A postcard giveaway for the holidays

Remember that giveaway madness that happened not too long ago? Well, fabumous UPrinting has been nice enough to sponsor yet another custom postcard giveaway!













Giveaway Prize: 100 Postcards for one (1) lucky winner
Size: 4x6; Paper: 14pt Cardstock Gloss; Printing: Full color both sides
Shipping: Winners have to pay for shipping

Seriously, I've used UPrinting for a couple jobs now and am thrilled with the results!! So easy, so affordable, and they are so helpful. One of the jobs I sent to them had a couple issues that I didn't even realize and they fixed it for me!

I printed our Save the Dates through UPrinting (will not reveal them until they're sent out...want to keep them a surprise for the family members who follow my blog!) but I have some other things that I have used them for (Mr.'s fantastic business cards, our wedding monogram stickers) and I'm planning on using UPrinting for other wedding details as well.

Could you use 100 free custom postcards? Just leave a comment on this post by January 4 about how you'd like to use them and I'll choose one winner using random.org. One entry per person please. Good luck!!

*This is a sponsored post - They're so nice, I get a set of 100 custom postcards too!*

Nala!

Mr. and I got a puppy on Saturday...taking a little break from wedding planning!

Meet Nala!

Tying the Knot: Favors

I love this detail!

{ via Bridal Buzz }

Speaking of Monograms...

How beautiful would this moss and succulent masterpiece be...





{ images via The Bride's Cafe }

...using our monogram?



Seems totally doable...DIY steps here.

For the Pups

Mr. and I have wanted a dog for a LONG time. We are very very close to getting one and will definitely share pictures soon!

In the meantime, I made puppy collars for FMIL's Welsh Springer Spaniels.

The in-process photos I took are totally boring, but in a nutshell I knitted and then felted the collars, and then made buttons. The puppies loved them!

Our Wedding Monogram!

SO excited!! Remember how I found the CK monogram in that book of vintage monograms?

{ image taken from Alphabet of Monograms by me }

Well, I asked my mom to play with it (remember she did that orange tree for our Save the Dates too? Which I changed a bit and redid...story for another day) and here's what she created:

Which I then sent over to UPrinting to have made into stickers!!



{ photo by me }

They are 2"x 4" and I plan on investing in a rotary cutter in order to slice them in half to 2"x 2" stickers. That way I'll have 500 monogram stickers :) I also want to get a 2" circle punch because I think I'd prefer them in circles rather than squares. Although...what if I corner punched them like our Save the Dates?



{ image by me }

Now to figure out what to use them for...So far I'm thinking as stickers on our favors but I'm also thinking of making napkin wraps for the reception and perhaps we could use the stickers to seal the wrap? Or also as an enclosure for part of our invite? Out of town bags somewhere? Lots of ideas.

And it's totally awesome how excited my mom is about these!! Makes me happy that she is such a big part of the creative side of the planning process so far.

Ooh la la!

These earrings from Kande's Etsy Shop would add such a lovely splash of color to a white wedding dress! Not sure if I have the guts to wear them on our wedding day, but perhaps for the engagement session?