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!
435 Responses to “SHUTTERBEAN + MINTED GIVEAWAY!”
Oh yes please! I am almost out of my "photo a day" journal which is nowhere near as pretty as these!
Yes please! :) Was just thinking about a nature journal for the walks I've been taking. Great idea!
And a Facebook like as well! So glad to see you have a Facebook page!
My wife who is pregnant is an avid writer and has always kept a journal. These personalized journals are beautiful, if I don't win one I think I will get her one anyway!
Love it! Hope I win! The ones you made are adorable :)
These are ridiculously adorable. Oh my goodness.
I liked you on facebook! :-)
love love love journals! pretty personalized ones are the best!
Love these! I would definitely make one for my sister.
very much a list fanatic, and I also know many other list-makers... so a new journal, especially personalized, would be lovely! So into your blog, lady!
Love, a fellow August-born, Arrested Development-loving, dark brunette Leo chick :)
ps love LOVE the journal photos for your valentine... makes me wish I took more pictures with my boo
so darn cute!
These are such amazing journals - I would LOVE to win. Fingers and toes are crossed!
These are adorable. ADORABLE. I really love the one you did up for your bff.
Love em - I'm heading back to school and gots to get organized!
LOVE these journals! Might just have to get one even if I don't get the giveaway! Thank you!
pick me, pick me! no really.....great post, great journals and what a great way to give back to blog followers! thanks for everything you do for all of us out there:)
These journals are so cool! Love the print patterns and quotes especially!
I also liked/followed you on FB!
I love these notebooks! Super cute and such a brilliant gift idea. Thanks so much for the chance to win!
p.s. I like you on Facebook too :)
Those look amazing =) what a great idea for Valentine's day presents!
Man, those are cute journals. I liked you on FB too :)
Those journals are super cute and stylish! I love how you personalized them in a different way for each special person in your life :) *Fingers crossed*
What a super idea! I love how you personalized each of them, and I especially love that photo of you and Casey. I'm totally using this as a gift idea!
These are super adorable!!
Love the way you personalized yours.
I'm a fan of you on FB too! Huzzah!
These look brilliant! Would be excellent for all my lists of nonsense. p.s. I also fast forward through the songs in Glee...
I hope I'm not too late to enter! I've been wanting a new journal for a while and these are so great!
Liked you on Facebook as well!
how fun! i haven't ever even thought about making a custom journal for some reason!
I LOVE this giveaway... and the journals you made are adorable! Thanks for the chance to win!
I'm following you on Facebook. :)