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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.
Michelle says
Customize me!!
The last note I wrote was to a friends grandmother. My friend arranged it so that his grandmother would receive 80 cards on her 80th birthday. What a cute idea!
Jen B says
Customize me!
I just sent off handmade cards as thank you notes to my aunt and mother to allow me for crashing on their vacation. I love handwritten notes! Its a dying art!
Gretchen says
Customize Me!
The last handwritten note I sent was a thank you letter for a birthday present.
Kelly Flynn says
Customize me!
This summer I made an effort for the first time to start sending letters to friends and family on a regular basis. Writing my wedding thank-you notes in June made me realize how much I love (and miss) letter writing.
blissfully caffeinated says
Customize me!
That is some adorable stationary. I hardley ever send handwritten notes anymore, unfortunately. The one exception is Thank you’s. I always do handwritten thank you’s after receiving gifts. Probably the last ones I mailed were after my daughter’s 3rd birthday party several months ago.
Beth says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last letter we received was from the man (91 years old, btw!) my husband bought his first fixer house (now a rental) from asking if we would like to buy another fixer house from him!! We took him up on that offer and got ourselves an adorable 1920 bungalow that we remodeled and is now our second rental property!
Stephanie B says
Customize me!
These are so fun. I absolutely love getting little drawings from my nieces in the mail. My favorite is a scribble with my SIL’s clarification underneath… “Aunt Steph’s face.”
Emily Gocke says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I just sent my brother and sister in law a happy 5 year anniversary card!
Sarah B says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
As someone who LOVES to open the mailbox to find an envelope with my name handwritten on it (instead of finding just another bill!), I try to send handwritten notes anytime I can. I just sent one off this morning to one of my dear friends who just informed me that she is pregnant!
Kelly K says
Customize me!
The last handwritten note I wrote was a thank you to my aunt and uncle for letting us stay at their house. I love getting handwritten notes in the mail, so I try to send some as much as I can.
Amanda. says
Customize Me!
I write cards all of the time, especially being in the events industry. I’m forever thanking partners/vendors/suppliers, staff, etc. for their great work. Writing thank you notes instead of sending e-mails is becoming a lost art and I like to take the time to personally write a note to everyone.
I remember when I met my boyfriend (before we were BF + GF, hehe), and afterwards he told me he was so impressed that I was so thoughtful and took the time out to write thank you notes individually to the 15-20 staff that were on-site working for the cruise line. He knew I was special…
But, the last thank you note I wrote was actually this morning. I thanked a friend for taking time out of his intense schedule to talk to me about the possible Chicago 2016 Olympics. Of course I speak with him on the phone and via e-mail but I think a handwritten card just adds a little special thank you, and it really is the appropriate thing to do.
Lauren S says
The last hand written note I wrote was to a pregnant friend to let her know I was thinking of her.
Hand written notes can make anyone’s day!
Stephanie Danley says
Customize me!I love sending and receiving handwritten letters. The most recent one I sent was to my boyfriend. It was a quotable card that read, “How do I love thee, let me count the ways.”
Kristina says
Customize me! So cute!
Ivy says
Customize Me!
Me new husband and I are currently writing Thank You notes to all of our wonderful friends and family for their generosity.
BUT I truly love stationary and I’ve been trying to keep the dying art of writing letters alive. I love sending notes to friends with hopes it will brighten thier days!
Allison says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
My mother would KILL me if I was not diligent about sending prompt thank you letters in the mail. According to her, (and now, as an adult, I fully agree) that all thank you notes should be handwritten and sent for anything and everything!
Connie says
Customize Me . . .
I love the weekly cards & letters I exchange with my 89 year old grandma. It has been our tradition since before I went off to college — 10+ years and counting!
Rebecca says
“CUSTOMIZE ME”
I just popped a handwritten thank you note in the mail today. We recently moved out of state and our old next door neighbors moved the month before we did. They moved about three hours from our new home but were vacationing just an hour from us so we were able to meet up for the day. I snapped a few pics of the day, printed them out and included them in our thank you note. I got a kick out of writing it so hoping they get a kick out of receiving it!
Laura says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I sent a snail mail letter recently to a friend going through a really rough divorce while pregnant, telling her how wonderful of a woman and friend she is. I followed it up with flowers sent to her work.
Jamie S says
Customize me. My husband and I sent hand written notes to each other while he was deployed for 7 months. He leaves again in a few weeks and I’m planning on sending notes in all of his care packages.
Amy says
“CUSTOMIZE ME”
I love sending hand written letters… the latest one I wrote was to my childhood friend. There is just something so special about hand written letters!
Olivia @ Powered by Tofu says
CUSTOMIZE ME
The last note… probably postcards in Barcelona!
Leslie says
CUSTOMIZE ME
My grandmother and I have been exchanging letters since I was in grade school. :)
Rachel says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I just wrote to my very sweet mother-in-law, who does not have a computer and who is the most prolific letter writer I know.
DCTexan says
Customize me! I have a minor obsession with stationary. I use it for all occasions: thank you notes, birthday cards, I’m-thinking-about-you letters, etc. I love the carved tree set!
Candy says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I’m afraid that the last mail that I sent out was Wedding invitations. Thank you notes are sitting rather sadly on our coffee table trying to make their way to their new homes.
Mary b says
“CUSTOMIZE ME”
I make hand made cards… so I try to be on top of sending them out for birthdays, anniversaries etc. I love sending and receiving cards!!
These are so adorable!!
Christa says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last handwritten note I sent was to my mom about two months ago. At the time she was halfway across the country receiving some medical attention and I knew that weekly letters would mean so much to her. It was the first time in a long time I didn’t simply send a “thank you” or something equally as short-and-sweet by snail mail. This time, I wrote to my mom at length, describing in length the simple things such as how I spent my day or how I had heard something and thought of her.
Now she’s home and doing much better, and I can see just how much she appreciated the handwritten notes!
laura says
Customize me!
The last handwritten note I sent was a bunch of thank-you notes for graduation presents. Before that though, I used to send my fiance letters when we were long-distance. I love handwritten notes, and these cards are gorgeous!
Dawn says
CUSTOMIZE ME! The last note I sent by hand was to two friends who recently celebrated their two year wedding anniversary – an occasion I’ll never forget as I was privileged to have been a part of their special day.
Jess B says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
I sometime’s shoot notes out to my friend who moved out east when I find fun stationary.
Angela says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
Katrina says
Customize me! Not necessarily an all-out handwritten letter, but I seem to be the last of my friends who still mails birthday and anniversary cards. Any bets that Hallmark has suffered a hit since the inception of the Facebook birthday alert?
Kristen says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!! I just wrote 2 snail mail letters last week. One to my dear parents to thank them for their thoughtfulness, and the other to my good friend who lives a few hours away to tell her how excited I am to see her soon! Snail mail is always much more exciting than an e-mail, text message or even phone call!
Sandra J says
CUSTOMIZE ME. The last handwritten notes/letters I have sent out were thank you notes from my wedding (which was almost 2 years ago).
AbbyW says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!! The last handwritten thing I wrote was a postcard to my Grandma from the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA!
Kelly says
CUSTOMIZE ME- I love to write notes to others, it’s a fun suprise to recieve a personal letter in the mail! :)
Emily says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I write handwritten notes all the time…at least once a week. I love personalized stationary and think letter writing is such a beautiful way to brighten someone’s day. The letters I wrote this week were thank you notes for dear friends who attended a charity event with me.
Sky says
Customize me!
I wrote a note on a bridal shower gift. I love getting and sending handwritten letters. They are far more sentimental to me than an e0mail.
Jessica Young says
O, Customize Me some cute stationary. I write my Gramie cards.
Allison M says
CUSTOMIZE ME!
The last little note I sent via snail mail was a note to my friend’s grandma. She sends a lot of cards, so I thought I would send one back. :)
BETHANY JOY says
“CUSTOMIZE ME”
The last handwritten notes I sent were thank you notes for my birthday in June. My mom trained me to always send thank you notes for gifts and thoughtful gestures. Sometimes it’s a lost art, but I love finding cute notes and staying in touch with loved ones, even if the internet is more convenient.
Natalie says
CUSTOMIZE ME! I wrote a letter this past weekend to my baby sister on the day she moved to college. I had lots of “big sisterly” advice and sentiments I wanted to share and a letter seemed most appropriate. I think I am going to try to remember to write her letters this whole year because it’s always fun to get real mail when you are a freshman in college.
Aileen says
Customize Me! To my grandpa, to thank him for helping us with our new home :-)
danielle Moll says
Customize me!! I always hand write thank you notes and Christmas cards but that’s about it for snail mail for me.
Kathleen says
“CUSTOMIZE ME”
Recently we received the nicest handwritten letter from an acquaintance whom we’d sent a condolence card to. He’s not a close friend, so when we read his heartfelt words of gratitude for our sympathies, as well as his words of wisdom to us (we’re expecting a baby) we were really touched. It seems like people don’t reach out to each other like that anymore.
Barbara says
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Heather says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!!!
I wrote 3 snail mail cards this week. One to my little brother for his birthday and one to my grandma and one to my mom. I love handwritten notes and try to send one every chance I get (usually once a month). I my mom and grandma’s cards with print pictures (I love digital pictures but love prints even more) in them of our baby and how he is growing, since we live in a different state.
Christina says
CUSTOMIZE ME!!
The last handwritten letter I got was from my older sister, and it was a thank you card thanking me for all I am doing helping her with planning her wedding in October :) it was very sweet and she is so tight with money that I’m showing her all the little DIY ways she can make it cheap and sweet!
Susy Manduley says
CUSTOMIZE ME. UNFORTUNEATELY, THE LAST HANDWRITTEN LETTER WAS A SYMPATHY LETTER TO A DEAR FRIEND AFTER THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER.