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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.
Lauren Shimko says
Customize me!
Jody J. says
Customize me!
My husband and I send hand written notes and letters quite ofter to his grandparents that live out of state along with some pics of our little girl.
Nicole says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!! I really enjoy sending hand-written letters and notes. I know how excited I get when I receive snail mail! I often send thank you notes, thinking of you notes, and try to send letters to my grandmother regularly…she always responds with her own hand-written letter.
Sara Jane says
Customize me!
I LOVE sending/receiving handwritten notes! It’s such an exciting feeling to open the mailbox and see a handwritten envelope and it’s so much fun to surprise someone with the same thing. These are adorable!
Pat Bzdyk says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I always write thank you notes. Email is great but in my opinion not for invitations or thank you notes!
Suze says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Sending hand-written notes is a dying art! I love nothing more than to open my mailbox and find a lovely hand-written thank you card or just a quick hello!
Julie says
Customize me! The last handwritten note I sent was to my mom who actually invited us to a Jimmy Buffet concert with her and my stepdad.
Stephanie says
CUSTOMIZE ME :]
Recently went to visit some friends from college about an hour and half from where we live. We usually stay at one of my best friends’ houses cause we just know that whenever one is in the other’s town, they have a place to stay. But I wrote a thank you note to my friend and her husband thanking them for their hospitality as usual, just because… My husband and I love getting mail, and it’s always nice to know that simple acts are appreciated.
Ang says
CUSTOMIZE ME
Liz says
CUSTOMIZE ME
The last time I wrote handwritten letters was the summer my sister lived in France for 10 weeks, as an au pair. We would write letters back and forth about everything going on at home & on her French adventure and I wish I had kept them all!!
Juliette Heydenrych says
Customize Me!
Kaity White says
Customize me! The last letter I wrote was to my best friend. We live in different states now and have insanely crazy and different work schedules, so letters are literally the only thing we have to catch up. Phone calls just don’t seem to work out – and we can always find a second to read our letters :)
Rose Newton says
CUSTOMIZE ME please!
My cousin and I always send hand-written letters to each other about what’s going on and how we’re feeling at this point in our lives. It’s one of my favorite traditions and a great way to keep in touch with people who aren’t close by.
Carrie says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I love to send snail mail all the time – I sent about 3 notes this week – just to friends from college whom I haven’t gotten to see recently just to let them know I miss them and hope to talk to them soon!!
Austin McCaslin says
CUSTOMIZE ME
Sher says
Customize Me!
I have a small shop and with order I send a handwritten note, or with anything I send. I always enjoy getting handwritten notes so I like to spread that around. I’m sure it can brighten people’s day. :)
Emily says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I always do hand written thank you notes.
~~Rhonda says
CUSTOMIZE ME! The notes are beautiful. Thanks for hosting such a nice giveaway. ~~Rhonda
Michelle says
Customize me!
I love sending little pick me up notes to friends when they have a bad day. It’s always nice to receive an unexpected surprise in the mail in the midst bills and junk mail!
Megan Cook says
Customize Me! My grandma and I have a great notecard/letter relationship. I still get So excited to recieve handwritten letters from her (they come about 4-5 times a year). When I write a note and stick it in the mail to someone, it just gives me a feeling of gratitude for the person who will recieve it…something an email just can’t quite compare to.
Shelley S says
CUSTOMIZE ME
My best friend just moved to Jacksonville for residency so I am constantly sending her little notes in the mail. I can only imagine what it is like for her to move away from her family and friends for the first time in her life. There is nothing like getting some non-bills in the mail!
kelli says
Customize me! My last handwritten letter. Probably my Christmas cards – sad but true. I need to change this habit.
Dani says
Customize Me!
I write handwritten notes to my BFF, who lives on the other side of the country, just to delight her with some “fun” mail mixed in with the boring bills and junk.
Robyn Chamberlain says
CUSTOMIZE ME
Thank you notes to people who brought us gifts to our housewarming party. Thanks to this blog which inspired me to learn to decorate, our condo decor was a huge hit!
Mandy S. says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
My husband is currently deployed, so I’ve been using snail mail to send him care packages, and they always include a handwritten note from me.
Terese says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!
The last hand-written, snail mail note that I sent was to my best-friend thanking her for being my maid-of-honor at my wedding (last year). I really wanted to show my gratitude and how thankful I was for her helping me out and flying in for my bachelorette party and the wedding; the only way I could think of was to hand-write a thank you.
Usually for gifts I use some stationary that I have around the house for a thank-you card. The personal touch of hand writing is unsurpassed.
Jennifer Halloran says
CUSTOMIZE ME…please! Two recent handwritten letters I’ve sent were to my parents, thanking them for being fabulous hosts during my visit, and to a friend, simply to express how grateful I am for her friendship.
Amanda says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
My son just turned two and we sent a nice little card, with a drawing by him on it, to his grandparents to say thanks for his first tricycle. Showing gratitude the old fashioned way (snail mail) is always appreciated.
erin says
Customize me!
The last handwritten letter I sent was a thank-you note yesterday, but I send them all the time. I love sending and receiving snail mail and I’m a sucker for a beautiful card. I have an entire box of them!
jo crabb says
CUSTOMIZE ME
My father is quite elderly now and he is retired air force. He sends me little cards when he travels in what I like to call ‘pilot talk’. As in, ‘weather is partly cloudy 70 degrees. nice cafe breakfast. small girl reminds me of you at boardwalk 20 years ago. thinking of you…’ It warms my heart and makes me smile. I love a note in a card.
Kelley says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last hand-written note I wrote was a letter I wrote to my sister living in Japan. She was getting lonely over there, so I sent her an old-fashioned letter to cheer her up.
julie says
customize me. just this morning i wrote a thank you note to a teacher who loaned us a book this summer.
Heather Smith says
CUSTOMIZE ME
My boyfriend and I send handwritten letters to one another. It is a memorable way to get to know one another! I always look forward to receiving his letter in the mail!
Christy says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!
Lucy says
Customize me!
We wrote about 100 thank you notes for all of our wedding gifts! It was fun thanking people and remembering all the fun wedding memories while writing to them.
Sarah says
CUSTOMIZE ME
The last hand written not I sent was to a friend I recently visited in Brooklyn. She and I are both playwrights with 20 month old sons. It was so refreshing to be with someone who is, for all intensive purposes, sharing the same life moments with me. I wrote her a thank you note and included some photos I took of our sons playing with balls of yarn.
Mel Zeiger says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!
We always send thank you notes along with pictures of the kids playing with their gifts in the mail after holidays and birthdays.
Melissa Zeiger says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!
My husband and I have the kids pictures taken every three months and send them to grandparents and great great grandparents along with a quick note on what they’re up to.
rachel says
CUSTOMIZE ME!! what beautiful note cards!! one of my best friends from freshman year of college (16 years ago!) and I vowed to hand write letters to each other rather than only using email. i think it’s kept our friendship that much more special <3
Fatima says
Customize me!
The personal touch a hand written letter or note gives is unbeatable, specially if in customized stationary, like merging Victorian etiquette and 21st Century hipness. It will assure a smile for sure.
A few months ago, I sent my newborn cousin a handwritten note congratulating her for the wonderful family she was born into.
Stefanie T says
CUSTOMIZE ME! My hubby is currently living in Dubai (for a temporary work project), so in addition to email, skype, etc., we’ve been sending hand-written letters back and forth to stay in touch. It is so exciting to get a letter in the mail!
Krista B. says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I always, always send thank you notes but my most recent handwritten thank you was to my parents to thank them for all their help and support during my first home buying experience!
Jennifer says
Customize me!!!
My husband and I hand wrote ALL of our thank you cards from our recent wedding. Talk about hand cramps! But I think it was totally worth it, I have gotten a lot of thank yous on our thank yous!!! A little effort goes a long way in most people’s eyes. <3
Bethany says
CUSTOMIZE ME
These are beautiful. I appreciate that there are people who still love to give handwritten notes. It’s a dying art.
Jennifer S. says
CUSTOMIZE ME! Just this morning I wrote a handwritten letter to my son who is beginning pre-school today. The teacher is going to read them aloud tomorrow.
Tiffany says
CUSTOMIZE ME!! I love, love, love handwritten notes! I actually just wrote a note yesterday to a couple of friends. I try to send something every couple of weeks to different people. I know how much I love getting mail so I figure others do too. Thanks for the fab giveaway!!
Colette says
CUSTOMIZE ME
These would be perfect! I love to write notes to friends and family on special days or just sending my two best friends cards and notes for no special reason. I just feel like I can keep in touch with them in spite of my busy life!
Julie says
CUSTOMIZE ME! These are beautiful!
Nichole says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I might just have to buy some of these!! ;)
CecilyT says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
So cute! I like the bird design best. I write notes for birthdays to pretty much everyone I know. It’s so nice to get tons of birthday cards on your birthday!