Wednesday, February 22, 2012HEART-SHAPED balloons and candies, long-stemmed roses, and sappy greeting cards painted the city red on Valentine’s Day, hence warping one’s view of what the city can offer for both couples and singles who wanted to celebrate that day. For those of us who want to celebrate love, or the lack of or desire for it, ex post facto to avoid the red and heart-shaped clichs that .. more …
Reddit user wikiwikiwawawess wrote the comment “/r/toosoon,” using Reddit shorthand to suggest that it be filed in the “too soon” category.And Reddit user pimpernel666 commented “well that was fast,” which seems to show his or her incredulity at the fact that such a card had been designed and printed so quickly and is already on the shelves at Target stores.But a posting by Reddit user .. more …
Christian greeting cards for love are widely available. You can also go online to see the kind of display they have. Christians are known to be very conservative but, when it comes to expressing love to their spouse or boyfriends and girlfriends, they are never shy. You will be in a position to send your love card saying all the sweet stuff that lovers say to each other. Cards will seek to observe .. more …
1. Lack of originality. A custom greeting card is supposed to be customized to a degree wherein it is very original and distinctive. Unfortunately for many people who try to design greeting cards today, this is not the case. With all the greeting card templates, and canned message makers, a lot of those so called custom greeting cards are not really original and customized greeting cards at all. .. more …
There are many ways then to make your custom greeting cards more effective. First of all, you have to consider that all greeting cards are meant to touch the hearts of their recipients. The giver would want to send and communicate a very special message – one that would push the emotional buttons of the one receiving it. The message therefore, is not something that you write for everybody. There .. more …
Written by Kimberly Donnelly, staff Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:00 As anyone with a child, a spouse, a lover, classmates, a girlfriend/boyfriend, or none of the above knows, Valentine’s Day was this week.What with the $75/dozen roses and the inundation of diamond, chocolate and Victoria’s Secret ads, it’s easy for a cynic to believe that Valentine’s Day was a creation of Madison Avenue, one of .. more …
So, if you want to make someone feel special on their birthday, for example, send any of the mail greeting cards around. It is not hard to find mail greeting cards. At the mall or even at a nearby specialty store, you can purchase a mail greeting card at a very affordable price. Sending a mail greeting card is not even a problem, too. You just have to go to the nearest post office and have theme .. more …
As Christianization spread all throughout Europe, this practice soon became common for Christmas as well. By 1843, Sir Henry Cole hired an artist to design a holiday card to gift to his friends and relatives. At this point Greeting Cards were still hand painted and quite expensive to produce. Popularity of these cards snowballed in the US states and established itself as a global gifting habit .. more …
I have always loved the greeting card aisle. I love looking at the designs, which have gotten so much more sophisticated, indie-artsy, and embellished over the years. (I do like to send a little glitter and bling now and then!) I like reading the sentiments inside, deciding if that’s how I would say it, or tossing it aside as too mushy or not clever enough or just plain boring. In fact, back when .. more …
Sending letters or greeting cards is a good way to foster a love of communication and writing in children. In our society, instant messaging, text messaging, and short emails have all but killed the art of good communication. Studies indicate that the more a child reads, the smarter they are. However, it can often be difficult to get some children to read due to lack of interest. I bet there isn’t .. more …
