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Clinton Griffiths Wins American Greetings Humor Contest
 American Greetings says about 60,000 people thought they were funny and entered its Think You're Funny? Prove It! caption writing contest. Clinton Griffiths of Derby, KS was awarded the grand prize of $1,000.00. Two runners-up will have their concepts posted on AmericanGreetings.com and will also receive one-year memberships to the site. The contest ran in conjunction with the release of American Greetings' newest line of funny photo cards, Fun Pix. They now have a new contest up called Sounds Funny to Me.
Griffiths submitted copy for a picture of two young boys looking down into the kid's potties they are sitting on. The image resonated with Griffiths, who recently became a father. Inspired by the trials of new parenthood and caring for his seven-month old son, Colton, his caption read, "Sorry your card is late. Dooty called. Happy Belated Birthday."
"I was shocked and delighted to find out I was the winner. My wife Mary Beth didn't believe me at first," Griffiths said. "I've always enjoyed looking at funny photos and thinking of humorous captions to go with them. Those are my favorite types of cards to give family and friends."
The judging was completed by a team at American Greetings, who looked at many factors in deciding the ultimate winner.
"We received a lot of very funny ideas to choose from," said Mindy Johnston, assistant product manager at American Greetings, who was part of the team reviewing the entries. "When we judged the submissions we looked at many things, but mainly it came down to whether or not the joke that was submitted would translate to a final card, and then, who came up with the funniest idea."
Posted on July 30, 2008
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American Greetings to Sell Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears
 Earlier this month American Greetings had announced Hasbro, Inc. as the new master toy licensee worldwide for both Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake effective January 2009. This was a statement from American Greetings at the time the deal was announced.
"Both Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake have a strong history with Hasbro, and we are thrilled to be working with them on our two biggest classic brands," said Tamra Knepfer, Senior Vice President, Consumer Products, American Greetings Properties. "Hasbro has unparalleled experience leveraging evergreen franchises with toy lines at retail and we are incredibly excited about the innovation, marketing, and retail presence that this alliance brings to both brands as we look to grow both here in the U.S. and around the world."
Now Marketwatch is reporting that American Greetings plans to sell Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears to a privately held Canadian company called the Cookie Jar Group for $195 million. American Greetings has Care Bear cards like these and a number of products featuring both Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake. A longer article about the sale can be found here.
Posted on July 27, 2008
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Woman Finds Powerball Ticket Worth $600,000 in Old Greeting Card
 A North Carolina woman was going through her old greeting cards when she found a Powerball ticket worth $600,000 stuck inside a Valentine's Day card.
Checking an old greeting cards paid off big time for a North Carolina Woman.
She found an old Valentine's Day Card with a powerball ticket worth $600,000.00. Judy Carpenter of Bryson City bought a Powerball ticket for the February 13 drawing and then misplaced it in her house.
She was going through some old greeting cards and found the ticket stuck inside the card.
Carpenter checked the numbers on the North Carolina Education Lottery website and says she was in total shock when she saw that was worth $600,000.00.
Wow. She's a lucky lady! Things can slip inside greeting cards so it is wise to look through them before you store them away.
Posted on July 16, 2008
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