The Baha’i festival of Ayyam-i-Ha is almost upon us!  For Baha’is this is a time of bringing cheer to others, visiting the poor and needy, giving gifts and enjoying the company of family and friends.  

Nightingale Creations has designed some beautiful Ayyam-i-Ha cards specially for this occasion (I have written another blog about how they are made.  Click here to view.  Each card is hand-made using beautiful Japanese paper and come in a set of 5 cards with gold envelopes.  The cards come in a lovely gold cloth bag to adorn them.  To order, please visit the Specialty Cards under the Beautiful Items tab.  Next to ‘Type of card’, click on Baha’i Ayyam-i-Ha option.  Below are photos of the set of 5 cards. As the cards are unique hand-made creations, your actual cards may vary slightly from the photos below.

In addition to the specialty cards, Nightingale Creations has other gift items including prayer beads and prayer book covers with matching bags.  You can view the prayer covers here and prayer beads here.  

Another joy of mine is making specialty cards.  I like designing different styles and catering them to various occasions for my friends.  About a year ago, I decided to market them to the public.  It has been a challenge as they are so time-consuming to make.  I spend time and energy on each one to make them unique and special.  

 At this time I am focusing specifically on making sets of Ayyam-i-Ha cards.  I used to do everything from scratch: folding and cutting black paper to size, printing the text on gold paper and cutting and gluing exquisite Japanese paper onto the card.  I have now found a printing company that will help me with the basic folding of beautiful shades of gold paper.  I also make sets of cards that have inspirational quotations from the Ruhi Institute books.  You can view some of the cards on the ‘Beautiful Items’ page on my website. I would love to hear your feedback or comments on the cards.  I hope you enjoy!  

Thought of the Day:

“…all things that have in themselves grace or beauty are pleasing to the heart and spirit…”  -Abdu’l-Baha