Big Smile

The other day, I purchased this sweet little print at the Studio Mela shop on Etsy because it made me happy.



Do you know what else made me happy? My address was handwritten on the package in the middle of a cartoon girl's speech bubble and below it the following was printed:

let me say thank you. with my whole heart.
i hope you love what's inside because a nice person like you deserves a really big smile.

OMG, right? If only every purchase could be so heartwarming. If only our new furnace carried a little sticker telling us how happy it is when it gives our family warmth. Hey, maybe I'd be filled with bliss to know I'd spent thousands and thousands of dollars this year alone on new windows, siding, kitchen counters, subway tiles, floors, an up-to-spec chimney, front porch, etc. if only we got adorable little notes from the contractors spreading the love. Surely my cousin Peter could have given me a giant bear hug me after he remodeled our kitchen and told me how much he appreciated our business, no?

Instead, we had a beautiful, touching, emotional experience when Son #1 made a simple request from our ass-crack plumber last Sunday on my behalf, "Excuse me sir, but you might want to pull your pants up."

Just lovely.

Taglines Revisited

If the handful of you who actually take the time read my blog (thank you!) know of any interesting taglines, I would love to hear about them.

I was trying to find interesting or noteworthy tags for a client and came up woefully short. Which leads me to the same conclusion I posted about recently: people just don't get it!

Here were a few that I found funny mainly from sites I've mentioned in the past:

someecards: “when you care enough to hit send”

The “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks: “misinterpreting bad punctuation since 2005”

Gizmodo: “so much in love with shiny new toys, it’s unnatural”

And last but not least --

The Crack Team (concrete repair specialists): Mr. Happy Crack says . . . “A dry crack is a happy crack”

Please tell me there are actually some valuable taglines out there somewhere. Bueller? Anyone?