I used to be one of those people who said I never win anything. However, once I started reading blogs (specifically wedding and vegan related ones) and entering blog giveaways, I win stuff all the time. Okay, not all time (I wish), but in the last year I've won 4 times, which is a lot when you consider that it's more than I won in the combined rest of the years of my life.
The things I've won have definitely covered quite a range. From The Wedding Co. I won this lovely flowergirl cone:
From Silver Hills bakery I won coupons for free bread, a few t-shirts, and a bike helmet. Hilariously, I have yet to try the bread but I love my Max Flax t-shirt and wear it to yoga all the time. I think it's the funniest thing, but it also fits really well.
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However, the best giveaway I've ever won is this one from Wedding Bee. Seriously, I was shocked when I won, because I've never won anything nearly as awesome. This giveaway was so generous and I'm having so much fun getting exciting new boxes once a week full of prizes for me (I know you all hate me now).
While every last part of the prize is amazing, the part I want to talk about today is the wedding invitations from Hello Lucky. As you might recall we had already sent our invites by the time I won this prize so I asked if I could get thank you cards instead, and was thrilled when they said yes.
My original plan had been to make my thank you cards. I had no clue how I was going to do this and was just starting to get nervous when I won this giveaway. Now I am lucky enough to have far better thank you cards than I could ever imagine. I know it's weird to post about your thank you cards a month before the wedding, but they just arrived here last night and I'm so excited that I can't help myself.
Choosing a thank you card was not easy because there were so many choices. I really wanted a holiday themed one so here's a few that I considered.
I loved this one, but didn't love how it featured a ham, so I moved on:
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This one was practically perfect, but didn't quite have the colours I wanted:
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This is the one I ended up choosing:
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The lovely and helpful Kelly changed the "Seasons Greetings" to say "Thank You" for me and I could not be more thrilled with the cards. They are gorgeous and about a million times better than anything I could have come up with. They really communicate the cozy Christmas vintage feeling of our wedding.
In addition, I still had some funds to spend on my order so I got a second set of thank you cards for any pre-wedding events.
Here's what I picked (ours say "Thank You" instead of our names):
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Obviously these aren't particularly holiday themed. I just love peonies and thought these were pretty. I also loved the Art Deco font.
This was the runner up:
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I love these because they're so sweet and simple.
While picking out my cards I literally looked at the entire Hello Lucky site. Seriously, every last page. For those of you interested in something free from Hello Lucky, it turns out they also have this awesome template for these donut hole bags:
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I don't think these would really work for Canadian brides since I'm pretty sure everyone would be confused as to why you're calling Timbits donut holes, but I think these are so cute and could work well for non-Canadian brides!
I still can not get over how lucky I feel to have won this giveaway. The generosity of these vendors in amazing to me and I feel so grateful. I'm also just plain giddy about these cards!
How have giveaways played a part in your wedding planning?
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