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SHUTTERBEAN + MINTED GIVEAWAY!
Reminder Alert: Valentine's Day is just around the corner.
This year I decided to doing something a little different; I'm making personalized journals from Minted!
When I was at Alt last week, I spied these cute/custom journals at the Minted booth. Top-notch paper & print quality, customization options, with a fantastic assortment of designs? COUNT ME IN!
A few days ago, I made six personalized journals yesterday for a few of my friends & family. Each journal contains 40 pages of lined/unlined paper. I made the executive decision and chose lined paper for each journal and I customized each one of them with a few personal touches. Here's what my journals will look like:
This is a journal for my Valentine. That's me & Casey. Although I think I'll be the one using this notebook ;)
Since that journal might be a little too girly for Casey, I made him a custom wine journal!
He's always stealing my notebooks & ripping papers out. Now he has a special custom journal with a few pictures I took of wine on the outside. On the inside I put a picture of me drinking red wine.
I also included a cute little quote from Dean Martin- "You haven't drunk too much wine if you can still lie on the floor without holding on."
Hilarious.
Here's one for Cooper! I bet he'll love the fact that his picture is on this inside.
We can draw in it together. I'm pretty excited about that.
Here's one for Joy. It's special, just like her. Maybe she'll scribble ingredients for a super special recipe in it?
Maybe she'll draw pictures of leg candy in it? Who knows!
My friend Christine deserves one! She's redesigning my website, after all!
Plus she just put up with my messy hotel habits at ALT. This print reminded me a little of her blog background.
I know she'll love the paper quality and the fact that her name is on it!
And of course I made a notebook for MY MOM. She loves reading & she loves making lists of books she's read.
Hopefully she'll like this little book journal! How could she not? I put a pic of Cooper in it!
I added a quote from Carlos Ruiz Zafón "Books are mirrors: you can only see in them what you already have inside you."
Here's the deal! I'm picking SIX different winners for this giveaway.
You each get to make your own custom journal!
To enter, please leave a comment below.
You can enter TWICE by going to the Shutterbean Facebook page and liking/following me!
(Just leave another comment telling me that you did so)
GIVEAWAY ENDS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2012.
Be sure to check out all the cool journal designs at Minted. They have a fantastic assortment of customizable Valentine's Day Cards too!
My Everyday Life: Week 4
Here's what this week looked like:
THOUSAND seed muffins coming at ya next week!
I love lists, Friday!
(that's me & my friend Jenny at the Alt Summit! Thank you Smilebooth! I'm kind of obsessed with you!)
- This is such a good idea! Confetti shooters!
- My friend Becky got me hooked on this website.
- 48 Things to Be Grateful for When you Need to Shift Your Focus
- Pantry Porn! Truly Madly Deeply.
- Bloody Mary. Number 1 item on my TO DO LIST.
- If only I had enough hair for a sock bun.
- This was one of the most valuable panels I attended at Alt Summit this year!
- Cooper needs one of these. I'm sure of it.
- Sh*t Liz Lemon Says (thank you Nicole!)
- You Should Read These Blogs!
- Beautiful photos, Beautiful soup!
- Chipper Things!! This blog is adorabuns!
- How to Give Compliments & How to Take Them!
- I have major love for pinterest.
- Proud to be letter S in this post! xoxo to Lisa!
- Thinking of going Sugar Free? Danielle is doing it. I wanna do it!
- This needs to be an audio book!
Episode #35 of the Joy the Baker Podcast is up! It's called My Legs are Not Candy. This week, we talk about The Bachelor (I totally watched it) Glee, Jamie Oliver, Lists & LISPS. We also share two musical play lists that get us motivated! Lotta giggles. Hope you enjoy!
MY ORGANIZING GOALS FOR 2012 are up on High Straightenence! I'm putting it all out there. Let's get organized together!
My Everyday Life: Week 3
This is what this past week looked like:
Fresh off the airplane, I needed something healthy!
I love lists, Friday!
- A very thoughtful post on inner beauty & avoiding gossip!
- I'm gonna try this. Hopefully I won't look like an idiot.
- A fantastic post about when to get your haircut!
- Say Something Nice!
- Looks like a perfect morning to me....
- This blog never ceases to amaze me.
- Maybe I should use cash more often?
- 5 questions to help you figure out how to clear out unused items in your pantry. I needed this!
- 5 Plane Picnics to make your seatmates jealous (does not involve TUNA!)
- A smoothie that I would totally wear as a perfume!
- Found this website a few weeks ago. Straight up OBSESSED, I tell ya!
- So excited by this baby announcement. Congrats Erin & Ken!!!
But wait! There's more!
Fact or Fiction: I was on an episode of Sesame Street as a child. Find out the answer on this week's Joy the Baker podcast!
Love a good makeover story? This week on High Straightenence, I organize my pantry. Brace yourself. Things get messy!
I love lists, Friday!
- I want a unitard. There, I said it.
- 10 words you mispronounce that make people think you're an idiot. SHERBET!
- Oooh! I can make Cooper look like Ryan Gosling now! Sweet.
- The Joy of Books. What books do at night. (thanks Cheryl!)
- Another gem & the SWEETEST anniversary gift. Fun to watch too!
- The most perfect food EVER. Like...wow.
- I totes wanna make my own glitter shoes.
- 50 things to stop doing forever. (thanks, Sabrina!)
- Avery & Martha! Music to my ears!!
- My hair could totally benefit from this DIY hair mask.
- OOOOH a stripey DIY camera strap. Yes please!
- YES! A new Wes Anderson movie. I can't waaaaaaaaaait!
- Blood Orange Sugar Scones. I'll take 4, thankyouverymuch!
- This made me laugh.
But wait, there's more!
This week on the Episode #33 of Joy the Baker Podcast we're talking about Juggling & Stalking. Joy's dad got an iphone & I got truffle salt (uhhh).
Check out High Straightenence this week for Packing Tips & Tricks! You can see how I packed for our cruise!
My Everyday Life: Week 1
A new year & a new photo project because I refuse to stop using my camera regularly! I'm going to call this series- My Everyday Life.
It's not a photo everyday; it's a collection of pictures from the week.
What you will see: moments of time, food, prettie things, details of the world around me & a few self portraits too! It's like 365 food but with less food and more living.
Let the fun begin!
This is what this week looked like:
On a walk with my boys.
