Top Model CariDee English Joins Great Friends Greetings

CariDee English, winner of Cycle 7 of the Tyra Banks-hosted reality TV show America’s Next Top Model, has joined the roster of celebrities at Great Friends Greetings, and is featured in the company’s unique gift line.

Great Friends Greetings sells top quality greeting cards that have an interesting twist: they are actually from well known sports and entertainment stars. The cards are special keepsakes that make great gifts, created, designed and personalized in a few simple steps by customers at www.greatfriendsgreetings.com.

“We are extremely happy that CariDee has joined us,” said Great Friends Greetings president, Kenny Perschetz. “CariDee is a wonderful person and has a deservedly large fan base; she’s probably the most popular contestant ever on Top Model. Her star is sure to continue its climb in both the modeling and entertainment worlds.”

Since her Top Model victory, CariDee has appeared in dozens of magazines, including cover shots for Seventeen, Cover, Social Life, Runway and Inked; and hosted a highly rated reality TV show, Pretty Wicked. She joins an eclectic roster of top talent at Great Friends Greetings, including sports stars Andy Roddick, Kristine Lilly, Jennie Finch, Shannon Miller, LaShawn Merritt and Justine Henin; and entertainment stars Deborah Gibson, Naturi Naughton, Lucy Hale and Collin Raye. CariDee is the first model to be featured at Great Friends Greetings.

There’s No Stopping Naturi Naughton

Naturi Naughton has taken off into the fame stratosphere. Her star had already been climbing steadily, but it has now moved to a vertical course and is accelerating rapidly.

While in her mid-teens, a stint in the gold record-producing girl group 3LW got things started. A role in the touring and Broadway companies of Hairspray as Little Inez kept it moving. A butt-kicking performance as Lil Kim in Notorious gave it momentum. And now, at twenty-five, her bravura showing in Fame has her defying gravity altogether.

Naturi is following in the footsteps of Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson, as the next great multitalented female star in our midst. Next up? A comedy with Ice Cube, a sure recording deal and cool affiliations (such as her current one with Great Friends Greetings).

We’ll be seeing a great deal of Naturi Naughton down the road, and it will be an absolute joy.

Fame Special at Great Friends Greetings

To celebrate the opening of the movie musical Fame, Great Friends Greetings is running a special discount on its unique line of custom printed greetings from Fame stars past and present; a perfect gift for any fan of the iconic film.

Visitors to www.greatfriendsgreetings.com can create a beautiful personalized greeting from Naturi Naughton, who plays Denise in the Fame remake opening September 25, or Irene Cara, Coco in the original 1980 version.

A discount of 10% is available through September on cards from Naturi and Irene via the code: famennic.

At Great Friends Greetings, the card is the gift – a wonderful keepsake: customer created personalized greeting cards from top stars. Select a spectacular 5×7 of Naturi or Irene for the front and compose a perfect message for your recipient for the inside. You can also identify yourself as the gift giver on the back. Great Friends Greetings will supply Naturi or Irene’s signature to your message, custom print the card and ship it anywhere in the world in a protective mailer so it arrives in perfect condition.

Send good wishes from Naturi or Irene to your best friend or special someone. Enjoy creating your special greeting…. and have a great time at Fame!

U.S. Open Tennis Special at Great Friends Greetings

For the duration of the 2009 U.S. Open, Great Friends Greetings is holding a 10% off sale on its personalized custom printed greetings from tennis stars Andy Roddick, Justine Henin and Vera Zvonareva.

“We are proud of our affiliation with such great athletes and love bringing our unique product to their fans,” said Kenny Perschetz, Great Friends Greetings’ President. “The U.S. Open is one of America’s great sporting events; we are happy to celebrate it with our customers. We’ll be pulling for Andy and Vera to win their respective titles!”

Great Friends Greetings sells from its website, www.greatfriendsgreetings.com, greeting cards – given as special keepsakes – from top sports and entertainment stars. The cards are created individually, designed and personalized online by customers; custom printed and shipped in protective mailers worldwide by the company. The card is the gift at Great Friends Greetings.

LaShawn Merritt’s Fans Enjoy New Personalized Gift Item

LaShawn Merritt is one of the dominant figures in the world of track and field, winner of double gold in both the ’09 World Championships and ’08 Olympics. The folks at Great Friends Greetings couldn’t be happier.

Merritt is among the roster of stars at the customized gift company, featured in their unique line of customer created personalized greeting cards. At Great Friends Greetings, Merritt joins fellow track stars Shawn Crawford and Terrence Trammell as well as an eclectic mix of top sports and entertainment personalities, including top American tennis star Andy Roddick, Fame‘s Naturi Naughton, softball hero Jennie Finch, soccer legend Kristine Lilly, the multitalented Deborah Gibson and gymnastics icon Shannon Miller.

The card is the gift at Great Friends Greetings. Beautiful custom printed greeting cards from cool celebrities. Imagine a personalized greeting from LaShawn Merritt to a youth athlete or seasoned track aficionado! A special keepsake indeed, great for all kinds of occasions.

Available exclusively at www.greatfriendsgreetings.com, the cards are fun to create and exciting to receive. Customers select a spectacular photo of Merritt for the card front, compose a message for inside that’s perfect for their recipient, and identify themselves as the gift-giver on the back. Great Friends Greetings supplies Merritt’s signature, prints it up and ships it in a protective mailer anywhere in the world.

There are not a lot of personalized track and field products out there, but fans can take heart that there’s an incredibly cool one at Great Friends Greetings. LaShawn Merritt himself is standing by, ready to offer good wishes!

Lucy Hale Personalized Greeting Cards

Lucy Hale has joined the roster of stars at Great Friends Greetings and is featured in the company’s unique line of personalized greeting cards.

Create a beautiful custom printed personalized greeting from Lucy! Great Friends Greetings cards are truly special keepsakes. A totally unique gift idea, the cards are fun to create and so exciting to receive!

Select a stunning 5×7 for the front and compose a fitting message for inside. (Customers can be identified as the card’s author on the back). Great Friends Greetings will provide Lucy’s signature, custom print the card and ship it in a protective mailer so it arrives in perfect condition.

Birthday or get well wishes; congratulations, nice going, encouragement or good luck; holiday greetings…. at Great Friends Greetings you can produce a specific message that’s just for your recipient! A beautiful expression of good wishes from Lucy Hale – perfect for Lucy’s fans everywhere!

Andy Roddick’s Popularity Soars After Wimbledon Loss

Andy Roddick lost the match he most wanted to win, but, in the process, he gained something he might not have achieved, even with a victory. It seems tennis enthusiasts were so taken by Roddick’s determined effort against Roger Federer, perhaps the greatest tennis player of all time, that they have joined his camp as never before.

The match was a pure classic, a marathon slugfest, with Roddick holding serve thirty-seven times before he was finally broken in the thirtieth game of the fifth set.

The number of Roddick’s Twitter followers and Facebook fans spiked precipitously in the two days after the final. At the customized gift site, Great Friends Greetings, interest in personalized greeting cards from Roddick has soared, according to Kenny Perschetz, the company’s president.

There is always a spot in the sports fan’s heart for an underdog and no one fills that spot any better right now than Andy Roddick. It will be fun to watch him lay it all out there as he strives to achieve his second career grand slam title at the US Open this September, with a fan base that will be heavily in his corner from his first rocket-like serve.