November Stationery Giveaway

Welcome to the November Stationery Giveaway where one lucky winner will win ALL of these prizes.

The Texas Pen Company kindly donated a box calligraphy set containing 2 Scheaffer Fountain Pens, 3 calligraphy nibs, 14 ink cartridges, a practice pad and calligraphy booklet with step-by-step instructions.

First time contributor, Cindy at Letters from Midlife sent in a selection of lovely photo note cards. There is a combination of flower note cards and tea cup note cards. No two are alike in this packet. Enjoy!

In My Book sent in 3 of their combination note cards/bookmarks. Love the book-themed illustrations on these cards. If you have a favorite bookstore, library or gift store that carries bookmarks, please ask them if they'd like to carry the In My Book line.

Tilia Press continues to delight us with their beautifully illustrated note cards. This set of Thank You cards comes with purple envelopes. Have fun with these!

Eraser Carver contributed a set of historical greetings note cards that are uniquely designed and illustrated. I'm amazed by all of the creative and dedicated artists following their dreams and sharing their passion and art.

This Keith Haring lined notebook is made by Quo Vadis and comes from Karen at Exaclair who regularly supports the pen/ink/paper community with contests and donations.

The variety at Ex Libris Anonymous is amazing! This Pineapple Story blank book is larger than most of their journals and has many pages of black and white illustrations from the original book interspersed with the clean white pages of their quality paper stock.

If you're on the internet, odds are excellent you have multiple passwords for all of the sites you access. The Personal Internet Address and Password Logbook is published and donated by Peter Pauper Press. Here's a hint for creating passwords: Use three words in a short sentence. Add a number or capitalization for those sites that require it. Examples: BabySleeps2Night, catclimbstrees4, birdsaystweet.

They don't have to make sense, they just have to be memorable by you.

This assortment from Haley's Handmades includes a box set of invitations, a selection of note cards, 2 pins and a set of stickers.Who wouldn't have fun with this?

 

Chewy Tulip sent in this selection of five owl postcards. These colorful whimsical cards are all unique and beautifully illustrated.

There are 6 assorted flat note cards in this package from Wimzie Prints including the bird you see here, a ladybug, dragonfly, butterfly and more. Some say "Thanks" and some say "Hi" or "Just a Note".

Everyone loves new pens! This set of medium gels from GellyRollers from Sakura of America comes in a package of 10. Exciting times for one lucky winner!

Ecojot continues to support us by sending in cards and journals from their awesome selection on their site. This colorful journal has a quote by Edmund Hilary, "It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." How true. For those of you who may not know, Ecojot has a Give Program where they donate a journal for each journal purchased on their site. Thanks, Ecojot!

Leave a comment to be entered into this giveaway.

I contact the winner by email, so be sure to include your email address with your comment or you can send me your email address: Jackie (at) lettersandjournals (dot) com. I number each comment on this the website, the blog and the few I receive via email. I then use the Random Number Generator to select the winning number. Good Luck!

The Note Project

The Note Project wants to encourage you to send one note (more if you want) of appreciation to someone. This is a free global project to get a million people to pledge to send a note to someone who made a difference in your life. Their goal? To make the world a million times better by sharing appreciation.

There are free videos, audios, a $1 letter writing kit, e-cards, a blog and much more.

Won't you take a moment to make a pledge and then send a note?
You can also follow the Note Project on Facebook and Twitter.

Inspired by Photo Note Cards

I'm inspired by these photo cards to make my own note cards using photos I've taken. I received this one recently from a pen pal in NY and am just charmed by its exotic simplicity.

The photo card above is a miniature photo card (2.5 x 3.5) that I purchased at a craft fair recently with the idea that I would use this as a template to create my own cards with photos or portions of photos that I've taken.

This final photo note card is from a local nature preserve where I go for walks. I love the seasonal picture of this tree captured in its winter bareness, yet still grand and regal. (The credit for this card goes to Shirley Doyle from Nature Photographs in Minneapolis.)

Maybe next time I will have some of my own to share.

Letters & Journals Magazine Update

The launch of the print version of Letters & Journals is scheduled for 2011. It's been a long time in research and planning and the challenge in 2010 has been to build a following of potential subscribers.

To date we have a list of 2,300 names of possible subscribers/buyers. Our goal is to get 5,000 names. Once we have a list of 5,000 names then we will begin approaching advertisers and following up with the ones who have already expressed interest (thank you!).

If you know some people or groups who would be interested, please encourage them to sign up for the website, the e-newsletter or just let me know to add them to my Magazine Updates Only list. None of the lists are being sold or shared and there is no obligation.

Thanks to the many loyal followers who offer their encouragement and share in the excitement of all the things that Letters & Journals represents; pens, paper, ink, pencils, notebooks, diaries, journals, note cards, stationery, mail art, pen pals, postcards, mail, stamps, letters, ephemera, etc.