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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.
Kayce says
Please Press me!
These are wonderful! One of my favorite things to do is send a hand written note. It is a beautiful art that is becoming extinct.
Kelli says
PRESS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always write in cursive, big flowy letters lots of loops :) I always worship my grandmother and saved many things of hers that she had written on. Back when she was in school, they taught children to write a certain way, and I have always tried to copy that because it makes me think of her :)
Kim says
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I write everything in cursive!
Amanda says
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I write in print…I am a 1st grade teacher so it is out of habit. I am horrible when using cursive.
aimee says
PRESS ME. The stationary is so lovely and would be a great contrast to my unreadble handwriting.
Kelly says
Press me! My writing is print in a vain attempt to allow other people to read it too! This does not often work, unfortunately…….. :)
Maddie says
PRESS ME silly! Curse cursive! I try to write neatly but it never lasts longer than a few lines. I stick to the basics these days so people can actually read my messages!
Carolyn Lane says
Press me!! I try to write everything by hand!! I love, love beautiful stationary and this certainly fits the bill!
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Laura Nichols says
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My handwritting is a crazy mix between cursive and print. In fact, I’m a teacher, and it’s a daily occurrence that I have to clarify something I have written. The other day I had written on the board that the students needed to bring their books…but my K’s look like B’s…so midway through 1st period I noticed that it looked I had written “Bring your boobs tomorrow.” Not good for immature 9th graders!
Brooke says
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I rarely write letters, but my New Years Resolution is to write to family members more (keep in touch more!!)
gloria says
PRess me and let me at that beautiful stationary.
I’m an elementary teacher who really tries to have nice handwriting, but I admit that it can be messy and my signature is not legible.
Emily says
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I love to write by hand (but not for work) – and am a huge fan of fonts, including handwritten ones.
Julia says
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I write in print not cursive but I hate my writing. I don’t mind writing hand written notes only because I love getting them back in return but I wish my writing was better looking like some other people. When they send you something and it is beautiful to look at that is what I wish I could have mine look like.
Jacinta says
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Kayla says
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My handwriting is completely illegible, since I have no fine motor skills due to a brain tumor as a child, haha. So I try to avoid it as much as possible, and keep a mini laptop with me during university classes : D.
Alison says
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Love the stationary. My writing is a combo of cursive and print.
Shannon T. says
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I alternate between cursive and print.
Jasmin says
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I write in a very small and clean print mostly because that what was required for a lot of my college coursework. I would love to write in cursive when writing handwritten notes, but cursive doesn’t come natural to me anymore. My attempts at it are so ugly it’s embarrassing!
Kate R. says
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I rock the half cursive half print. Being a teacher, your lucky to get what you remember down. So it looks more like chicken scratch!
Christian T says
Press me! I have been writing more handwritten letter lately…. I think it’s nice to get a nice note in the mail every now and then.
megan w says
PRESS ME! I love these…
I handwrite ALL DAY LONG in hospital charts and sign my name about 50 times a day I feel like. I just go classic print/semicursive.
Katie says
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I prefer to type since my handwriting looks like an 8-year-old boy writing with his non-dominant hand, but it’s definitely fun to send hand-written notes to special people. I mostly use cursive if I actually want it to be somewhat legible. It makes me try harder.
Windy Aphayrath says
PRESS ME! Please!
I <3 Stationary and this stuff is adorable! I love to jot little notes for friends and family and even though my writing is a mish mash of cursive, block and squiggles, I know my personality is in it!
Sarah P says
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My “handwriting” is awful! To bad too because I love stationary and fun pens.
Lisa says
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I just attended an event and followed up two days later with handwritten thank you notes for 15 people. I’m a firm believer in handwritten notes, especially thank you notes. No holiday thank you emails from me!
I love to write in pens that make me feel all vintage and happy.
Sarah says
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I ADORE THIS GIVEAWAY! How awesome! Thank for the chance.
I have terrible hand writing, but I love to hand write notes and thank you cards anyways!
bonnie says
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kelly says
press me! i have been told i have a doctor’s signature but i like to think my handwriting is actually architectural most of the time which is why i’d probably pick the rigid simplicity of the “dictionary” set!
Jen McAdams says
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I need to get better about moving away from email and back to handwritten notes!
Lindsey says
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It depends on my mood. Sometimes I write all girly and swirly and other times it looks like a crazed musician jotting down the most infamous of lyrics…just depends but I always mix cursive and print no matter how hard I try it always seems to happen :)
Kristin Burns says
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I’ve lost pretty much all of the character my writing once had after years of mainly typing. That said, I kept my “signature moves”: slashes through zeros (to differentiate them from ohs) and dashes through zees (to differentiate them from twos).
Stefanie Durchman says
PRESS ME! I write in print…my childhood friends say my handwriting hasn’t changed since 1st grade! ugh!
Susan F says
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Absolutely beautiful – the letterpress that is. My handwriting is an odd mix of cursive and print, generally legible but not exactly beautiful. ;)
Kathy T says
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I usually write in cursive. Although in this computer era, writing requirements are few and far between. We need to bring back the good ol’ fashioned letter!
Mary W. says
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I love writing (and receiving) notes. I have a HUGE stationary habit…probably have 20 different styles of paper right now with my name or initial on them all. I also love to give stationary as a gift.
Kristin says
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I write by hand, painfully neat, and then I get distracted and can’t keep my words in a straight line!
Taylor (The House on Penny Lane) says
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Having majored in Interior Design, I was taught how to write in the architectural style, which was totally up my ally considering I have been changing the way I write since middle school. Seriously! If I don’t like the way my G’s look, I just practice writing them differently until it becomes second nature.
Lauren says
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Generally, I stick to a combo of cursive and print letters for my everyday writing. However, I also am a teacher so I have my own set of both printed and cursive “teacher” handwriting. ;)
Jessica Worley says
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I have terribly boring, just like the handwriting workbook cursive. Everyone always says how neat it is, but I wish I had a funkier scrawl. Thanks! Jess W
Jenny says
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Due to interior architecture school, most times I’m writing all caps, nice & neat, but when I’m handwriting a note, I write in my half cursive/half printing combo…
Wanda Kuo says
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It takes me 10 times as long to write in cursive, and that’s also the only time i dot my i’s.
nicole says
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my writing style changes, evolves, recently i’ve reverted to cursive, but mostly a fancy printed form…actually i just had a font made.
Kelly says
PRESS ME! I am a teacher so I need to have neat printing for my grade 1 students! But the rest of the time I write :)
amanda says
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I have really neat writting.Which I love most of the time, but other times it is a pain because everyone wants me to write anything necessary.
Lisa Bostrom says
PRESS ME! I write in all caps since I was a little girl and now I can’t stop!
Rebecca-Lyn says
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I love to write different ways to match my mood. I am illegible sometimes and down right cool looking others….if I do say so myself :)
Allison says
Press Me!!! Oh my! I love a handwritten note!! These are beautiful! I write any which way…cursive for my journal…all cap blocks for my to do list.
Jacqui Ozcelik says
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I love to write letters and send cards. I just married a Turkish man, and am learning Turkish…my New Year’s resolution is to begin written correspondence with his mother to build a relationship with her and practice/improve my Turkish (she speaks no English)
My handwriting is extremely neat…I write in a combination print/cursive font with some flourishes…and always capitalize my “R”.
I Love Love Love the first one with the dictionary page….brilliant!
Anna says
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I use the classic print/cursive combo.
Alicia says
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I am a printing type of girl with a few cursive accents thrown in for quickness. I’ve been told by may people that they love my handwritting, but I covet my grandmother’s handwritting. It is flawless and a beautiful flowy cursive that is just charming. I love receiving handwritten notes in the mail and have wanted to get custom stationary for my husband and I, but have been too cheap to spend the fortune that it costs. I would LOVE to win the Signature cards!!!!