Not long ago, I was doing my best to catch up on my RSS feed (all 900+ articles, thank you), and something Garance Doré had to say stopped me in my tracks. She was talking about her plans for the new year – resolutions and such – and somewhere in the midst of a ramble I couldn’t totally make sense of, she repeated something a professor of hers had once told her:
{this giveaway is now closed!! our winner was announced right here. thanks for stopping by!}
i have been so excited about this giveaway, it’s been nearly impossible to keep it under my hat. and now, finally, the time has come to introduce you all to hi, friend design! started by a pair of extremely talented ladies, this is hands-down my new favorite line of stationery. beautiful, chic, creative and unbelievably well-priced…what more could i ask?
hi, friend specializes in semi-custom (and incredibly affordable) wedding and shower invitations, and honestly, if you know someone getting married, i can’t say enough about how gorgeous they are.
but, well, i’ve already been down that road. so for me, i’m in it for hi, friend‘s sometimes cheeky, always stylish cards that are absolutely perfect for any occasion at all.
(clearly, i should have asked the talented ladies of hi, friend to help with the graphic for this giveaway. polyvore is just not my friend.)
there literally isn’t a single card in their line that i’m not dying to send to someone i know. i mean, a flamingo silhouette with a “don’t be tacky” tagline? or a barbecue proclaiming your friend “a rare one”? it’s pun-ny perfection for my ultra-corny sense of humor. and their personalized notecards are so chic, i’m literally looking for excuses to send cards to people, just so i can show them off.
with that, on to the giveaway! one of you lucky, lucky readers (oh, how i envy you) will be taking home a huge gift package that hi, friend is customizing just for us: a year’s worth of stationery! the winner of this fabulous giveaway will get: two of each silhouette card at hi, friend (22 in all), a set of 24 custom personalized note cards, a pack of their picture-perfect wine gift bags, and topped off with a completely darling to-do notepad! in other words, you’ll be spared an entire year of emergency trips to hallmark, and you’ll be forever more known as that friend who always sends the perfect card. not bad at all, i think.
to win, all you have to do is go take a peek at hi, friend‘s website, and leave a comment here telling us whether you think your style fits their “modern girl”, “vintage girl”, or “classic girl” (personally, i think i’m a little bit of each). and, as always, nab a bonus entry if you post about the giveaway on twitter (@shoppingscardio and @hifrienddesign), on facebook, on your blog, or whatever else you can think of (town crier, perhaps?). just be sure to let me know how you shared: leave a second comment here to get your bonus entry.
you have until monday (7/19) at noon PDT to enter, and we’ll announce a winner then. so get those entries in soon! and a huge, huge thanks to hi, friend for coming up with this fantastic package just for us!