***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.
Erin says
EMMY ME!!!
My family sends out the traditional family christmas card picture, but as an unmarried 22 year old, I like to send hand-written cards to some of my best college friends because we are all scattered across the country from Alabama to California!
KBella says
EMMY ME!!
I am SOOO behind on doing my Christmas card this year… because I take a picture of my son and do a photo-card but my son had a big scratch on his face for 2 weeks and it’s finally gone away- so I NEED to take his pic tomorrow and get started… so if I won this lovely Emmy Lu prize- that would be OH SO helpful!!
ashley d says
EMMY ME!
Samantha says
Emmy me! I usually send Christmas cards, but it isn’t happening this year. I’m thinking about doing an e-card, though, to send to those who have email addresses. Next year I’ll do proper cards again.
Lauren Kay says
EMMY ME!
I’m a bit quirky when it comes to holiday cards – I send a funny Photoshopped picture via email the week before Christmas, since the holiday time is usually a flurry of paper for me – and I much more appreciate emails this time of year. I send out paper cards for little holidays throughout the year like National Hug Day.
Christy Grubbs says
EMMY ME!! I love shopping for my christmas cards when they go on sale after the holiday. I stock up for the next year on the cheap!
Joy Hester says
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Krstin Johnson says
EMMY ME!!! I think I oculd use a little help in the creativity department!
Jena says
EMMY ME!
Yuliya Patsay says
EMMY ME…and while I do abstain from the madness maybe this prize will enable me to go nuts next year!
michelle says
EMMY ME
Usually just send out a store-bought card. It does the trick.
karrie says
Emmy me! I send traditional cards when I remember to get them out in time for Christmas. But last year, I sent an e-card of our cute puppy wearing reindeer antlers.
Corey says
Emmy Me!
My sweet in-laws still include our photo on their holiday photo card. Would love to begin sending out one of our own next year!
Kristin @ Domestic Ease says
Emmy Me!!
I actually planned on doing trying out the Emmy Lu Christmas cards this year, so this would be perfect!!
Blessings!
Maggie D says
Emmy Me
Carol R says
Emmy Me!! My husband and I are spending our first Christmas together in our new home and one new tradition we started was sitting in front of our cozy fireplace, wine glasses in hand (of course!), with Christmas music playing and writing out Christmas cards to family and friends. :) Our comments on the Christmas cards got more and more creative as the wine drinking continued…lol…
joy says
EMMY ME…
Our Christmas photo-card usually features our son (now will be our sons with the addition of a new baby)!
Jennifer says
EMMY ME!
I hand make my own Christmas cards with my scrapbook supplies :)
Holly B says
EMMY ME!
I used to boycott christmas cards totally, but now that we have kids I have given in to the pressure. This year we did a funny one with my husband singing to us with a guitar (he doesn’t even know how to play). And we are wearing horrible sweaters. :)
danyelle says
Emmy Me
I love xmas cards and stationary in general. We send pictures of the kids.
heather bruce says
emmy me! emmy me!!!
Lauren G. says
Emmy Me!!
(this is a wonderful give-away and right up my alley sice I have a minor obsession with stationary lately!) We just had our first baby this year…sending out cards was so much fun! Who wouldn’t feel joy seeing our baby’s bright face on a card? :)
Susan says
EMMY ME
I made Christmas cards last year and then lost them half way through the Christmas season…needless to say, I am hesitant to make them again knowing my track record!
Mike says
EMMY ME!
I would love to send out these cards!
Lisa says
Emmy Me!
I send out cards every year, but just to friends and family that we don’t see that often…. BUT I write a personal note in each one! So it takes forever, but as my moms says, if you are going to go through the trouble of sending a card in the mail, it seems so silly to just sign your name and not say anything else!
Janelle says
EMMY ME!
What a great giveaway — I love it! We usually send out traditional Christmas cards with an obligatory family newsletter (we have lots of extended family and friends all over the country) and a picture. We actually only started the picture last year, when we had our first child.
Amber says
Emmy Me!
This might be my favorite giveaway from you. I heart stationary and notes. And my Christmas cards aren’t done yet. I normally go with a family shot … the wedding, the dog, the kid … they chronical the changes in our life.
Natalie says
EMMY ME! We send out photo Christmas cards. We had our first one as a married couple last year and this year we have one with our new baby boy. It will be so fun to keep them all in an album and see how much we’ve changed over the years!
Jessica C. says
EMMY ME!!!!
We are sending out a photo collage this year as our holiday card of pics of our 4 month old daughter and a family pic thrown in too. :)
Robbie Beth says
EMMY ME I used to think photo cards were the most luxurious of christmas cards, now they are so easy and I love to make them. Just posing the adorable daughter though, no luck getting a shot with all three of us.
Katie says
EMMY ME!
This is our first year sending out Christmas cards with our little one and we hope to make it an annual tradition!
Lara says
EMMY ME!
I plan to send photo holiday cards for every year that we have a “1st”…for instance, I sent one with one of our engagement photos of us when we got married. I plan to send one when we have our first baby, etc.
Molly Oliver says
EMMY ME! I am 26 and married, but do not have any kids (working on that) but my mom always has me design our “family” card. Last year after we finished DIY fix-ups to our 40s beach house I water-colored our house on a card and added some cute text. Seasons Greetings!
Kelly K. says
Emmy Me.
I’m a traditional Christmas card person, usually putting a few pics of us from the past year on the card.
Paula I. says
EMMY ME!
Oh please, please EMMY ME!
I have done handmade Christmas cards the past two years and since getting married a year ago, I now can drag my husband and his dog into the mix too! I force a picture session on him and usually end up with something goofy of us trying to corral the animals. So, handmade it is again this year! I can’t think of a better way but to let someone else design it!
amy says
EMMY ME
I just pick out some pretty cards with good sayings at TJ Max.
Rebecca says
EMMY ME!
no greeting card is my style, but this year will be a photo of my fiance and I so the card will double as a save the date!
Mary W. says
EMMY ME!! I love to send a Christmas card featuring my fur-baby every year, but she wouldn’t cooperate for the photo shoot this year. Maybe I’ll win and we able to throw something together last minute.
Drew says
Well please EMMY ME!!! We usually do just the typical Christmas Card.
Marcy says
emmy me please
Nicole says
EMMY ME! I’ve been a bit scroogie with Christmas cards as of lately. I love to receive them but feel like the days are slipping away. One of my relatives did a Thanksgiving card one year – telling how thankful she was for her family and friends. I’ve toyed with the idea of a New Year’s greeting. We’ll see how I do!
Kate says
EMMY ME!!!
In the past I have done a picture of the hubby and me, but this year we are showcasing pictures of our 10 month old son for his first Christmas!!! (Which, by the way, was a huge headache trying to get him to sit still in front of the tree long enough!)
Melissa says
EMMY ME!
For the past many years, I have had to suppress my desire to have a holiday greeting tradition since my husband and I were in the Peace Corps and then we were saving to purchase an apartment while going to Grad School. This past June we became the happy homeowners of Apt. 3A! Holidays of 2009 will be the first year of the rest of our seasonal greetings traditions – Would love for Emmy Lu to be part of it!
Kate says
EMMY ME!!!
Rob says
EMMY ME
I always buy a gift for a needy child because every child should have something to open on X-Mas morning. :)
Rose Brannon says
EMMY ME! If I have my act together I send a family photo with a card. But this year we’re up to our ears in paint, hoping we can move in to our first house by Christmas. So cards might not happen. Just found your blog a few weeks ago, and have really been enjoying it!
Lisa says
EMMY ME
Pre-baby it was the boxed cards. Now it’s trying to get the baby AND dog to pose cutely for a photocard I design with my rudimentary photoshop…this year-little elf and reindeer dog. Wish me luck.
Allison Hoak says
Emmy Me please! We’re from right outside DC so we love to use a historic landmark/monument for our backdrop.
Cara L says
EMMY ME! my husband and i are getting ready to send out our very first christmas card with pictures from our first year of marriage!
Katie B. says
EMMY ME! I send out Christmas cards…I usually like ones with snowmen on them.