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Since we know you guys love personalized stationery as much as we do (and we always like to support other husband and wife teams), we’re psyched to bring you this week’s giveaway from Wild Ink Press. This duo – plus their 2 year old son/sidekick- churns out beautiful letterpress stationery by hand (and foot). And they print all of their stuff on 100% recycled paper or cotton and reuse everything from scraps to clean-up rags, always keeping their process as eco-friendly as possible. But of course, it’s their stunning designs that are the real stars of their process.
And this week, TWO of you are going to win a custom set of letterpress stationery (up to a $150 value each!). Here are the five designs our winners will have the pleasure of choosing from, either for themselves (or maybe even as a Valentine’s Day gift?). First we have The Signature, which puts your name in a silver metallic script with a custom icon to add some whimsy. And you can pick from green, pink, khaki or gray envelopes to match. Man, I wish my signature came out this fancy looking every time I sign on the dotted line.
The Dictionary is a classic design with dark brown or black ink on ivory paper. And speaking of the ivories, the khaki envelope comes lined with vintage sheet music or an actual dictionary page (smoking jacket and pipe not included).
The Bandana Paisley is kinda dusty old west meets colorful sophistication. Pick from a magenta, turquoise, purple or red paisley to coordinate with a gray, khaki or purple envelope. A far cry from the days of the Pony Express.
The Nautical had us at “ahoy.” It comes on beachy pale blue paper with a ship ghosted in the background and a handsome navy envelope.
The Audrey is a combo of a sophisticated dotted pinstripe and your name printed in a playful circus font. The orange or magenta color options for both the type and envelope finish off the big top design.
Have you already picked out the one you love? Well here’s how you can vie for your chance to win (bonus: stay tuned for a discount on Thursday- everyone sort of wins in the end):
- PRIZE: A 30-piece set of custom letterpress stationery from Wild Ink Press (selected from the five designs shown here).
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PRESS ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …tell us about your writing style. Do you write exclusively in cursive? Do you rock all caps all of the time? Do you dot your I’s with something special? Is your penmanship virtually unreadable? Or do you just avoid hand-writing at all costs?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, February 3rd at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: You name it. They’ll ship it anywhere!
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Find more freebie info on our Giveaway FAQs page. Pics courtesy of Wild Ink Press.
Jenn says
Press me! I love letterpress – splurged on it for my wedding invitations and they looked fantastic. Even have one framed as a reminder. Anyway, I switched to print as soon as I could (5th grade?) and haven’t looked back. I wish I wrote neater though…..
Sweet Em says
PRESS ME
I am trained as an architect and you can tell. All uppercase…but as the years go by the letters get sloppier.
Alix says
PRESS ME…. PRESS ME PLEASE! :)
Mari says
Press me!
My husband can’t read my cursive writing, so…
Denelda says
PRESS ME!
I usually write in cursive.
Greg says
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michele says
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Mix it up a lot…print & cursive
Denelda says
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I almost always write in cursive.
Karen says
PRESS ME!! I love stationary even though I hate to write letters. When I do write, they are almost always in cursive! With the Signature stationary, I might just write more, please pick me!!
Denelda says
Sorry about the double comment . . . wi-fi at my hotel is twitchy, and it flaked out in the middle of posting the first comment, so I reposted.
Zhaleh says
PRESS ME! I aspire to have beautiful handwriting to complement the stationary I love. But in reality, my handwriting looks like swirly chicken scratch that is illegible to all but the most fastidious note moochers.
Angela says
press me!! i’ve invented a print-cursive hybrid that i’m pretty famous for. and by famous, i mean not really famous at all :)
Karen J says
PRESS ME … I always write in all caps/block letters. I have neat writing when I want to … but it can get pretty bad if I’m careless!
allison says
“press me”
I write in different styles all the time..Sometime all caps, sometimes cursive.
Rebecca Hastings says
PRESS ME! I love the way a written note looks. The personality of the card, the paper, the meaning behind it. No quirky writing technique…just write!
Thanks!
Becky
Sandra says
PRESS ME!
My husband says my handwriting looks like Snoopy’s writing. I only print, my cursive is terrible, and I write my lower case “a” like the typed version!
Tasha says
press me!
My handwriting is a cursive/print hybrid.
karrey says
PRESS ME!
this giveaway is great!!!
My handwriting changes depending on what I am doing and how tired/lazy I am at the moment. =)
barbara says
Press Me! Print…and cursive when I’m in the mood.
Elizabeth Harwell says
PRESS ME
I have a slight obsession with fonts. I could make a day out of finding a million different ways to write my name… needless to say, my handwriting is always a changin’.
Teresa says
Press Me…
Though I learned formal cursive as a child using a fountain pen (went to elementary school in Vienna, Austria), I admit my script is now the standard cursive mixed with print. But at least it is legible :)
Harrison says
Press me…..fast and barely legible!
Maggie says
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I have great handwriting, I just write way too quickly and it’s illegible…
Kaitlin says
Press me!
My writing style is a hybrid of cursive and printing. I go back and forth between them. I have really messy handwriting; girly cursive has never been my specialty.
Emma - Wohoo! says
PRESS ME!
Being left-handed, I have one million different kinds of handwriting, each interesting, quirky, and perfectly illegible. :)
Robyn says
PRESS ME – I tend to mix it up. I will write in cursive with random letters printed.
Erin K. says
PRESS ME! I switch between cursive and my teacher writing d’nelian.
Amanda W. says
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Austyn says
PRESS ME! I use some hybrid of print and cursive that others often comment is pretty, but most find difficult to read.
Grace says
“Press Me”
I write in a combination of cursive and print. I also capitalize my “R”. I don’t know why.
laura says
Press me!
That stationary is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!
Amanda says
These totally imPRESS ME!
Letterpress is the best.
Melissa M. says
Press me!
I write in a sort of cursive/print hybrid. I never really officially learned cursive because I broke my arm in 3rd grade when we were learning it….so I just sort of made it up.
kelly says
PRESS ME…
i write in all lowercase letters all the time.
Ashley says
Press me…I am a teacher so I print by day but at night it is cursive!
Cora says
PRESS ME!!
I usually use (sloppy) cursive when I write. However, given that I’m in grad school and write an abundance of papers, not to mention the essay tests, I’m much more likely to type than write!
Amber says
Press ME!
I’m a bit of a stationary-o-phile. Love sending and receiving letters! It’s cursive all the way for this chic!
Jessa says
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My handwriting is an italic hybrid – I keep a journal and need something that is fast and neat.
shell says
press me!
especially love the dictionary. brown envelopes with my cream calligraphy would be stunning.
Jennifer says
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I print always. I learned to write cursive in school, but I never use it. I actually had to take handwriting remedial classes in 4th grade. But now I think my writing is pretty nice :).
Robin C. says
PRESS ME! I start out with cursive and then after a while some words morph into printing or mix of both!
Megan says
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I love these! I’m a printer all the way, except when I am signing reciepts…just a long line, usually only my initials are legible.
Dalton G. says
PRESS ME
Messy un-readable print all the way :D
kristin says
Press me please! I want to win so bad! :) I have very neat handwriting!
AshKappa says
PRESS ME
I always write in cursive, and I get complimented on my penmanship pretty often.
Katie W. says
PRESS ME! I love anything fun and girly. I think that there is a lack of writing skills in our technologically based society and it is a dying art. I wish anyone all the best if they continue sending hand written notes.
Quynh says
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Meghan C says
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Tiffanie says
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a mix of print and cursive.
love the giveaway!
Joelle says
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I have such bad handwriting, it looks like a boy’s! When I was in elementary school they taught italics instead of cursive for one year…didn’t work out so well.