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!
Halloween 2011
Our Halloween was busy/fun! What you see up there is Cooper's candy loot. He was so proud of how much candy he collected that he wouldn't let any of us hold his bucket until we had to carry him home at the end of the night. Trick- or- Treating WIPED him out!
What was Cooper for Halloween?
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CANNING PARTY!
Last weekend I had my friends Jenifer & Leslie over for a Canning Party! It was a LOT of fun and a LOT of work. Oof! I hadn't felt that exhausted since the weekend at the HomefriesU retreat. I took some pictures on my cellphone throughout the day so you could see what we were up to...
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HALLOWEEN DECOR 2011
I didn't have to buy much for Halloween this year. Just some creepy black faux flowers & a big spider.
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Dear mantle,
It's almost Halloween. PREPARE TO GET DECORATED!
xox,
Tracy
(this is what our mantle looked liked last year, the year before and the year before that!)
Beauty Time: Coconut Lemon Scrub!
I would never be a good hand model. I don't wear gloves when I'm gardening or while I'm doing the dishes. It feels weird! I don't remember to put lotion on my hands until they're dry enough for me scratch a phone number on them with my nail. Cuticles? Don't get me started on those. I have issues. But every now and then I exfoliate my hands... I learned this trick in college. Sugar scrub makes your hands so soft that they don't feel like your own hands. Sounds weird, right? You'll see what I mean. This yummy scented Coconut Lemon Scrub is the perfect concoction for those of you who aspire to be hand models. Soft hands are awesome. Just make sure you still have a firm handshake with your soft hands. No one likes a limp handshake. No one.
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My Current Fave Things GIVEAWAY!!!
I had fun putting together my first giveaway a few months ago and since then I've collected a few fun/ useful things for another round! ARE YOU READY?!
1. Kikkerland Gray Paper Straws. Aren't they pretty?? They help fancy up your beverages! I've been using these a lot lately. They are really nice if you want your swanky cocktail to stand out! Bonus-they're made out of paper so throw them in your recycle bin when you're done. I should note that they're sturdiest paper straws I've had. No soggy paper straws for you!
2. Breakfast- To- Go container from Martha Stewart for Macy's. In this little container, you can put granola, yogurt & berries and take it on the go with you! Your granola will stay nice and crunchy because it won't touch the yogurt until you're ready to eat it! The best part is that there's a little spoon included in the container! My only complaint is that it's not bigger! But I guess it's all about portion control. Whatever that means....
3. Ceramic Berry Container from Anthropologie! Do I need to say more?? See it in action here! When I'm out of berries, I keep my garlic in it. Nothing makes 4 heads of garlic look pretty like this little ceramic container!
4. The Perfect Grocery Shopping List by Knock Knock Pads. This is a LIFE SAVER! This notepad has many good categories for shopping including: Fruits, Vegetables, Canned Goods, Deli, Breads, Frozen Foods, Condiments, Snacks Meat & Fish, Dairy, Pasta, Baking, Pet Items, Household, Paper & Wrap....There's also room to write extra items that I might need....like parchment paper, paperclips & a nail file for when I'm trying to be Macgyver! I always carry a few sheets in my purse so I can come up with a list on the go! It also has a magnetic backing so it hangs nicely in my kitchen.
Casey has altered my notepad to say I'm ALL OUT OF love, I'm so lost without you.... (he's funny)
So there you have 4 of my favorite things right now. Want a chance to win them all?
Leave a comment below telling me.....
What your favorite snack is!
A winner will be picked at random next Monday! Good Luck!
