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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.
Claudette says
CUSTOMIZE ME :D
I have been trying to send more hand-written letters. Email has kind of taken over my communication unfortunately. The last letter that I actually wrote was to my sister on her birthday. She’s 25 now and that just reminds me that time is flying by!
Amber says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I just sent a package to a friend having a baby. Included in the package was a card I made and a handwritten note in it letting her know how much I miss her!
Korie says
How cute! CUSTOMIZE ME please! :D
I don’t think you could really call it a letter, but I did send a hand-made card (my own design) to my mom a few weeks ago. I love sending loved ones cards the cards I make!
Cindy says
“Customize me!”
My family and friends are wonderful about sending cards & letters for special occasions, but the special notes I love the most are the ones given for no special reason. For example, I mailed my grandparents a card out of the blue to tell them how much I appreciate our wonderful family. They were so delighted that the card was displayed proudly on the front of their fridge for quite some time.
Amanda says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Kelly says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I’m a big note-writer but it’s a dying art in our generation, so when my friend deployed to Iraq I had postcards made at snapfish using all sorts of fun pictures, and mailed them in an envelope to her friends stamped, addressed and ready for them to add a note and drop in the mail. She said it was always a treat to see smiling faces while she was overseas!
Lindsey says
Customize me!
I made some cards and sent them in the mail to my younger sisters at college.
Brittney says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last handwritten letter I sent was to my cousin (who was more like my big brother) who is fighting in Iraq. I included pictures and funny stories and memories of our childhood as well as a big thank you for his bravery!
shelby says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I cant even remember the last handwritten letter I’ve written. I wrote in my daughters birthday card a few weeks ago, does that count? :)
Allison says
Customize me!
I wrote hand-written notes to all of my friends in New York when my husband and I moved to South Carolina this summer.
Kristen says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last note I wrote was to my best friend since childhood (33 yrs!) while her mom was in the hospital dying. Hold on, this is not a sad depressing note…
I had so many fond memories of her mom since I spent most of my childhood playing and growing up at her house. So I made a list of “Things I learned from Mrs. Ball…” with a list of special memories I will never forget about times shared with her. They were so personal that anyone who knew her would totally get it. For example, “The Carrot Top is THE place to get the best veggies and fruit” (she used to take us kids there every weekend). Or “You must have an adult present when jumping on the trampoline” (a rule VERY important to her – I can almost hear her telling us rugrats that now!).
Anyway, she passed away 4 days after I sent that letter to my best friend. It made her cry, but it was happy tears because her mom was such an amazing person that touched many lives.
I think that was one of the nicest things I have done for my best friend. The next one is being the Maid of Honor in her wedding, only 6 months after her mom’s passing.
Soemetimes the effects of an old fashioned note card are priceless and can not be duplicated via email.
Crystal L. says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Jodi says
CUSTOMIZE ME
We just celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary so we received some wonderful hand written cards in the mail, which I LOVE. Mostly from parents and grandparents but either way is fine with me :)
Jen says
Customize Me!
My son’s grandparents send him the sweetest little notes, including little homemade picture books — so much fun for a little 2 year old!
Austyn says
Customize me!
I LOVE sending handwritten notes almost as I love receiving them. The last one I sent was to my mother in law to thank her for a home depot gift card which we applied to a front loading washer and dryer. The last one I received was from my husband’s grandmother (92!) to thank us for some chocolates that we brought with us from Germany.
Susie says
Customize me!!
I just got a sweet letter in the mail from my sis in law. It was so fun because there was no occasion at all- just some encouragement and the joy of getting mail!
Sonja says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I sent a handwritten thank you in June to a sponsor of a local event for giving my daughter the opportunity to volunteer. It exposed her to some new information about something she thought she knew all about. My best friend still has the handwritten note I sent her years ago telling her how miss I appreciate her.
Maresa says
CUSTOMIZE ME
I just received a hand written thank you note from my brother…thanking me for the wonderful visit at his new home. I also just sent several thank yous for generous gifts on my 30th!
Zhaleh says
Customize Me!! I recently had a few professors write some recommendation letters for me. To show my appreciation, they not only got a handwritten thank you note, but also a pecan pie!
Esther says
CUSTOMIZE ME
The last hand written note was from a good friend at my church. I recently got engaged back on 8/8/09 and she sent me a very sweet note telling me how excited she was for my fiance and I and how she had been praying for my husband one day.
Wanda says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
My friends and I still write letters and cards all the time. I have boxes of them kept from elementary school through college.
Florencia Bialet says
Customize Me!
Living abroad makes getting together with friends and family difficult but hand written notes delivered to their door make up for all the distance.
Sarah says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I love writing letters and sending cookies or other baked goods to friends for birthdays and other occasions. It’s so much more meaningful.
Also, I’m getting married in a few months and the hand written letters are about to be come a past time…
Bonnie says
Customize me!
My uncle sends me picture postcards from his travels. He and his wife love to travel, and so I have quite a collection!
-Bonnie.
Ashley Mc says
“CUSTOMIZE ME”
Since I recently got married, I’ve sent out a lot of handwritten notes lately. A whole lot!
Sara says
Customize me!
I sent handwritten notes to my grandmother several times a year because she doesn’t have a computer or e-mail.
indigorchid says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last handwritten letter I sent was a note to send along with a babyblanket my mom and I made together. Old-fashioned letters are the best!
Joy Hester says
“Customize Me” I think the last one I sent was to my boyfriend who is now my husband of 25 years.
patti says
i always send hand written “thank yous” for birthday presents and just sent a batch out for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. when it was anya’s 4th birthday, i had her make the cards…we got card stock and she colored a picture on the front of each one. i think it’s important to get them used to that sort of personal thanks when they are young. she really enjoyed it too! :)
Lindsay says
Customize me!!!
The last handwritten letter was a handmade card I made to ask my friend to be my maid of honor in April. She loved the card and the colors so much, she still has it displayed in a frame in her bedroom.
Natalie G says
Customize Me! The last handwritten note I received was a thank you note for a baby gift. I would love to have new stationary to send thank you notes, too!
Carol F. says
Please CUSTOMIZE ME!!! I I Love love beatiful customized stationary, I always make special occasion cards and letters with my own designs for my dear ones; they love them. so please CUSTOMIZE ME!!!
Melanie T says
CUSTOMIZE ME…I’ve never been one for letters but in the last few months I’ve started writing notes quite often. The last one I sent was to my mother in law for some flowers she gave me. It’s funny how appreciative people are for handwritten notes. I’ve noticed I get much more attentive feedback from them as opposed to emails.
Stacy S. says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I sent a letter to my old neighbor who is in a nursing home.
Jenny A says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
A Thank You card to my madre for just being the best mom in the world!!!!!
Joy Claassen-George says
CUSTOMIZE ME…
My (now) husband is the last person who wrote me via snail mail. I lived overseas prior to us getting married and we wrote back and forth across the big pond. We’ve kept most of them (threw some away b/c we had a short breakup!!), and they’ll always be a treasure for us. I still enjoy writing/receiving notes in the mail versus getting them via e-mail. It definitely is a long lost art. –JOY
Leslie says
CUSTOMIZE ME…
The last letter I wrote was a thank you card last week for a birthday gift I had received.
PS – The tree and the bird piece looks like something we had designed for our wedding guest book!
Nicole C. says
Customize ME!
I try to write hand written notes occasionally (mostly birthday/anniversary cards, though). I just wrote one to my friend’s daughter as part of a little back to school gift I got her.
Also, the carved tree design is great! My husband and I used trees as part of our theme for our wedding and on one, we had our initials “carved” into a heart in the drawing of a tree. So cute. I would totally chose that set if I won!
Lindsi Luffman says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
My grandma and I have had a tradition of sending each other letters through snail mail ever since I was able to write! I am now 21 and we still love writing each other from opposite sides of the country. :)
kelly says
CUSTOMIZE ME…
i just hand wrote all of our wedding invitations (in my own type of cursive/calligraphy with paint pens)…we only invited immediate family…however my hands were killing me afterwards! it was worth it though!
i would love to use these as our thank you notes!
Angie says
Customize me! Been busy sending thank-you notes for baby gifts—using some cute stationery I snagged on Etsy, actually, but now I’m out. Love the carved tree set, too.
Laura says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!
I love unique and customized stationary! I havent sent out very many handwritten notes since our wedding Thank You cards almost 2 years ago so its about time I got back in the habit of doing it.
Susan F says
CUSTOMIZE ME ….
I started sending my 3 year old niece letters, and pictures. She loves getting mail! Last week, she came home, asked her mom (my sister) to show her the mail and said, “Auntie Suzie didn’t send me anything.” I’m sure she would love a little note, and would put it on display in the painted wall turned bulletin board in her room – my old bedroom :o).
OMG-YHL says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Thank you note for college interviewer… I could use some pretty stationary to woo them!
Joanna Borrego says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
My husband and I celebrated our 4yr anniversary yesterday and I wrote him a handwritten letter with 48 things I love/like about him (it also included some that I dislike but have to love about him because that’s what makes him…well HIM).
:]
Stephanie H says
Customize me!
Whitney says
Customize me!!
I love sending mail and getting mail. I am pen pals from a gal from high school still. I love finding cute cards to send her.
Emily says
CUSTOMIZE ME, baby. Sounds like a good pickup line. Almost.
Jennifer says
love these!
CUSTOMIZE ME :)
i try to write at least 3 handwritten letters or cards a month. not only do i like to send them, but i love to receive them…and i’ve realized when you surprise others, you’ll get them in return!
Chelsea Conard says
CUSTOMIZE ME
The last letter I sent was to a friend who is serving a year and a half service mission in Indonesia for our church. I would love to write other letters to friends and family on custom stationary.