Get Real Greetings: Creating Cards for Your Sassiest Sentiments

by Jessica Strawser (Editor)

Forget sweet and sappy...
Celebrate the ups and downs of real life with these sassy greeting cards.

Did your best girlfriend get a speeding ticket, get dumped and get fired, all in the same week? Or did that lucky bitch just introduce you to her hot new boyfriend who just happens to be a masseuse? Too bad there are no sections in the greeting card aisles for those occasions!

"Get Real Greetings" picks up where store-bought cards and traditional card-making books leave off. You'll find something here for all the non-occasions of everyday life - with cards covering everything from "The Usual Crap" to "The Joys of Womanhood" - as well as snarky new twists on more tried-and-true topics. Choose from 70+ fabulous card designs, plus dozens of bonus unsentimental sentiments to mix and match with your favorites. Simple instructions make it easy to create these fresh and funny cards whenever inspiration (in the form of a girlfriend's triumph or tragedy) strikes.

Give your friends their just desserts - make them a Get Real greeting today!

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction, Humor

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Aimeslee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Upon finishing this read, I was conflicted. I felt jipped in a way because, frankly, I was not brave enough to jack/make any of the cards (with their sentiments); yet, as a generic "read", it's a ton of entertainment and giggles. So, it's a great coffee table kind of book that can always deliver a chuckle or two no matter how many times you've read it.

You may be asking, WHY? It's entertaining because it's a book of common and casual occasion cards with sentiments that you only send your enemy, ok? (That's slight exxageration, but...). If you have bitingly sarcastic relationships with all of your friends, then this book is for you. But if you are like the rest of us, this book makes you a slightly uncomfortable voyeur and fantasizer. Just imagine sending a card to your coworker that says something like, (front) "10 Years! Who'd of Thought..."; (inside) "...It would take them this long to fire you?"

I mean, my generation would never send something like that. That's an outright insult. So, am I showing my age here? I hope not, but who knows (I apparently don't).

Anyway, for the $12 it cost me, I'd say that's a fair price for a few moments of fantasy payback and chortling.

[Cathy Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

I laughed myself silly reading this book—it has the detailed instructions and precise designs for a paper crafted to make these cards. “ You exude the energy of youth!” On a flower shaped, pretty. Pampered card.
Inside: Who’s your plastic surgeon?

Or”I hear you are expecting”. Let’s hope the baby fares better than your houseplants.

Or: You are so beautiful inside
Congratulations on a successful colonoscopy

I make cards, give cards, send cards, all the time—and I killed myself laughing over these.