Winter

❄️ Virtual Snow Globe

The best snow globes have someone you love inside. This one has exactly that: give it a shake, a blizzard swirls across the glass, and you two are waiting behind the snow as it clears.

Free to create, send and open · no signup · no app · no watermark · photo gifts: 30 days · gifts without photos: 60 days · automatically deleted, from creation

shake it! (or scrub with your finger)

Shake the globe (or scrub the screen on desktop) to set off the blizzard.
The snow swirls, then settles to reveal your photo and words inside.
A keepsake for holidays, first snows, and far-away winters.

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick a wintry card and photo.

  2. 2

    Write what winter makes you think of.

  3. 3

    Send the globe — they shake it to clear the snow.

Not sure what to write?

Tap a line to start with it — it lands in the card, ready to edit.

Questions

What is a virtual snow globe?

A snow-filled scene sent as a link: they shake the globe (or scrub the screen with a finger or mouse), a blizzard swirls, and your photo and message emerge as it settles.

When do people send them?

First snow of the year, holiday mornings, homesick Decembers, and any winter you can't spend in the same place.

Is it free?

Yes — free to send and open, on any phone.

What photo works best?

You two in coats. Failing that, any photo that belongs in a snow globe: warm, slightly blurry, obviously happy.

More ways to send it

Virtual Snow Globe in a minute

Free, no signup. Add a photo and your words, and send the link.

Send a snow globe

Open a Gift is free to create, send and open. There is no signup and no app for either side, no watermark on the gift, and gifts are automatically deleted: after 30 days with a photo, or 60 days without a photo, measured from creation. It opens in any phone or desktop browser, straight from WhatsApp, iMessage, email or any chat.