***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.
Allison says
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In the past I give friends/neighbors goodies like cookies. This year I was planning on making some Christmas cards with my mother-in-law but this could be a great alternative.
Tashia D says
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I tend to send traditional holiday cards, but with a new baby, we are sending photo cards this year. Pretty boring!
bridget b. says
emmy me! i usually send out a holiday card to family and friends.
Emily says
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I always choose cards with the best messages inside. I like the designs to be simple and understated. I like the words to take the cake.
Meredith Rockwell says
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I am a total slacker when it comes to Christmas cards. This year I am really going to try to send some, though. Once I have kids I will probably go the family picture route.
Amanda says
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I usually try to make homemade caramels for the people I love. Since I’ve been a college student for so long (this is my first Christmas as a graduate) no one has expected me to remember to send things like Christmas cards. Oh no- am I an adult now? Do I have to start sending them??
Angela says
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This year will feature a photo of our new puppy!
jane says
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i usually go the store-bought route. and more often then not, the cards are usually covered in glitter, which really, is the gift that keeps on giving.
Alison says
EMMY ME!! I think my husband and I will stand in front of the tree and show off my pregnant belly for our family and friends on our card this year!
Brittany says
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I try to send quirky pictures of my dog. This year I have an unhappy puppy with reindeer antlers strapped to her head. Sesons Greetings!
Ashley Crawford says
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I love digital cards but can never buck up to buy them. I have made our Christmas cards for the last three years now and find that I actually enjoy it.
For every holiday card I include photos of our cats dressed up appropriately. Halloween is always the most fun (we had a princess, a pirate and a devil this year), but Santa hats and antlers receive good reviews from family (and our friends think we’re “the crazy cat people”).
Emily P says
EMMY ME! With the holidays being so busy, I would often forget to send those holiday cards until I’m stressed out at the last minute. Now I hold-off all together until Valentine’s when I send a more personalized note–it’s more heart-felt and unexpected.
A. Lavin says
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Send traditional paper cards that are emblished a little bit.
sarah says
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every year I buy way too many xmas cards from etsy….
Sarah says
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We are sending out cards that read “Joy” on the front. They are adorable square cards from a specialty handmade card store in the quaint downtown area near where we live. For those who know us, “Joy” is a play on words with our name. We do posed picture cards every other year.
Kaity H. says
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My parents typically have the youngest (newest) member of the family “write” the Christmas letter. One year the newest addition was my horse–complete with his wishing everyone a Mare-y Christmas and a Happy Neigh Year!
Now that this is the first Christmas my fiance and I will spend together, I am thinking we will send out a photo, maybe from our engagement photo session! :)
Sarah C says
EMMY ME. I always think I’ll get around to sending holiday cards and rarely do.
Jenn says
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Since having children, we always send a Christmas card with a picture of the kiddos. Which reminds me….better get cracking on those.
Chris says
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I’ve never sent pictures for the holidays before, but it’s so hard to find holiday cards I love that I’m starting to change my tune about photo cards!
abbi says
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My mom always begs my sister and I to get Sears portraits like we did when we were kids (even though we’re adults and I’m married) but we always avoid it. Last year we set up our own “studio” and took a bunch of overly cheesy, overly posed pictures as a joke. She liked it!
Elena says
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I usually abstain with exception of some personal cards to a select few close family members and friends..
Heather Byrne says
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I have really cute glittery penguin cards.
Laura says
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Sarah says
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I love sending letters because I love getting letters!!
Laura R says
EMMY ME! We send a digital image to Costco and let them do all the work!
Focipresley says
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I re-purpose old Christmas cards given to me. I cut off the picture part and use the empty back to sign my greeting, and then send as a postcard, or add cardstock to make into a new card or postcard.
kate m. says
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My husband and i send out photo cards:)
Meghan says
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Last year was our first year in our own house so we sent a picture of us in front of it as a sort of moving announcement/Christmas card combo. This year, I think we’re going to to the traditional card route and save photo cards for when the family starts to expand :)
Emily says
emmy me! we send out traditional christmas cards
Catherine says
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This year we had our Christmas cards designed by Ollie Graphic on etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/olliegraphic). She customizes them to look like you, then gives you the PDF, and you can print as many you want. They were adorable!
cassie says
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We send Hallmark Christmas cards, purchased in January for 75% off!
kiran says
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my fiancee and i use any excuse to throw a party, we love entertaining, cooking, and introducing everyone to our little kittens – housewarming, second housewarming, graduations, etc. and we never ever go the paper stationery route even though we’re suckers for pretty things, this will be the perfect excuse for us to be more organized and to make our parties more memorable
Emily Wallace says
I always have a photo card made of my girls doing funny thing from throughout the year. And, I appreciate your efforts at proper grammar :-) It’s a nice change to many things out there today!
Kathy says
EMMY ME! We send good old traditional Christmas cards every year.
EvY says
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Sarah says
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Dog photos are a must! For my grad party i used a pic of my dog’s puppy training graduation (she was wearing a mortar board hat!)….
goldberry says
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Well, I usually make our Christmas cards. Sometimes they include our family photo, or photo of the kids, but sometimes I start too late and that part doesn’t happen… I always appreciate cards and especially if they were hand (or custom:) made.
Catherine M. says
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I make all my holiday cards with some hole punches and rubber stamps. Lots of fun! (Though as I’m now in the middle of it, it seems more time consuming than anything else.) Still I know people appreciate the homemade touch!
I’m looking forward to upping the ante next year though once our first baby is born.
priscilla says
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I use evite since cards are so expensive nowadays. Although cards are more personal that electronic ones. =)
Audrey says
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I don’t typically send out yearly cards, but I would with an Emmy Lu design! Love their stuff!
Stefania says
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Way too many of my friends are getting married this year! This could be really helpful for all of the showers and bachelorette parties!!
Lacy S says
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I love to DIY my holiday cards! I use picnik – an online photo editor to make some neat-o cards!
Amy says
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We’ve done professional pics in the past…it would be fun to come up with something new each month!
lauren says
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This is the first year my husband and I are going to send our christmas cards.
Emily says
EMMY ME! We always send handwritten Christmas cards to our family and friends. It is a great time to let everyone know how blessed we feel to have them in our lives.
Liz Mann says
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alison c says
EMMY ME! We’ve only had 2 family christmas cards so far, the first was our fav wedding pic, the second was us with our dog who was covered in those big giant old fashioned christmas lights. not sure what’s in store for this year!
sally says
EMMY ME! I love a hand written thank you note. Not enough people send them. Email is just not the same.
Roseanna says
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We usually try to find really funny cards (from Urban Outfitters, typically) and include a recent photo of us and our precious Beagle Bella.
Season’s Greetings!
Andrea says
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We are about to start our own new tradition by sending photo cards announcing our new address (we just bought a house!), Happy Holidays and Save the Date (we are getting married in August).
Fun!