***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***
Yes, I know it looks like I have a misplaced apostrophe up there, but trust me on this one. This week’s prize will have one of you sending handwritten greetings across all seasons of the year (see, I’m looking less punctuationally deviant already).
As you may recall from Friday’s thank-you-to-our-sponsors post, Emmy Lu Design Studio is an awesome source for beautiful custom stationery with a DIY twist. Once you pick the style and fill in the custom details (whether it be a holiday card, personal stationery, an invitation or even a baby announcement) Emmy Lu hooks you up with a ready-to-print PDF. That means you can print as many as you want (whether you need five or five million), on any paper you want (bargain or mega-fancy-pants), for as long as you want (the file’s yours for eternity). Kinda genius, no?
And since it’s nearly impossible to pick your favorite design, this week’s winner is getting a year’s worth of them! That means a new card/invite/announcement of the winner’s choosing for every month of the year (which loosely translates to 12 excuses to throw a party, pen a thank you note or even write your mom a letter for crying out loud).
So here’s how you can get your hands on these greetings by the dozen:
- PRIZE: One custom Emmy Lu design per month (of $50 or less) for an entire year (that’s up to a $600 value!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “EMMY ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …tell us what you do to send seasonal greetings. Do you pose for a traditional family Christmas card? Or something quirkier (like photoshopping your chihuahua)? Maybe you abstain from the madness completely?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 9th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: Anywhere in the world!
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Get more info about our freebies on our Giveaway FAQs page. Images courtesy of Emmy Lu Design Studio.
Emily Pearl says
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Robin says
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I haven’t sent Christmas cards in probably 10 years. I do however, generally send out Valentine’s – they’re less expected, and there’s tons of cute stuff out there to DIY.
Elizabeth M says
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Alicia says
EMMY ME…we have a 2 year old so Christmas cards contain a recent picture of the little guy!!
Maureen says
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My husband & I usually send our Christmas greetings & photos via email. Now that we have a baby however, we are thinking of doing something a little more…memorable? Still don*t know what! :)
kim says
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i’ve been doing cheesy photo cards but i’m not sure how i want to spin that off this year… hopefully this can help me decide :)
marisa says
Emmy me!!! I do the traditional family photo christmas card. Sometimes cheesy….but effective and fast!
Kristen A. says
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I usually try to pick a funny card that will make the recipient laugh.
Sara Mason says
Emmy me! We send out Holiday cards. I have to say I hate the family photo cardsthat are sent out. Rarely are they even signed and I think they are really impersonal. I like the idea of a family photo, but I wish more people would take the time to sign them. Maybe make it feel like less of a mass mailing.
rachel halsey says
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My hubby and I posed in some hilarious christmas sweaters with our furry children for a pretty sweet “gag” christmas card ;)
Melissa M. says
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I am boring, and just send traditional Christmas cards. I always shop the sales after Christmas and save them for the next year.
Natalie says
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We just posed for pics in front of our home renovation yesterday. :) It’ll go on our Christmas card.
Mary L says
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carrie says
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This year we had a family caricature drawn to use as our holiday card.
Claudette says
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I normally just send a card I bought somewhere, but this year since it’s the first year I’m married I’m going to send a picture of my husband and I that I took earlier this year. I’m thinking of the Halloween picture where we look like aliens. I think our families will understand! :)
Megan says
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I have great hopes of getting out Christmas cards this year. After all, we just got married and I have all the addresses organized into a nice little excel spreadsheet! But seeing as it’s now 12/7 I better get on it. Maybe I’ll check out Emmy Lu…
D says
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Every year I do something different, but this year I bought a variety of letter press holiday cards (on sale too!). Maybe next year I’ll make them w/the Gocco printer I want for xmas!
Jen N. says
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Honestly? I only send out cards to people I never ever get to see. If I have time, I’ll design my own.
Danielle says
EMMY ME! My holiday cards are fairly traditional – cards I purchase or (if I’m feeling crafty)make. Thanks for the reminder – I need to figure out what the plan is for this season!
Kerry says
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This year we are sending out a christmas card that has pictures of some of the most exciting things that happened to us this year…our first wedding anniversary, our first home, etc. We also put in a little note with an annual update/summary that gives more explanation to the pictures.
Alissa says
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We’re dog-centric at our house. We always do something cute on our holiday cards with our french bulldog. This year it’s a silhouette drawing with snow flakes in green and white.
Amanda says
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I love sending cards, letters, pictures, but I’m terrible at it. This would kick me in the butt for sure!
carrie says
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This is the first year in awhile that I am sending out photo Christmas cards. My boyfriend and I are going to take pictures in the horrible 80’s sweater to make into Christmas cards and send them on there way.
No I haven’t taken the photo yet.. this is my procrastination coming out! =(
Emily @ Waldo Bungie says
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Since we’ve been married, we’ve done a “family photo” Christmas card with our dogs in it – they are always dressed for the holidays in Christmas sweaters or something else adorable. This year our chihuahua is wearing a Santa hat and beard and our pit mix is a reindeer. So cute!
Sarah @ Dream In Domestic says
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Oooh this giveaway is AWESOME!!! I don’t really have the need for any of this, but I sure would find it if I won! I don’t sent to many people because I’m just a lowly college student, but I do write out Christmas cards (cheap ones in bulk) to all of my friends and family.
Jessica says
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Arlee Leo says
EMMY ME! We hand-write notes all the time (I love receiving them, so I figure others might like getting them)! For the holidays, since my husband and I are newlyweds, we opted for the picture card. We went with traditional this year, though I’ve been known to do a sillier picture in years past.
Mikayla says
EMMY ME!! I always make my own Christmas cards to send out.
Cassie says
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My husband and I haven’t sent out our own personal Christmas cards since getting married, but since this will be our 2nd Christmas married we need to start a fun tradition.
I needed this reminder, Christmas is right around the corner!
Megan W says
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We’re sending out a traditional photo card this year — me, the hubs and the dog. It’s our first Christmas with our dog so we had to mark the occasion!
Jen says
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We always make a fun video at JibJab.comand email it to all of our friends and family! Last year’s Dancing Elves was by far the best :) We have already started getting requests for this year’s video! Our kids love it and it’s just so much fun!!
Stephanie H says
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Whatever we end up doing for holiday cards, they have to be non-denominational and have some sort of recycled content.
Joanna says
EMMY ME! I pose with my dog for a cute photo card. :)
Erin P says
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I love the hilarity of photo shopping my friends into pictures. Last year we were Santa’s helpers. SO CUTE!
abby says
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So cute! I love the idea of semi-DIY!
Last year was Baby Max’s first Christmas so now he is the star of our holiday photo card. My husband and I set up the photo shoot and take a million pics until we get just the right one!
Alisa says
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Annika says
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This is the first year I made a website with our holiday letter to send to family/friends that have computers. We’ll still print/send a card to the family members that don’t have computers/internet though.
Andi says
Emmy me! I unfortunately still have last year’s unsent Christmas cards somewhere. I’m a horrible procrastinator. But what better motivation than these beautiful cards!
Alicia says
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I love all things snail mail, so this is one of my favorite giveaways! I’m not that original when it comes to Christmas cards though. I just send store bought cards.
Chelsea says
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My husband got in an ATV accident a month or so age. When I saw his face I was like, “Welp, looks like we’ll need to use an old photo this year!” Wasn’t sure how long it would be until he looked photogenic!
lindsey says
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This is a fantastic giveaway! Thanks!
I like to make handmade cards when possible. It’s a special touch for the many people I rarely get to see throughout the year.
I would eventually like to start a Christmas letter, too :)
Andrea C. says
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Katie says
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Given my love of ‘all things paper’, this is one of your best giveaways so far!!!! I tend to make our own photo christmas card. Last year we got to add our Lab Mix puppy to the mix. Nothing gets better than a Christmas puppy!!
April says
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We are pretty tradition here: standard Christmas cards for one and all. But, I like to mix it up a little by sending out several designs.
Julia Rechsteiner says
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I love this!!
I send photo cards usually because they are quick, simple and personal.
Emmy A says
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I haven’t been good about sending Christmas cards in the past, but my husband has begged me to send one this year. I’ll probably just do a photo card to make things easy.
lauren says
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i’m not huge on sending christmas cards, but when i do want to give some, i like to make them myself!
Lindsey says
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We always send out Christmas cards with a photo of our entire family (dogs included!) This year we get to add our son to the picture…YAY!
Aimee says
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For the past few years, I’ve been Photoshopping our cards (with digital scrapbooking supplies, not the quirky-but-cute Photoshop route), usually with pics of the kids, although all four of us got into it this year!
Angela says
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Every year I swear I’m going to send out holiday cards and I always seem to run out of time. Maybe these would help me get the ball rolling.