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We’re back with another fantastic prize that THREE lucky winners will be able to put their names on. This one comes from Customized Stationary, a fun little Etsy shop that features playfully designed cards and prints that you can customize with everything from your first name to your family name. And they’ve kindly put together three sweet sets for our winners to choose from (each which includes a print and set of coordinating notecards) that we were so enamored with we couldn’t help but snag a set for ourselves.
We had trouble picking, but ended up going with the Carved Tree set, which we got to customize not only with our name and our initials carved into the tree, but also with our choice of colors. That way we ended up with a perfect-for-us set of stationary that was almost too good lookin’ to unwrap.
Want a chance to customize your own set? Here are the giveaway deets:
- PRIZE: 8×10″ print and coordinating twelve pack of 4 x 5.25 notecards in your selected design (Bird Family, Carved Tree or Stump). It’s a $27 value, but stay tuned for a YHL special discount at the end of the contest on Thursday.
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “CUSTOMIZE ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: Tell us about one of the last handwritten letters your sent (or received). Seems to be a dying custom in the digital age, so what was memorable about a recent time you used snail mail to send something special?
- CONTEST CLOSES: Wednesday, September 2nd at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Three
- PRIZE SHIPS: USA Only
- THE USUAL: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Get more info on our freebies at our Giveaway FAQs page. Images courtesy of Customized Stationary.
Rebecca says
customize me
Kayce says
Customize me!
There’s nothing like opening up the mailbox and finding a handwritten letter. I work weekly to do my best to save the art of handwritten cards. These are amazing!
katia says
CUSTOMIZE ME
A. says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I send & receive handwritten letters frequently . . . and it still seems like a treat to open one.
maria says
customize me!
my last card was written last night actually. today is our anniversary and i jotted a little note to my lovey :)
Shana says
Customize me! I send “thank you” and “thinking of you” notes to my friends all of the time. There is just something special about getting snail mail that isn’t a bill! :)
Jennifer says
Customize me!! The last handwritten card I sent was a thank you for a wedding gift and another thank you note for a graduation gift.
Krystle says
Customize Me!
The last written letter I received was from my husband’s cousin while he was at Army training before he was deployed. It was great to hear him so positive and excited about what he was learning and doing. And to get his letter on official government-issued stationary was even better!
Rachel says
Customize me!
The last time i wrote hand written cards was about 6 months ago when i had to write over 100 “thank yous” to friends and family for wedding gifts. And that was just my side! i made my husband write all the notes to his side. Its been hard to pick up a pen ever since…my hand start to cramp just thinking about writting another card. But hopefully if i win, these cards will give me new inspiration!!
Rebecca Lindsey says
Customize me!
Email is definitely easier, but I’m really trying hard to keep up handwritten correspondence. I write my great Aunt, and she writes great letters back!
Kaitlyn says
Customize ME!
I often send thank you notes or just thinking of you notes to friends and family. They always seem so surprised to receive them!
Kerry says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I love getting letters – probably the last ones I wrote were what seemed like a million and a half thank you notes for wedding gifts!
Sheri says
CUSTOMIZE ME
This custom is alive and well in our home. I love beautiful stationary and the sentiments that can be communicated with it.
One of the last handwritten notes I sent was yesterday, a thank you note to my Aunt for an AMAZING piece of pottery she gave me for my birthday (belated). We were out recently and I fell for this piece and she surprised me with it at dinner. I love it when birthdays last all year!
Wendy F says
Customize me!
I sent out handwritten thank you notes after my wedding :)
Tanya Womack says
Customize me!
Its been a few years for me, but I got to know my husbands grandmother through letters- not emails or awkward phone calls. We eventually stopped, but I still have the letters and love that we got to know each other that way.
Alison says
CUSTOMIZE ME I still send letters to my “pen pal” in Hawaii we started writing when we were 14 and four years ago we got to meet her on our honeymoon – it was wonderful!
Kim S says
Customize me! The last snail mail I sent was a month or so ago to my uncle, who was recovering from surgery. I had visited him recently and we’d talked about one of my favorite recipes, so I wrote it out for him and sent it with a note saying he can make it when he’s feeling better!
sabrina says
customize me. the last hand written notes i wrote were to my friend doing peace corp in mauritania. since he had limited access to the internet, i would drop him a fun card every month so he could get some fun mail.
Amanda says
CUSTOMIZE ME
Since I am getting married in 4 weeks, I have been sending out a crazy amount of thank you notes. My mothers friend makes cards and sells them on Etsy too!!!! But she has made me tons for thank you cards, its a blessing to have such personal cards to send.
Rachel Ridd says
customize me! the last letter i wrote was last week. i wrote to a friend who has recently moved to sc.
Rebecca Myers says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I love to write letters and I also get plenty. My most treasured are from college when I got letters from my grandparents, who just passed last year.
anu says
customize me! i have a young baby, so i have sent many a handwritten thank you note in recent days, months.
Meredith says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I want to use my new home office and desk (that I don’t have to share with my hubby any more!) to start sending more cards via snail mail, so this would be perfect! I’d pick the carved tree or the stump. Probably the stump.
I recently included a hand-written note with a care package (sent jointly with two other friends) to a friend who just went through a break-up with her first serious relationship since college. I know the hand-written notes made her feel better, and I’m sure the cookies, chocolate, and books didn’t hurt either!
Leslie says
Customize me!
I send average 5 letters/week. I still LOVE handwritten letters, even if I send more than I receive. There’s nothing like sending a letter in the mail and knowing it will please the recipient!
Stephanie S says
Customize me!
I always hand-write thank you notes when I get a gift. Mom taught me well.
sarah says
customize me!
my friend and i have a notebook that we send back and forth to each other. it’s like a scrapbook, journal, diary for friends.
lauren says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
sent a thank you to my aunt who hosted me a few weeks ago. i love getting hand written notes!
Lindsey says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last hand written note I sent was to a new client of mine. I am in sales and every time someone signs an order I send them a hand written “thank you”
P. says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
We send and receive hand written thank you notes often. That happens when you have a baby!
kate says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
i always write thank you notes by hand–it’s such a personal touch and it doesn’t take long.
Diana says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I jotted a note to my doctor just yesterday and frequently send out thank you notes. I also like to send cute cards “just because.”
Erin says
Customize Me!
My husband’s Aunt sends us the most beautifully handwritten letters every few months to let us know what everyone has been doing across the miles-I really helps us stay in touch…
April says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I still make it a point send real birthday cards. I won’t post Facebook greetings or send email if they’re good friends. Social/work/or friends of friends aren’t so lucky!
Kathy says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Vicki says
Customize ME!! YES ME!!
I can’t remember the last card I sent or recieved that wasn’t a birthday card…thats sad. I used to send little notes to my daughter when she was in college but she graduated over a year ago…
Erica says
Customize me!!
Rebecca says
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Brooke Trusty says
CUSTOMIZE ME: My first love has always been writing. There really is something special about sending and receiving letters in the mail. A letter resonates in our hearts as a tangible reminder of something or someone close to us; Something a text or email cannot achieve. I stock up on stationary that stikes a chord and save it for special occassions. I love sending cards to let people know how grateful I am for their presence in my life, and do so often. I also love receiving letters from close friends who are far away. I also save all the letters my husband has sent to me over the years. I like looking back at them and seeing how are relationship has developed.
The last significant letter I sent was to my husband last year on our wedding day. We had been dating for six years and tying the knot. Our circumstnaces were unique and not very traditional. We had gone through many trials in our relationship which made our wedding day that much more special. My husband and I wrote our vows, which had everyone crying and laughing all at once. We are approaching our first anniversary in a month, and I decided that I will be framing our vows as a reminder of what our marriage means to us. I thought it would be appropriate since the first year anniversary gift is paper.
Danae says
CUSTOMIZE ME, PLEASE!
Christina Peterson says
CUSTOMIZE ME! My latest handwritten letter was a lovely thank-you letter from my sister. We gave her monthly support while she was a missionary in Lima, Peru and she thanked us for the monetary as well as spiritual support in her efforts.
Andrea W. says
“CUSTOMIZE ME”
We recently sent out niece’s 5th birthday presents to her via UPS since we weren’t able to attend her party. Yesterday we received a thank you note from her (written by her mother, of course), however on this thank you note she showed us how big she is getting by writing her name by herself at the bottom of the note! It was so special to us to get that from her! Sure the first letter of her name was in lower case and the rest of the letters capitalized, but that is what makes it so special!
Lauryn Galloway says
Customize me please! I actually write letters very often to family that lives out of state. But the last letter I wrote was to a English teacher from High school that I keep in touch with. I wrote to tell her Id gotten married because in her last letter she wrote me the same thing! It was really fun and exciting to hear from her and to write back about the same thing!
Lauren B. says
Customize me!
Barb says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!!
Alyssa says
Customize me!!!
Thank you for your blog! The last handwritten note I sent was to my parents thanking them for a wonderful visit to see them. I love sending notes!
LisaB says
CUSOMIZE ME!!
I still try to write handwritten thank you cards. I also send pictures and a note to our son’s birthmom twice a year. There’s still nothing like getting a letter or card in the mail! I love it!!
Lisa Allbright says
Customize Me!
I am a nut for thank you notes to hosts and hostesses when invited to parties, when recieiving gifts, etc. So, I’m always on the look out for neat-o stationary and cards. Last thing I sent via snail mail was a gushing thank you card to a friend who threw a lavish and swanky sunset roof top party in downtown Austin.
Caroline says
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Rachel says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!
These note cards are adorable. I love them because they are so unique. Perfect inspiration to write notes to friends and family!
Christina says
CUSTOMIZE ME! Great giveaway!!!! The last handwritten letter I sent was unfortunately a sympathy card.