Give Mom a Personal Message with a Mother's Day e-Card from these Top 10 Sites

Are you out of stamps or time? Don't worry. This Mother's Day, let your mom know you love and appreciate her by surprising her with a personalized e-card in her inbox. The following Web sites offer artful and creative greeting card designs that you can customize by adding personal messages, sound and even photos.

1. Hallmark - This is, hands down, my favorite Web site for e-cards. Hallmark's colorful animated designs feature simple messages, and its Smilebox program enables you to add personal photos and music to an e-card to make it truly one-of-a-kind. Most of the e-cards are free, and the rest are quite inexpensive.

2. 123Greetings - The e-cards at 123Greetings feature sweet messages and cute animations. And the best part? All of them are free! 123Greetings also has Mother's Day e-cards for people other than your own mother, such as first-time mothers.

3. Hipster Cards - This Web site's cards are unique and clever, and some are just downright hilarious! However, take caution with sending some of them, unless your mom has a stellar sense of humor.

4. Egreetings.com - This Web site offers free e-postcards and animated e-cards with meaningful messages, such as, "Some people make such a difference in our world that we can't begin to imagine how our lives would have been without them. Happy Mother's Day to one of those people." Another sentimental card reads, "A Mother's Love... Inspires, Comforts, Renews, Supports, Encourages. You bring the beautiful message of God's love to life every day. Happy Mother's Day."

5. DaySpring - Most of this Christian greeting card company's e-cards, which are well-written, are animated with Flash, and they range in style from cartoonish to purely elegant. The Web site also points out a fabulous Bible verse related to mothers, Proverbs 31:28: "Her children stand and bless her."

6. The Nature Conservancy - If your mom is a nature lover, check out The Nature Conservancy's free e-cards, many of which portray scenes of mother and baby animals interacting. Close-ups of flowers adorn other e-cards.

7. Blue Mountain - Blue Mountain offers a comprehensive assortment of Mother's Day e-cards from which members can choose, and new members can send e-cards for free for their first month. Mother's Day cards designed for sisters, daughters and wives are available at this Web site as well.

8. Ojolie - For $10 a year ($15 for two years of membership), you can send an unlimited number of e-cards. The cards on this Web site are very artistic and contemporary. Choose one of Ojolie's simple greetings or add your own!

9. World Wildlife Fund - If your mom is an animal lover and you don't mind coming up with your own Mother's Day greeting, the World Wildlife Fund offers free e-cards featuring photos of many different animals, from turtles to polar bears. Some of the elephant photos show mother and baby elephants together, which make them a great fit for Mother's Day.

10. Real Simple - Real Simple's Web site offers 15 free e-cards that contain elegant photos of flowers and meaningful quotes about mothers.