greeting card

The holiday dust is settling and industry observers are beginning to tally the season's winners and losers. One of the winners, it seems, are 'e-cards', the emailed greeting cards that your friends send you with those corny graphics, animations and ... music. In previous years, e-cards might have been fun, sure, but you wouldn't really use them for important occasions. This year, however, it would seem that e-cards are becoming "OK" for traditional events like Christmas. According to American Greetings, one of the biggest e-card producers, e-card utilization has increased by 10% this year. ( ... (view more)

Synopsis: What do you get when you mix animation, funny quotes, and sound effects to pictures of friends and family? Answer: Incrediface! Developed by the same software company that brought you InAlbum , IncrediFace is the fun and incredibly easy to ... use tool for creating photo gifts, greeting cards, or even practical jokes! Start with over 200+ ready to use templates such as movie poster, celebrities, famous people, animal, objects, and more -- or, create your own photo template from any digital photo. With Incrediface, anything is possible! Incrediface: Screenshots Click to view: Page 1. ... (view more)

Recall -- Last week, Infopackets Reader Jenny C. asked if I knew of a freeware greeting card program. She wrote: " I am wondering if you could help me: I have been trying to find a small (and hopefully free) software program to create ordinary ... greeting cards -- one that I can put my own pictures or clipart on, write my own verse, and mail it (via snail mail) to friends. I used to use a greeting card program that came pre-packaged with my computer, but the program has expired and I can no longer use it. I would love to make my own greeting cards and I am sure other subscribers would too. ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader Jenny C. writes: " Hi! I just read my first newsletter -- it was great and I am looking forward to more issues! I am wondering if you could help me: I have been trying to find a small (and hopefully free) software program to ... create ordinary greeting cards -- one that I can put my own pictures or clipart on, write my own verse, and mail it (via snail mail) to friends. I used to use a greeting card program that came pre-packaged with my computer, but the program has expired and I can no longer use it. I would love to make my own greeting cards and I am sure other ... (view more)

Did you mail all your Christmas cards out yet? I've got a small collection starting on top of the mantel, but I'm surprised that I haven't received any (tangible) Holiday cards yet from Infopackets Readers! Sending an e-greeting is nice to receive, ... but it's hard to differentiate the spam mails from the legit. Sometimes when I write a newsletter, I get up to 200 emails in a day! That can get kind of nutty after a while. And, that brings me to my next point. MBMaser emailed me the other day and told me about a web site called FriendGreetings.com which is allegedly responsible for incorporating ... (view more)