***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***
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.
valerie says
customize ME…I want to win!
Sunny says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I still send postcards to my best friend from every vacation we take and she does the same. We’ve sent each other postcards since we became best friends 20 years ago (and we’re only 26 now!). It’s about the only snail mail I do anymore, besides birthday cards for my out-of-state family. I love hearing about what she did on her vacay and love sharing details of mine as well! :)
LINDZ says
CUSTOMIZE ME!! My last hand written letters were Thank You notes for wedding gifts. My wonderful hubs always writes me a letter for anniversaries, birthdays, holiday, etc so I’m a very lucky lady!
cara Roberts says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Laura says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!
Last week I sent a card with a few pictures to my grandmother, she lives in Seattle and I live in Boston… at 88 she’s never used a computer and probably never will! :)
Jennifer says
Customize me!!!
Danielle says
CUSTOMIZE ME
My friend went to one of the smallest of the Marshall Islands (and by small I mean a half mile by a half mile) for a full year and the only way to keep in touch was through writing letters. It was so much more personal than our usual one line texts/ e-mails that even though she was so far away, we became even closer.
Nicole says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!! The last handwritten note received was from my husband last night ~ I get one everyday! :)
Eryn says
Customize me! Please! They are so cute.
Cassandra Louise says
“CUSTOMIZE ME”
I get cards and hand written letters periodically from my pen pal, yes I still have one! We have been writing since the First grade:)That would be 18 years and counting!!
Kate says
Customize Me! The last handwritten note I sent was a thank you to a former coworker for a gift she sent me. I love writing/receiving notes – I think it’s a shame that more people don’t sent notes and letters.
Mollie says
Customize me!
Nicole says
Customize me – carved tree, please! :)
Katie says
CUSTOMIZE ME…. I’m getting married and would love a great new set of postcards with my new name!
Margaret Lantz says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I sent a letter to my aunt, who gave me a crystal to hang on my rear-view mirror when I turned 16 and got my first car…12 years (and 5 cars!) later, I still have it. When I got my latest and greatest car, I sent her a letter thanking her for it, letting her know that I still had it, loved it, and thought about her everytime I see it my car!!!
Kari says
Customize Me!! I’m very fond of Thank You notes, though I am a military wife and we do a lot of the ‘old fashioned’ hand written notes :-)
Nicole Grove says
CUSTOMIZE ME – These are soooo cute! I think the last time I wrote a hand written note was our wedding thank yous two years ago! I do think, however, that it’s something that people severely lack in this day and age…we’re losing the personal connections that our parents and grandparents made with people.
Nikki Scully says
CUSTOMIZE ME My wonderful new husband of three weeks is a truly phenomenal writer. On our wedding day, a handwritten, absolutely personal, tear jerker of a love letter was delivered to me. One that makes you laugh and cry at the same time! The tree stationary makes me smile– about a year ago he dropped to one knee right after I carved our initials into a tree- talk about a surprise!
Misty S says
Customize me!!
I mail out hand written notes, cards, and letters on a weekly basis! My sister sent me holiday cards during college and I loved receiving them so much, I made it a habit to send them to others! 6 years later, I spend a lot of money on cute thank you cards every month….this would be a hige treat for me!
Dana says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I can’t remember the last time I received a hand written note! But, I do love to get wedding invitations/save the dates in the mail, especially when they’re letterpress or packaged in a creative way!
Amanda says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I love to send and recieve hand-written notes to my husband’s aunt in NYC. We share quick stories and notes about what’s going on in our lives. Since she is in her 60’s (and has no children) she appreciates the time we take to write her a letter or card, and print out a picture of ourselves. I think something handwritten means so much more than an email or text, it shows we care and we’re taking time for her.
Malibou says
Ooooh Oooooh CUSTOMIZE ME! What a great idea for a wedding gift I was having trouble with.
I recently got a hand written letter from my uncle. This is his preferred method of communication, so this is how we do it. I feel like hand writing a letter flows in a different, perhaps better, way than typing one does.
Jennifer says
I don’t really suppose thank you letters count, and more memorable than those were the letters my husband and I wrote to each other the day before our wedding. We will always keep them!
Clare says
Customize me!
My husband’s aunt loves to write handwritten notes to us for no occasion other than to say “hello”. It’s a great treat to hear from her because we only get to see her a couple of times each year. If I’m lucky enough to win, we’ll definitely use the new stationery to send a hello note to her.
jessica says
customize me!
i love sending notes, postcards from trips or thank you cards for gifts, meals, or visits… e-mail just never has the charm of a handwritten note
Emma says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I write to my grandma every week! She is so old school that she mistrusts answering machines, and cannot tell the difference between a computer and a microwave, but she loves hearing from me although I live half a world away – so I write her every week. She saves all my letters and sometimes embarrasses me by reading them aloud to her equally ancient buddies!
Carmen says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Lauren says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Last hand-written note was a valentine from a girlfriend at work (we were both single and boo-ing men).
Amanda says
Customize Me!
I sent my grandma a postcard from the Biltmore house when we first visited a few weeks ago. We just moved to Asheville 2 months ago and are still sort of tourists ourselves. She loved it because she always sends us postcards when she visits new places.
Maureen says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last letter I wrote was a thank you note to a friend for hosting me in her Philly apartment last weekend. It’s so much fun receving something in your mailbox, so I will never give up on my correspondences with snail mail!
Kimberly says
I’m sad to see another give away doesn’t ship to Canada :0(
Hopefully one will soon!
Brittany says
Customize me with a carved tree!!!!!
We just finished writing ALL of the thank you notes for our wedding and I would love a change of stationary scenery!
Ashleigh Perkins says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I recently wrote many hand-written thank you notes for our wedding. But more memorable were the hand-written cards my husband and I received from our wedding guests. Many of our friends and family wrote personal messages about us and pieces of advice to us as we start our marriage. We enjoyed reading them just as much as receiving the gifts!
Christine Marie says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I’ll admit it’s been a while since I’ve sent a handwritten note… I sent handwritten Christmas cards this past year. :)
:::Lyzz::: says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Last handwritten letters wrote were our wedding thank you cards. That was about 5 months ago.
Stephanie I says
Customize Me! I love sending letters and note cards to friends and family randomly. I know how much I love to receive something in the mail unexpectedly (that’s not a bill or an advertisement), so I hope I brighten their day a little.
Lindsay says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I love get handwritten notes from my Grandma!
Beatrix H says
Customize Me!
My last handwritten notes were the postcard I sent my mom from the beautiful shores of Hawaii!!
Shelley says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I still send birthday cards to my close friends and family. A memorable one was a vintage postcard I found of “fashionable men’s hairstyles” from the 1950s and sent it to a friend in Brooklyn for his birthday.
Jill says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I just sent a birthday card/letter to my dear friend in France. We’ve been pals for over 10 years and it feels so much more intimate to handwrite a letter.
jessica jones says
CUSTOMIZE ME! My dear friend from high school who also became my best friend and roommate throughout college moved away to San Francisco a few years ago while I married the love of my life. Instead of writing e-mails or messaging on facebook we wrote each other long letters and always filled them with trinkets or drawings. She recently moved closer (only 4 hours away) but we still write letters every few months…still filled with little surprises! A hand written letter always makes my day!
Holly says
Customize me!
I use my kids’ drawings as stationery. A 8 1/2 x 11 sheet folded with scribble on it makes a delightful personal card.
Mary Frances says
Customize me! The last handwritten note I wrote were the many thank you notes from college graduation presents. Thank you notes completely stress me out, but I think these would make the whole process that much more fun!
Kate M says
“Customize Me!”
The last handwritten note I sent was a thank-you note a few weeks ago. My mom always instilled in me the importance of sitting down to write a nice handwritten thank you card!
Stephanie says
CUSTOMIZE ME!…..I send thank you cards to my sisters and mom every year for my birthday presents. My birthday is coming up (Sept 6th) so I’d LOVE to have these to send to them!
Ilana says
Customize me!
Janelle says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I have one friend in particular that I keep in touch with through letters. We have not lived in the same state for nearly six years, but we still write every few months, it’s a great way to keep in touch.
Melanie S says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I still try my best to send hand written thank you notes to family and friends for gifts received. I love receiving those kinds of things in the mail too! :)
Stacey P says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
When our daughter was 5 months we packed up and moved from NM to CO…in the opposite direction of my sweet grandma…I was so bummed at the realization that my daughter wouldn’t have the opportunity to spend much time getting to know her so I asked my grandma to chronicle her life, past and present, in letters to Hope. She has been such a great sport and sends about one a week. It’s a great keep sake for our daughter and I’ve learned so many things about her too!
Jessica says
Customize Me!
I send my younger sister hand written notes every week while she is away at college-its so much more personal.