***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.
Alyssa says
Emmy me…My husband and I got married this year so we’re are using one of our wedding pictures of us (that I got 25 of 30 printed for free on shutterfly from a special promotion) and making a DIY Christmas card on cardstock with festive colors. Also, my husband is from Germany so we’re including Merry Christmas and Frohe Weihnachten on it.
Mrs S says
EMMY ME
We take a picture of ourselves and I do all the layouts in photoshop! :D
Beth says
EMMY ME! We have one son so it is usually a family picture of the three of us. Last year he was reading “Twas the Night Before Christmas” to two sleeping parents (and a cocker spaniel).
Elaine K says
Emmy me.
We always do a photo with a card, but this year I did a collage of 3 photos I took earlier this year. So much easier than getting the kids together for another family photo.
shelley says
EMMY ME! These are just too beautiful!
Christina Peterson says
EMMY ME!
We usually do a photo card with some type of synopsis of our past year. And we always like to include our three pugs in the picture.
Megan says
EMMY ME Please – our christmas card tradition involves slaving over handmade cards.
michele says
I have put off cards for the last few years. This year my 5 3/4 year old is writing them….like this
i luv u fur sur xxoo ELLA
Crystal says
EMMY ME!
I usually just buy a cute boxed set from Target that shows my personality and give them out to friends to get them in the spirit.
Nina says
EMMY ME!
This year I would love to send a family picture but we haven’t taken one yet. It will probably the baby on our Christmas cards.
Meg H says
Emmy Me!!!
My poor dog is subjected to different holiday backgrounds each year- what a trooper!!
Melissa says
EMMY ME! I abstain from sending Christmas cards… but this year I’ll be sending a LOT of mail around the holidays – my wedding invitations. :)
Kelly Bochat says
Emmy me!!! These are sooo beautiful!
Audra says
Emmy Me! I love sending Christmas cards – I usually pick them up the day after Christmas from Target, for the upcoming year! A bargain!
Sinead Hill says
Emmy Me!
Kia ora! We always buy our Christmas cards from “Canteen” (charity for teens coping with cancer). Our tradition is posting the cards two weeks after the final posting date for Europe (we live in New Zealand) and crossing our fingers that they arrive in good time. Oh, the tension – nail-biting stuff, I tell ya!
Guin says
Emmy me!
My husband and I always end up arguing (lovingly and lightheartedly) over Christmas Cards when we try to buy them — we have such different taste. We finally picked some out, but we still haven’t tracked down all the addresses we need!
Gwen Wilson says
Emmy Me!!!
I love it.
Kevin Latta says
Emmy Me.
My wife would love this and it would be a great gift. Thanks
Mariko says
EMMY ME! Puuulease! :o)
In the past I bought my holiday cards right after the holidays (usually on clearance), but this will be our first year doing some more personal and using a photo on our holiday cards.
Emily says
EMMY ME!
love sending cards … especially at christmas! we usually stick to the traditional …
Cat says
EMMY ME!
We do holiday cards ourselves…and I love this giveaway!
Joanne says
EMMY ME!
I like cards that are blank on the inside because I usually write really lengthy notes. I also love to draw stick figures on them :)
Leigh says
Emmy Me!
This year, I’ll be lucky if I can get my Save the Dates out before the holidays, let alone any holiday cards :) Just call me Slacker Bride :)
Kirsten B. says
Emmy Me
I’m such a procrastinator. This would be a great help!
Mrs. Moore says
EMMY ME!
I’ve always sent out dollar store greeting cards. Last year, I bought Hallmark Christmas cards. This year, we have personalized it and sent out our picture on a card!! yay for upgrades!!
Julie McQueeney says
EMMY ME I’m having a baby!
My husband and I have traditionally rotated sending picture holiday greetings and traditional cards. In 2010 we will be having our first child and would love to make sending photo cards for each milestone of my pregnancy and babies first months a tradition!
Ann says
EMMY ME
I would love to win, great giveaway!
Jessica says
Such a wonderful giveaway!
Our annual holiday card contains the two of us and our dogs (who rarely behave for the cam!).
Tiffany says
EMMY ME!
I love this! Before I got married I went to all the after-Christmas sales and gathered boxes of the tackiest, ugliest cards I could find (Santa in a candy cane speedo…) and sent those. The atrocious card was always from me! Now that I’m married, my hubby is big on picture cards. He always picks a picture that is not my favorite or I have a “better” idea of what I want to do. But I defer to his choice since this is something he likes to do – and we’ve gotten the best compliments and everyone LOVING our cards cuz of his picture choice. Sheesh. :o)
Sloane says
EMMY ME!!!!
My sister and I take great pictures seperately but AWFUL pictures together, which frustrates us, and especially our mom, to no end. As a result, I end up cringing when I see the “best” photo that my mom chooses to send out to all friends and family. So, I tend to shy away from picture Christmas cards so I don’t suffer from Horrible Christmas Card Photo Tramatic Disorder(and since I’m not married and don’t have any kids (besides my mischevious chihuahua Lola) at the ripe age of 24, it suits me just fine. I normally find some neat, thrifty website to buy cards from like Linda and Harriet, or any other Daily Candy find that pleases my fancy. For now :-)
Crystal says
EMMY ME!!
I would love to say that I make my own cards but store bought it is!
Dina says
EMMY ME!
I used to make homemade cards when I had the time. Then the dog came along, and we dressed her in ridiculous antlers for a photo card. Now that we’ve got a baby, we went for photo cards with a few of our favorite family photos. The dog is very relieved.
judi says
EMMY ME!
my family never really did the traditional family holiday card, but maybe we’ll start our own tradition once our new addition arrives!
Prost to the Host {Alysia} says
Emmy me!! We do a family picture year year, but this year, I made my yorkie dress up in reindeer ears (from Etsy) and a skirt. She hates me. But it is so funny.
Lindsay Wight says
EMMY ME!
I like to give cards (store bought!) with a note tucked inside that says which charities we’ve donated to in the names of our family and friends – much better than a gift they’ll never use!
shawn says
EMMY ME!
Don’t usually do the cards. In person is so much better!
Connie says
Emmy Me!
For holiday cards I stuck to photo cards this year — and forced my poor husband to pose for several pictures until we got the perfect one!
Jennifer Short says
Emmy Me!
I love to give original card to people to let them know they are special.
Christy Williamson says
EMMY ME!!!!!!!
I play around with photography as a hobby so every year our Christmas card is a custom designed card by me using Photoshop and always has a picture(s) of our baby girl on it with a personal Christmas greeting. I love custom creations!!!
I love your site!!!!!!!!!
Christy Williamson
Jessica K says
EMMY ME!
This is the first Christmas my husband and I will spend together married. I’m not sure what we’ll do. My family never sent Christmas cards but it might be a good tradition to start for our new family. I like all the ideas here!
Annie says
EMMY ME! How fun! I totally love this kind of stuff!!
We send out a Christmas card every year (give or take…), but this year, we’re doing our very first photo card. I used some of the FAB pics we had done last year by a pro photog (and DEAR friend!) and they really came out great!
Bev says
EMMY ME
I just give a boring old handwritten card with a gift
Jennifer says
EMMY ME!
This will be our first year sending out Christmas cards, so I’m keeping it simple: a handwritten note inside store-bought cards!
Rose N. says
EMMY ME!
I abstain. Other than for relatives and friends (who already know what I’ve been up to all year), I send out no cards. So why do anything funky like the annual Christmas letter?
I’m engaged now though, so invites for the wedding, thank you cards, etc. are in the works!
Hannah says
EMMY ME!!
We love to send the traditional snail mail cards!
Christin says
EMMY ME!!!
My hubby and I use some of our fave pics of us taken throughout the year and put them together in a photocard through walgreens.com and send them out to friends and fam.
Laura says
EMMY ME!
I usually buy cards on sale after Christmas and then send them out the following year. This year we are sending out photo cards with a festive picture of our pets (2 cats and a dog). We love our pets and think the card is adorable but I’m know some of my non-pet-loving friends will think its lame :-)
Karen says
EMMY ME!
What a great giveaway!! We send out christmas cards to friends and family and usually use a picture from our summer vacation! It’s fun and brings back great memories!
Thank you!
r8chel says
EMMY ME!
The past few years, if I send any season’s greetings at all, it’s in the form of a mass email. Not exactly classy, I know, but I figure it’s better than silence!
Erin Griffin says
EMMY ME! I send the traditional photo greeting card. Rather than pose for a family picture, we create a photo collage of all the places we’ve traveled that year or notable experiences we had. The Christmas’ for which my husband has been deployed to Iraq, I did a photo card split in two and we sent Christmas greetings from our home and from Iraq! Next Christmas we’ll be a new family of three so there will be lots of beuatiful photos to choose form for sure!