Let the birthday girl in your life have her cake and eat it, too. Send your fond wishes before the celebration (or in the hazy morning after) with perfectly festive happy birthday cards for her special day.

You can of course, serve up the sweets with a card featuring macarons, cupcakes, or a traditionally tiered and frosted marvel—but save room for a champagne chaser. The birthday girl-gone-wild in your life will appreciate an offer of illustrated bubbly or island-appropriate umbrella drinks. It’ll make a fine pick-me-up after a long night of partying. There’s room for simpler gifts, too—and we might be getting ahead of ourselves with all this partying. If the birthday party you planned has favors more along the lines of hats and noisemakers, we’ve got cute ideas and birthday cards for your daughters. Send along cards designed with colorful balloons, elegant bouquets, and colorful packages tied up with ribbons and bows. If you’d prefer your happy birthday wish to stand on its own, a minimal typographic or patterned design frames your message brilliantly—there’s even room for a choice party shot on our photo birthday cards. Modern styling from the Indigo Bunting and kate spade new york ensure that your card reflects the spirit of the age (as opposed to your friend’s). There are even some free birthday cards, too, if you wanted to spend the money on presents, instead.

Once you’ve picked out the ideal design for your pre-gift prelude, use our online design tool to customize your birthday message in fonts and colors of your choosing. Add a festive envelope liner and digital backdrop to your message to place a bit of fanfare on this important annual greeting. It may be online delivery, but your card’s arrival can be as well outfitted and cheoreographed as the most glamorous of step and repeats.

You can schedule your birthday card in advance, but in case you’ve celebrated a bit too hard in anticipation, there’s an elegant solution. Send a belated birthday card online—your greeting’s speed will be matched by its charm, and will surely take care of any lingering sense of dereliction of duty.