CardsDirect Announces Relationship with
Artist Marian Hirsch

PLANO, TX (December 7, 2007) – CardsDirect, LLC (www.cardsdirect.com), an online leader in customizable, printed business greeting and holiday cards, announced today its relationship with Marian Hirsch (www.marianhirsch.com), a Dallas Metroplex, Texas based artist whose works have been featured in galleries nationwide, as well as on consumer oriented products such as cards, posters puzzles, gift bags, gift wrap and checks.

CardsDirect currently offers seven exclusive holiday cards from Ms. Hirsch in its 2007 collection. Titles include: Palm Tree Warm Wishes (L332), City Street (L331), Winter Bridge (L334), Cozy Winter Home (L338), Snow Tree (L333), Realtor Fine Art (L339), and Real Estate Holiday (L340). With this beautiful offering, customers ordering from CardsDirect.com can choose from pre-written verses, can customize verses, can add a personal message and can preview their cards before purchasing.

"Ms. Hirsch brings a style of art to our card offering that is not only beautiful and full of color, but also evokes imagery that adds to the imagination of our customers and, in turn, their recipients" said Kevin Strawbridge, Vice president, Marketing at CardsDirect. "In addition, these cards become items that people want to keep past the holidays and look at again from time to time."

”I am pleased that the cards with my designs are doing so well” commented Ms. Hirsch. In regards to her work she says, “Nature continues to provide a powerful catalyst in the evolution of my work. There is always that moment when light falls on a subject in just such a way that the ordinary becomes the extraordinary. Then the creative spark ignites the painting process.” While her work is relatively new on the Cards Direct.com website, Ms. Hirsch’s designs have already risen to one of the better sellers.

About CardsDirect, LLC

Founded in 1998, CardsDirect LLC, is a catalog and internet-based social expression company headquartered in Plano, Texas that has grown into one of the most trusted online resources for custom imprinted card products. Whether it is 25 cards or 25,000+ cards, CardsDirect gives all orders the personal attention deserved. CardsDirect offers custom greeting cards for consumers and businesses including Christmas cards, holiday cards (Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, New Years, etc.) photo cards, thank you cards, anniversary cards and assortment packs for all occasions. Nine out of ten Fortune 500 companies order cards from CardsDirect annually due to an easy ordering process, value pricing, and top notch customer service. CardsDirect has been recognized eight years running as a distinguished dealer and has won numerous awards from industry leaders and manufacturers. The CardsDirect team is always working hard to provide a positive, easy and enjoyable card buying experience.
Contact:
Kevin Strawbridge
CardsDirect, LLC
469.241.3907
kstrawbridge@cardsdirect.com

About Marian Hirsch

Based out of her studio in the Dallas Metroplex in Texas, Marian Hirsch often spends time out amongst various landscapes studying and sketching ideas for her next work. In addition, she exhibits her work at galleries around the country. Currently her work is on display at Corporate Art Group in Chicago, Illinois, the ACA Exhibition at the Visual Arts Coalition of Dallas, and The Edmund Craig Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas. She has also had collections displayed at companies such as AT&T, MCI, Lucent Technologies, Motorola Ford Motor Corporation, and GE Capital Bank, to name a few. Hasbro issued a series of 5 puzzles featuring her art, which were distributed in Target stores nationwide. Ms. Hirsch is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America where it is a thrill for her to have paintings accepted in the National show at the National Arts Club in New York City. She will be sharing her painting skills in several upcoming artist workshops in 2008.

Contact:
Marian Hirsch
PO Box 861258 Plano, TX
75086-1258
972.422.2163
info@marianhirsch.com

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