GIVEAWAY WINNER: RROCK! PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR DETAILS FROM ME TO REDEEM YOUR CODE TO SPEND $150 OVER AT MINTED! WOOHOO!
It’s no secret that I am quite possibly Minted’s new #1 fan! I discovered this great company last fall when I was looking to order my holiday cards. I had never purchased anything from them in the past, but they won me over and then some! I was highly impressed by the quality of their paper and envelopes, as well as their attention to detail. I especially appreciated the inclusion of vellum inserts for my fold-over cards to ensure that no ink transferred on the inside when the cards were in transport (because that will happen otherwise, particularly if photos are printed on the interior). I even listed Minted as my favorite company to use in this post with 15 Great Sites to Get Your Holiday Photo Cards. They are awesome! If you are really organized, they even offer a FREE service to print your recipient addresses on your envelopes. You just have to upload the addresses at their site. How great would that be to simply stuff your envelopes and mail?!
I now find myself going to their site when I am looking for all my stationery needs. They even have great gifts like personalized journals (I love this one where you can jot down all the funny things your kids say and do), photo calendars, beautiful custom wall art, classy party decor, and more! One of of my favorite new items they carry is this personalized wrapping paper. I just ordered some like this… I can’t wait to see how it turned out!
I was so excited when the wonderful people at Minted reached out to me recently and asked if I’d like to offer my readers the chance to win $150 (!) in credit to use at their site! (Um… twist my arm… well, of course!!) One lucky person reading this right now will soon have a nice chunk of change to spend, just in time for the holidays! Woohoo!! Thank you, Minted!
Pan down to see how simple it is to enter!
*US residents only. Must be 18 years of age or older. One entry per person.
Some Great Things You Can Find at Minted
Beautiful Holiday Cards
They have a large selection of unique designs and styles, including real foil-pressed cards.
Personalized Wrapping Paper
They now offer personalized wrapping paper (FUN!). I just ordered some like the style below!
Custom Wall Art
Find beautiful wall art with custom text and/or pictures.
I have been eyeing the style below for a while now. It just might have to be my Christmas present to myself! :)
Unique Invitations, Birth Announcements, Wedding Stationery & More
I just love the mini-book style Minted offers. It’s perfect for a Save-the-Date like this one!
Custom Photo Calendars
Upload some pictures, and create a special calendar for yourself or to give as a gift!
The Cards I Ordered at Minted
Last year we had professional pictures taken of our family for the first (and only!) time (thank you, Aubri, from Pink Sky Photography!), and I wanted to find an extra special card to highlight the beautiful pictures we were so lucky to have. After much searching, I finally settled on this card at Minted. I loved how I could drag around the “Happy Holidays” script so that it wasn’t on anybody’s face. Many card companies don’t allow movement of text, and it can often be hard to make the placement work with your photo; but Minted makes it easy to move things around with the click of your mouse. I could also control the location of our last name (which is partially hidden for privacy), and even the cute heart could be dragged into just the right spot!
Inside, I liked how I could share so many other pictures on the left side of the card. (There are many layouts available; this is just the one I chose.) And then on the right side, there was just enough space to write a note to fill everybody in on our year. Our fourth daughter arrived that year, and we were about to celebrate our first Christmas as a family of six, so I had plenty of fun details to report!
To top if off, Minted sent along vellum inserts so the card would reach its destination looking just as it did when I sent it! Without vellum inserts, the ink from the photos on the left would have transferred to the text on the right during transport. I really appreciated that small detail to ensure the beauty of the cards!
See below for a glimpse of how it turned out. They are my favorite cards yet!
FRONT OF THE CARD:
INTERIOR OF THE CARD:
HOW TO ENTER TO WIN
2 SIMPLE STEPS!
1. FOLLOW HARVARD HOMEMAKER
I’d love it if you joined the fun here at Harvard Homemaker so you don’t miss out on helpful posts and more great giveaways like this one!
There are various ways to follow along:
A. via Facebook You can simply click “like” using the icon below without leaving this page.
B. via Pinterest (Click “follow”)
C. via Twitter (Click “follow”)
D. via my Monthly Newsletter (Sign up with your email address in the right side bar, in the box just below this post, or in the footer at the bottom of this page.)
2. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY AT MINTED
Click here to enter the giveaway with your name and email address.
One winner will be chosen at random. Be sure to enter before 11:59 pm on November 11, 2013. Offer expires at exactly midnight on November 12.
MORE DETAILS:
*US residents only. Must be 18 years of age or older. One entry per person. For a complete list of official rules, click here and then click on “official rules.”
Minted will select one winner at random, and then I will send an email to that lucky reader! You will then receive a code to use at their site. Good luck!
Thanks so much for entering! If you’re new here, WELCOME! :) I’m so glad you stumbled on my blog!
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Thank You,
Sandy
The link won’t work! :( Love your posts though!!
The link from my site to Minted isn’t working to find the page to enter? Or it wasn’t allowing you to enter over at Minted? I’m not seeing any trouble when I click anything on my end, so please let me know, and I will try to see what’s going on. Thanks! :)
Thanks for the offer, I tried the Firefox tip I saw below and it worked! :)
Oh great! Glad you figured it out. I feel badly that people are having any trouble entering! :( The joys of modern technology!
I am a huge Minted fan too! Just secured my order yesterday!! I also love that this season they are printing ‘Recipient Addresses’ for free!
You always have terrific holiday cards :)
Yes, that is an awesome feature!! I should have mentioned that, too. So many great things to say about Minted, so little time! :)
I am really enjoying your blog. Please add me to your newsletter list.
Hi all – the link to the contest did not work in IE9, but DID work in Firefox!
Thanks, Mary! So weird that the link works for some and not for others. I’m not having any trouble myself when I click on anything, so I appreciate your note! So please try opening the link in Firefox, everybody, if you’re having trouble. Sorry for any problems you’re having! :(
When I click on the link it I get a message that the address is not valid. Help!
Ugh! What server are you using? I’m using Internet Explorer and having no problems. Can you try Firefox? So weird! Please let me know if you get it to work, otherwise I’ll keep working on it. We’ll get you entered, don’t worry! :)
Can’t try firefox. I’m using IE.
Okay, I just emailed Minted to see if it’s on their end. Are any of the Minted links working for you??
The links that just go to their site work, but not the sweepstakes link.
Okay, I *think* I fixed it. I believe I had a / where I shouldn’t have one. So annoying that one tiny thing like that can mess up the whole link! Firefox and Chrome were handling the problem, but Internet Explorer was not. Please let me know if it works now. So sorry for the inconvenience!!
I had the same problem with the link with using IE, but it worked correctly when using Google Chrome.
Thanks for the info, Kristen. UGH that people are having problems! Everything clicks right through for me, so I didn’t expect any issues. SORRY everybody! So if Internet Explorer isn’t working, please try Firefox or Google Chrome if possible.
Yay! It works!
Yes! So glad. That was making me crazy!! Whew! Thanks for bearing with me!!!
I love Minted and would love the chance to win, but I could not get the link to the contest to work either! thanks!!
Well, darn it, Shannon!! I thought I fixed it this afternoon. Found a “/” where there shouldn’t be one. It’s still not working for you?? :( Are you using Internet Explorer? If you have Firefox or Chrome as options as well, please see if that works. I typically use Internet Explorer (although I have the others on my laptop as well), and I’m not having any problems when I test the links from any server. So sorry!! Ugh! :( Please let me know if you have any luck.
I’m using Google Chrome and the link for Minted worked fine for me. Just thought I’d let you know :)
Very nice, thanks for hosting this! I’m a FB and Twitter follower of yours. Expecting my first baby this month, would be wonderful to win some announcements that can double as Christmas cards. Thanks for the opportunity!
Nicole, that is so exciting!! I, too, first became a mom in the month of November–it certainly made for a very special holiday season that year. :) Speaking of cards that can be both birth announcements and Christmas cards… I saw this style with “Best Year Ever” when I was flipping through Minted’s site in order to put this post together. I just loved it! I should have used that wording last year when daughter #4 was celebrating her first Christmas. Darn it! Just passing it on. :) And so glad you were able to enter the giveaway with no trouble… maybe you’ll be the lucky winner! Take care and best of luck with the new baby on the way!!
What an awesome giveaway! I typically use Shutterfly but I may have to switch companies!
New follower here! :)
I love Shutterfly, too. :) Minted has definitely won me over lately for Christmas cards, though!! Thanks for following along. I will try to make the “follow” worth your time with some helpful stuff if I can! :) Thanks, Candice!
I follow you via FB, Pinterest, twitter, and email! I also went to minted to enter this awesome giveaway!
Love your site. I look forward to your newsletter. I won the copy of Memoirs of a Hamster and my class loved it! Thanks for sharing all these goodies.
Paulina, I love hearing that!! So fun! Maybe you’l get lucky again! :)
I love this giveaway (and your site)!
I tried the link as well with both IE and it didn’t work. I downloaded Google Chrome and still had no luck. Bummer – I am having an early December baby and was looking forward to some holidays/birth announcements as well! :-(
I just downloaded Firefox as well and still nothing! Guess it wasn’t meant to be. :-(
Well, darn it! I can see your email address inside my comments… I will email you directly now and get it worked out. You need to get entered after all that!! So sorry, Nicole, for your trouble! :(
Tried to enter using firefox but did not work, would love to enter the contest!
Ugh! I know, I just tried the link myself and the landing page to enter the giveaway seems to have been removed on Minted’s end of things! :( As far as I understand, it ends at midnight Eastern time, so it shouldn’t be expired yet! Since your comment has been left when the giveaway is still valid, I can see your email address inside my comments section, and so I will make sure you are entered over at Minted manually tomorrow before they generate a winner. So sorry for this little glitch, but we will get you entered so everyone gets their chance at this great prize!
Actually, I just realized when looking more closely that the giveaway ends at midnight Pacific time–so there is plenty of time left! To anyone reading this… please just comment on this post before midnight Pacific time, and I will make sure you get entered manually tomorrow over at Minted. So sorry there was a glitch with the entry page, but we will make sure each of you is entered so everyone gets their fair chance at winning this awesome prize! :)
I can’t get the link to work – it just goes to the Minted site :(
Ugh! I know, I just tried the link myself and the landing page to enter the giveaway seems to have been removed on Minted’s end of things! :( As far as I understand, it ends at midnight Eastern time, so it shouldn’t be expired yet! Since your comment has been left when the giveaway is still valid, I can see your email address inside my comments section, and so I will make sure you are entered over at Minted manually tomorrow before they generate a winner. So sorry for this little glitch, but we will get you entered so everyone gets their chance at this great prize!
Actually, I just realized when looking more closely that the giveaway ends at midnight Pacific time–so there is plenty of time left! To anyone reading this… please just comment on this post before midnight Pacific time, and I will make sure you get entered manually tomorrow over at Minted. So sorry there was a glitch with the entry page, but we will make sure each of you is entered so everyone gets their fair chance at winning this awesome prize! :)
I would love to enter, but I cannot access the link via Safari. It only takes me to the main minted.com site. Any way I am still eligible?
Ugh! I know, I just tried the link myself and the landing page to enter the giveaway seems to have been removed on Minted’s end of things! :( As far as I understand, it ends at midnight Eastern time, so it shouldn’t be expired yet! Since your comment has been left when the giveaway is still valid, I can see your email address inside my comments section, and so I will make sure you are entered over at Minted manually tomorrow before they generate a winner. So sorry for this little glitch, but we will get you entered so everyone gets their chance at this great prize!
Actually, I just realized when looking more closely that the giveaway ends at midnight Pacific time–so there is plenty of time left! To anyone reading this… please just comment on this post before midnight Pacific time, and I will make sure you get entered manually tomorrow over at Minted. So sorry there was a glitch with the entry page, but we will make sure each of you is entered so everyone gets their fair chance at winning this awesome prize! :)
Was there a winner?
Yes, it was RROCK. I listed the information at the very top of the page. Sorry if you missed it! Thanks for entering! :)