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Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated every year on March 17th. While it is a national holiday in Ireland, in the United States it is not an offical holiday, but it is widely celebrated.

Green ribbons or clothing is worn, even green body or face paint, to celebrate St Patricks Day. It is also customary to wear a shamrock or shamrock inspired jewelry, clothing or designs.

The Shamrock is a three leaved plant that legend tells us, Saint Patrick used to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish people.

St. Patrick’s day is celebrated by Irish and non-Irish alike. Many people wear green colored clothing and items whether or not they have an Irish background. It is tradition to “pinch” (hopefully gently) those who are not wearing green. Some cities like Chicago and Indianapolis dye their rivers green.

Many cities hold parades. The longest running one is in Boston which has been held on St. Patrick’s day since 1737!

On St. Patricks day we are all Irish. Here are some Irish blessings and sayings that you could put into greeting cards at CardCafe.com and send to your friends for St. Patrick’s day:

May you always have
Walls for the wind
A roof for the rain
Tea beside the fire
Laughter to cheer you
Those you love near you
And all your heart may desire

May you be in heaven
a half an hour before
the devil knows you’re dead

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow
and may trouble avoid you wherever you go

May you live to be a hundred years
with one extra year to repent

May your neighbors respect you,
Troubles neglect you,
Angels protect you,
And Heaven accept you.

Dance as if no one were watching
Sing as if no one were listening
Live every day as if it were your last!

May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.

Put one of these sayings on a greeting card and send to your loved ones. CardCafe makes this easy to do. They will appreciate receiving real card in the mail as you wish them a happy St. Patrick’s day!

With Valentines Day right around the corner and Mothers Day coming up fast, I just want to remind you that while ecards are nice, a real, hold in your hand, personalized, quality paper greeting card received through the mail is so much nicer!

Your loved one is worth more than a 10 second ecard. You might as well text them “happy valentines day” and be done. Instead, customize and send them a real world greeting card. This can be done almost as easily as sending an email at cardcafe.com – We even customize it, and put YOUR address as the return address on the envelope.

Go Send Out Cards at CardCafe.com Today!

Global Access Launches Easy To Use Photo Book Site

OREM, UTAH (August 3, 2009) Global Access, a worldwide technology provider, announced the launch of MyMemoriesCafe.com. This easy to use site allows people to choose from different themes and templates to create photo books, photo prints, posters, mugs, t-shirts, calendars, puzzles, mural tiles, and much more. The products are then produced by a network of quality suppliers across the country and shipped to the customer.

“I could not be more excited about My Memories Café.” Said Teague Bengtzen, President of Global Access. “The technology that powers the site has already won numerous awards. In fact, it was voted easier and more fun to use than Snapfish, Shutterfly and Kodak Gallery in an Info Trends survey.” (Web-Based Digital Photo Applications: A Focus Group Assessment)

The software is easy to use and has more features than its competitors. A person can choose from different templates and themes to find their ideal look. The person can simply click a button and the whole book will be created for them or they can choose to make every page themselves. Included in the site are many editing tools typically reserved for professionals. Some of these tools include embellishments, layering (for a 3D) look, photo editing, journaling and much more.

Global Access was founded in 2005 and quickly built a reputation for building advanced technologies to help companies automatically get their direct mail printed and delivered more quickly. Global Access has 3 divisions, Card Café, 1:1 Specialists and My Memories Café. Card Café (CardCafe.com) is a leading online greeting card website that produces million of cards each year. 1:1 Specialists (1to1Specialists.com) focuses on providing web-to-print technology to many different industries. My Memories Café (MyMemoriesCafe.com) is an easy and fun site for creating photo books.

Are you hosting this years 4^th of July BBQ. Why not send a personal invitation. Do you have the perfect picture to use for the front of the invitation? How about a picture of you can upload it and have it professionally printed. Even if you don’t have your own you can choose from thousand of cards that Card Café offers. Visit Card Café at www.cardcafe.com to create your perfect personalized BBQ invitation.