But, the underneath was still visible, which looked a bit ugly… Hence, the card had a beautiful quote under it, which said,

“Kabhi Yaad Aai To Ek Baar Kehna,

Kabhi Yaad Aai To Sagar Ki Tarah Behna,

Agar Dost Na Hue To Ajnabee He Rehna,

Par Dost Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna…”

This was the most enhancing thing which I could do while making up the card. Quoting these beautiful lines brought my eyes into tears, which were all trying to ooze out and celebrate such soulful moment.

But, I was doing it for a good cause, a beautiful person, for my best friend to feel special…

I, therefore wiped off my tears, and quoted the lines with the most pleasant colors and glitters. I read the lines again and again and hence found myself engrossed deep into the moment. Believe me, this was so touching!

The words I had quoted could be seen through the heart shaped cutouts, and it looked beautiful.

My only motive was to make my best friend feel special of her, especially on her born day. What more precious it could be, than seeing your soul mate smiling with teary eyes!

On the other part of the card, which was already blank; I wrote some other thoughts, which I wanted to tell her…

“I miss the old you, our old friendship, our bond and our belongingness”, this ended with some sad smileys. It was because, I’d really missed her, the old her!

I still had many things to quote on to the cards, many complaints, many apologies, many unsaid feelings and emotions… But then I thought, quoting a birthday card with complaints wasn’t a right choice. And hence, I dropped them all.

This infinitesimal love was all I could tell her…

The card making was yet towards an end. I gave a sharp glance and found everything great. I had made something which as up to my expectations and I was happy about it.

It was my allegiance which made this card embarked and especial. It was the happiest thing I could do in my entire life.

The birthday card was ready, just the wait was for the birth date to arrive sooner and sooner…