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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.
erin fudge says
Customize Me! I made a correspondence journal a while ago with some fun scrappy papers and a composition journal (like the ones from elementary school!) that I send back and forth with my Nana. I thought it’d be a neat way to preserve some of our relationship for generations to come. My husband even got in on it and has begun writing to her before we send it. It’s super sweet and always nice to read on a day I’m sad or something.
Kristen says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I love to buy completely blank cards and sketch a personalized picture and message on each one. Less expensive and more personal than Hallmark!
Christina says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!! last hand written note I gave was to a great friend who babysat my daughter throughout the summer. I used some great notecards with fancy embossed envelopes from Target.
LeilaMac says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I’ve received a handful of homemade notes via snail mail this last week for my birthday! Snail mail to me shows real forethought and thoughtfulness, and I truly treasure them every time I receive one.
Chloe says
Customize me!
I love to send ‘snail mail’ and do it every chance I get. My husband’s uncle keeps a cottage on Lake Michigan specifically for family (in Texas and us in RVA) to use when visiting all the aunts/uncles/grandparents on the western coast. The weeks we’ve spent there have just been perfect. I love to send our Uncle El little notes thanking him for his hospitality.
I am digging the same tree pattern you guys choose and have the feeling that winner or not I’ll need to add these to my note-writing repertoire!
Kandas Branson says
Customize me!
The last handwritten letter I recieved and sent was back at the beginning of the year while my husband was deployed to Iraq. He could only email about twice a week (if we were lucky) and could only call about once a week-10 days. So we wrote each other as much as we could. We’d number the letters so if one arrived out of order, we would know. He was gone 10 months and I will treasure my letters for the rest of my life.
Jenifer says
Customize Me!
I can’t specifically remember the last handwritten letter I wrote (though I tend to send a lot of handmade cards so I’m sure I’ve sent some).
But last month my 5 year old daughter wanted to send a letter to her friend who moved away last year and I helped her with that. So cute!
Jen B. says
Customize Me!
Though not as cheery a detail to pass along as I’d hoped, the last hand-written letter I sent was to my grandma, who has been in the hospital for the past few weeks. No doubt that cute stationary would have added that much more cheer to her day.
Marisa says
CUSTOMIZE ME – I’m expecting in November and the bird family print would be a fun addition to our decor!
Lauren says
Customize Me!
I recently gave a friend a baby gift and received a thank you in the mail less than a week later! It’s so nice to received thank you cards in a reasonable time.
KVB says
Customize Me!
I send handwritten postcards to friends and family from Alaska. Do postcards count?
Kari says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I met a woman six years ago when I accompanied my mom to a convention in CA, and where she had accompanied her husband. We went on a day trip to Mexico together and exchanged addresses so we could swap photos we took that day. To this day we write one another. It turns out she is from the town I was born in, all the way back in GA.
Our letters update one another on trips we have taken, major purchases (for me, it was a car), relationship woes and holiday wishes.
To be honest I don’t even get hand-written letters from family anymore, but I can count on the one I get from Barbara every month or so. In fact, I just got one today in a bright yellow envelope!
josie says
CUSTOMIZE ME! the last note i received was from my husband. just a “for no reason” note he illustrated himself. :)
Lauren (in PA) says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I wrote a note last week, thanking the man who put together an internship for my son with the school district so he could see what facilities management was like (a possible career choice for him). It was very well done, and also had to thank him for Eagles/Patriots tickets that we got to use!
Jenny says
Customize me! I still use hand written thank you notes for all gifts my husband or I receive. This has not changed since I was young.
Jessica M says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
My now-husband and I dated long-distance while I finished college. We’re both creative types, so we courted through the postal service. :) Now we each have a box full of creative, original correspondence.
Bri says
“Customize Me!”
The last handwritten note I wrote was in a class I was taking they asked us to write a note to someone person who helped graduate the course.
I wrote it to my husband even if he does live with me and popped it in the mail. He is a stay at home Dad so he would get it when I was at work anyways.
He is a big baseball fan so I thanked him for being on my team, my coach, etc. and helping me hit home runs even when the organizers (it was not a very organized program) forgot the baseballs, the bats and gave us the wrong directions to the field.
Courtney says
customize me~
i received a sweet card from a friend ‘just cause’…it was very thoughtful and unexpected and motivated me to write randomly- how fun!
Kate says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I’ve been writing notes back and forth with my grandparents for decades. I just received a notecard from my grandma this week! Now they write to my toddler, too, and he “writes” back.
Charlotte says
Customize Me!
The last handwritten note I received was from my relatively new son-in-law. He always writes thank you notes for birthday gifts, etc. He’s quite the Renaissance man! We love him!
chrissta says
CUSTOMIZE ME! The last hand-written letter I sent was a thank you to a gracious family friend who hosted my husband and I for a night on our vacation.
Jill D says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I love sending handwritten notes. I just sent two yesterday! One to thank someone for a b-day gift and the other to thank a friend for her gracious hospitality in having my husband and I at her house for the weekend. I love getting them as much as I love sending them!
ania says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!
I hate generic thank you notes. I always try to write something thoughtful that extends beyond the typical “thank you for x, I will be using it for y.” Most memorably, this past May I had to write about 30 thank you notes from my bridal shower. In order to write them timely and personally, I spaced them out so I never did more than 3 at a time and just did them at odd intervals throughout the day over a few days. Most memorably was one that I sent to my sister-in-law-to-be. It contained the following, “You have the loudest farts I have ever heard in my entire life. I am proud that you are going to be my sister-in-law.” :)
alison chandler says
Customize me! I actually customized some “we moved” announcements from a shop on Etsy recently and hand wrote a note and mailed them to friends and family. I got a lot of compliments on them, and it seems like receiving them in the mail made an impact, vs just getting an email!
Jinj says
CUSTOMIZE ME! Mine was when I sent out hand-written thank you notes for the wedding gifts we received last year. :)
Jen says
CUSTOMIZE ME!! I wrote a thank-you to my aunt last week who knit a blanket for our son.
Robyn says
Customize me!
I love stationery and made a goal many years ago to send a hand-written note once a month. I find that the people I send notes to are more likely to respond with a hand-written note. Give and you shall receive! :)
Cassidy says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Most recently, I wrote long, handwritten letters to all my bridesmaids, telling them all how much they mean to me!
Kim says
Customize Me!
I work at a camp for children with special needs. I just received the sweetest thank you card from a little girl who came to camp this summer. She said it was “the best week of her life”. Made my day! :)
Krissy says
Customize me!! These are really sweet!
Oh wow, it really has become a lost art to hand write cards! I have found it fun to make my own cards so it has definitely gotten me back into writing! It’s a bit more intimate than an email! :)
Kristi says
Customize me.
I still am one of those people who sends cards. The very last one I sent was today…a friend surprised me at the last minute on my birthday(last friday) to attend a concert. I was not so much about the card as it was the thoughtfulness I was thanking someone for. She happens to be close friends with the grammy nominated artist who was performing…..so we had drinks and were his guests for the night. Ah-mazing.
Amanda Benton says
Customize me!
The last hand written note was given to me by my boyfriend. We had stayed in a really swanky hotel the night before to celebrate our 9 years together. Well the next morning he handed me this card he had made and had sat up all night writing. As I was reading it he was leaning down on one new and pulling out my engagement ring. I actually plan on blowing the letter up to be on display at the wedding. The best letter EVER!
linny says
CUSTOMIZE ME
(please!)
my best friend and i are taking turns sending each other letters we originally sent 13 years ago. we now live in different cities, but it’s so much fun to revisit our silly notes from our 15 year old selves.
Erin says
CUSTOMIZE ME! These are absolutely adorable! I love to send good ol’ fashioned snail mail to my family, along with postcards and care packages.
Beth C. says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
My maternal grandmother and I send frequent letters back and forth. I see her about once every few years and this is the best way for us to keep in touch, since she does not know how to use the computer. We talk about our travel plans, hunting (not me, her. Yes, my 80 something year old Grandmother still hunts with her boyfriend) and current house projects.
AliciaS says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last handwritten note I sent or received was the thank you notes I sent after my birthday last month. I ALWAYS send handwritten thank you’s after receiving any type of gift or even a generous gesture.
Cate says
Customize me!!!
I love note writing!
The last hand-written note I gave was a Thank you to my uncle and his family for hosting my husband and I for a weekend in Chicago.
Christina says
Love this giveaway!! Customize me!!
Courtney G says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I love, love, love the tree branch/stump stationary.
I write a ton of handwritten letters (I have a bit of a stationary problem) – but my favorite that I’ve received in the mail lately was a letter from one of our adopters. I operate a small animal rescue group (www.bonniebluerescue.com) and once my long-term foster, Bella, was placed in herforever home, I received the sweetest thank you note from her new mom, thanking me for “the best Christmas present ever”. I keep that letter posted on the fridge as a reminder that even on tough days, that we’re doing the right thing by saving these pups.
Amy says
CUSTOMIZE ME
A thank you note for a present, but I always use those plain notes that come in a package from a drugstore. They are not very fun.
Lindsay B. says
Customize me!
When I was little I remember getting letters from my older cousin – she would send them when she was on vacation and fill the envelope with some sand from the beach she was at! I thought it was so cool! And messy.
abbi says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
My fave mail has to be the letters my grandpa would write to me when I was in college. My grandma refuses to let him get a computer because she thinks he’d be addicted to it and he’s not much of a phone person so that means lots of handwritten letters instead of e-mail! The letters would usually just be telling me about his day and he’d always include something about what Grandma was doing and wearing while he was writing. “Grandma is barefoot and doing a crossword puzzle….” so cute!
Heather W says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!
Jess says
Customize Me!!!
This past year my husband and I have been sending one another handwritten notes. He’s been stationed in Iraq (but is heading home in a few weeks! WOOT!) and while the internet is so much quicker, there is something so special and exciting about getting a handwritten “I Love You.”
cris says
Customize me! My gram and I exchange letters about once every week or so. I’m trying to write to my sisters as well (though I don’t expect I’ll ever see anything handwritten from either of them)!
Lindsay @ Likely Design says
Customize me!
The last handwritten notes I sent were Thank You notes for gifts given to my daughter for her 1st birthday party!! And I got all of the various notes that I printed myself off of freebie downloads around the internet! So cute!!
Lindsay
Laura says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!
I get little notes in the mail from my Great Aunt Melva. She is a card maker/stamper, so her notes are always on pretty paper and her classic cursive writing is the perfect complement to her stamping! She always gives me all the details on her neighborhood (she’s lived in her house for 50 years – needless to say, she has a LOT to say about the neighbors) and the latest on my grandfather’s health. Her notes just make my month, as I hope my replies make hers.
Katie L. says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I wrote a handwritten note recently to thank a fellow Wellesley alumna for a tip on a job opening – on Wellesley stationery, of course!
Courtney says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I just received 2 cards from recently married friends thanking us for their gifts – both included the funniest stories about how they were using the gifts, which added the best personal touch!
Mandy Rose says
Customize Me!!! I love writing handwritten notes and I also encourage my children to do the same with their cousins and grandparents. I keep a little box of cute blank cards so I can drop a line to my sisters, my friends or even people I don’t neccessarily know to encourage and uplift them.