August Stationery Winner Announced

The winner of the August Stationery Giveaway was Janice K from MN. Congratulations, Janice, who was lucky #44 as selected by the True Random Number Generator earlier today.

The September Stationery Giveaway has begun and that winner will be selected on October 1, 2011. To be eligible to win you must leave a comment on the September Stationery Giveaway blog post and you must leave an email or be registered at the website, www.lettersandjournals.com, so that I have a way to contact you. If I have no way to contact you, I will select another entry. There is also an option to send me your email telling me that you want to put your entry in for the giveaway. Jackie (at) lettersandjournals dot com.

July Stationery Giveaway

Welcome to the July Stationery Giveaway at Letters & Journals! To be entered to win this wonderful selection of prizes from our generous sponsors, just leave a comment with your email address so that you can be contacted. (If you're registered at the website, then you don't need to include it with your comment.)

This lovely writing journal was donated by Journaling Arts who has been a long time sponsor of the monthly giveaways. The deep red color, the heart on the cover and the word 'Amore' in the bottom right hand corner all combine to make this a journal where you'll want to write your most private thoughts.

The Texas Pen Company donated this calligraphy set that comes with 2 Scheaffer Fountain Pens, 3 calligraphy nibs, 14 ink cartridges, a practice pad and calligraphy booklet with step-by-step instructions.Who doesn't like trying new pens and experimenting with our handwriting?

The note card set featured below is from the Rifle Paper Company. This note card has four different designs all featuring insects such as the Caterpillar you see here.

This pink orchid designer pen came from Peter Pauper Press. The fine point rollerball writes in black ink. The Chinese proverb on the back of the box says "Words are but air; the pen leaves a mark."

If you're looking for some writing stationery for you new pink orchid pen, look no further than this unique writing tablet by Botanical Paperworks. The paper is made from 100% post consumer waste paper and the seed cover is embedded with wildflower seeds and can be planted.

Journals and Papers donated this dream journal. This blue hardcover book has blank pages with an inspirational quote in the corner of each page to act as your muse. Instructions on the cover state, "Hope, wish and dream daily as needed."

The Parker Planner is small enough to fit in your purse or pocket and contains undated pages and extra free space so you can create the day planner to fit your needs.  Thanks Parker Planner for contributing to our monthly giveaway!

Ex Libris Anonymous (Book Journals) recycles old used books and turns them into personal journals by filling with quality blank paper while leaving a selection of the original text interspersed in the book to make a unique writing journal.

Haley's Handmades contributed a set of note cards, a set of 6 bookplates and some individual note cards all featuring her animated poodles. Below is just one of the designs.

Sean McMahon has created musical note cards with a variety of themes. If you visit his website you can see a large selection of his cards as well as hear some of the songs.

Chewy Tulip sent in a themed selection this month- it is all about bears! Included in this packet are 3 postcards, 6 mini note cards and a magnet.

On August 1 a winner will be selected from the comments that are posted to this blog. Make sure to leave your email address so you can be contacted if you win. Good Luck!

Giveaway Changes

We have good news for the regular readers and followers of Letters & Journals! The odds of winning the fabulous monthly stationery giveaway just improved tremendously!

 We're changing the way we select the winner by only allowing active readers to be entered into the drawing. This should improve your odds of winning as entry to the monthly stationery giveaway will now be limited to the number of people who leave comments on the specified giveaway post each month.

Currently there are over 800 people signed up for the drawing and the number increases each month as new people sign up for the e-newsletter. This is great to grow the readership of the e-newsletter, but we're finding that the more readers who opt in for the e-newsletter, the fewer people are actually opening and reading the e-newsletter.

Beginning with the June Stationery Giveaway, you will need to post a comment on the current month's blog post to be eligible for that month's giveaway. We will post the new entry rules within the blog post on the website and also in the e-newsletter. There is also a page on the website with the entry rules.

And, to reward the readers of the e-newsletter, we will have e-newsletter only giveaways as well, just as we sometimes have for L&J Facebook fans.

Website Maintenance 4/26/11

The web host for Letters & Journals is planning to do some server maintenance on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, so the site will be inaccessible for most of the morning. This blog is separate and will not be affected.

I'll wait until after the maintenance to schedule the next blog posting. I'm also working on the April e-newsletter, the May Stationery Giveaway, preparation for the National Stationery Show and content ideas for the premiere edition which is scheduled for Dec 2011. Exciting stuff!

January Stationery Winner

The lucky winner for the January Stationery Giveaway is Linda D from California! Congratulations, Linda. I have sent you an email requesting your mailing address and will get the package off to you as soon as I know where to send it.

Thanks to our lovely sponsors for January:  

Journal  (Crane)

Cards/Bookmarks (In My Book)

Flying Wish Paper (Flying Wish Paper)

Pen ( Jac Zagoory)

Poodle Note Cards (Haley’s Handmades)

Note Cards (Hello Lucky)