Happy Lá Fhéile Pádraig — Saint Patrick's Day (Enhance any of your celebrations with . . . "Dogwood Yawning")

Top of the mornin' to you, dear reader, with a salutation that you are likely to hear on this day, Lá Fhéile Pádraig — Saint Patrick's Day ( a day which provides an excuse to hoist a green beer to celebrate), but did you know that this greeting actually comes from New Zealand and not Ireland? This bit of trivia was brought to my attention when I spent time in Galway, Ireland, some years ago, and learned that New Zealanders coined the phrase — because they believe they are at the top of the world. Whether the phrase belongs to the Irish or not, the color green seems to, and the city of Chicago honors the Irish by dying Lake Michigan a kelly green color.

In light of it being Lá Fhéile Pádraig — Saint Patrick's Day, my thoughts turn to lovely green leaves, leaves celebrated in Dogwood Yawning (featured in the image of one of my invitations posted above). Dogwood Yawning may be familiar to some of my clients as it has been rendered into a collection of invitations that preserve a moment in time, as well as an event program cover that enhances any occasion — a fact which has been documented in my beautifully designed downloadable brochure. Dogwood Yawning, is an extra special image to use to promote soirées or fundraising events, as indicated in both of these brochures.

However, its most unique feature (and especially when it is used in this manner) is the fact that it  has been rendered in a way that makes it suitable for framing. This makes it an elegant selection to use when choosing an invitation or event program cover that will provide a way of etching an event in one's mind, as seen below:

The value in sending invitations and using program covers that have been rendered this way is a subject that I have discussed in some of my previous blog entries, which you can refer to by clicking here as well as here and here).

Dogwood Yawning is also available as a card, a card which you may want to send when your goal is to reach out to others in a way that goes beyond basic communication. This idea is also discussed in the aforementioned posts, and purchase information for my cards, invitations and event program covers may be found in the storefront pages of my web-site.

I won't leave you with the Top-of-the-mornin'- salutation in connection with Saint Patrick's Day, but I will leave you with this thought: Top of the mornin' seems to be the forerunner to the have-a-nice-day phrase which many shopkeepers seem to say no matter if the day is done. An actor I know once responded to someone telling him to have a nice day by saying "Don't tell me what to do . . . "  (and no, that actor was not Charlie Sheen).