Tiny Prints $50 Giveaway Winner…

How would you spend $50 at the stylish stationary store, Tiny Prints?

Perhaps, Cheryl {lucky comment #18} and the winner of the Tiny Prints $50 gift card will tell us how she plans on spending the money. Congrats Cheryl and enjoy!

A big thank you to Tiny Prints for sponsoring this fun giveaway. And thank you for reading Simplified Bee!

Tiny Prints $50 Gift Card Giveaway!

Tiny Prints is one of my favorite destinations when shopping for fresh , chic stationery . They provide simple, modern and unique stationery from birthday and Mother’s Day cards to personalized greeting cards, thank you cards, business cards and even custom wedding invitations. Offering exclusive designs from the nation’s top designers {including one of my faves, Erin Condren}, easy card personalization, a powerful preview engine and top-notch customer service and paper quality, their designs have been noticed by many celebrities. With Tiny Prints, commemorating holidays  and momentous events is a cinch! They offer beautiful party invitations for every occasion and memorable personalized photo-gifts such as notebooks, photo books and calendars.

Here are some of my current favorites at Tiny Prints… 

Tiny Prints has graciously offered to give away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky Simplified Bee reader. 

Here’s how to enter:

• Leave a comment telling me what product you’d purchase with the gift card. {provide your email if I don't have a way to contact you}.
• Extra Entry - become a new follower of Simplified Bee's Blog, Twitter or Facebook Page.
• Extra Entry - mention this giveaway in a blog post, FB link or tweet, then leave a comment letting me know.
• Please post a separate comment for each extra entry.
• Entry period closes at 9 pm PST on Monday, May 9, 2011. The winner will be chosen by Random.org.

Good luck!

Blog Botox

Giving my little blog a little spring botox - I've had the amazingly talented Kathryn Murray of Kathryn Murray Calligraphy work up a pretty "The GOODS design" for me in my new banner!

LOVE her and all the gorgeous things she makes...

A thank you note available for sale at her Etsy shop.

A custom monogram stamp, also available through Etsy.

A few months ago I posted this beauty - I had her calligraphy some song lyrics for my husband's birthday - we are putting them up on the wall as soon as our custom Carter Kustera silhouettes arrive!

Thanks a million Kathryn!

Paper Trail

As my husband, my friends and my credit card company know, I love to spend my extra lunch money on gorgeous stationary. Yes, I'm also a techie - blogging, facebook, twitter, iPhone - but nothing compares to a handwritten note.
LOVED the spread that Matchbook Magazine did on local stationary shop Sugar Paper, one of my favorite places to get gorgeous paper goods.

Would love a wrapping paper and ribbon room someday a la Candy Spelling.

A few years ago I bought this goodie from Sugar Paper - 100% recycled from paper bags. Looks gorgeous against sharp black ink.

On my trip last October to NYC with Lynsey {of Law of Fashion}, I was obsessed with getting stationary from Kate's Paperie.

snail mail by kate spade



cupcake thank you by vera wang

{photos from Matchbook Magazine by Lilly Dong and Tia Magallon}

Minted Gift Certificate Giveaway!

Have you visited Minted yet? It’s one of the best stationary companies. They hold monthly design challenges for stationery, invitations and calendars and all graphic designers are invited to enter. Through a competitive process the Minted community  then selects the best designs. This allows them to deliver the freshest & finest card selection around.

I am thrilled  to announce that Minted has offered to give one lucky Simplified Bee reader a $50 gift certificate good for anything on their gorgeous site.  To enter simply visit the Minted site, pick your design and then tell me what it is in the comments below {provide your email if I don't have a way to contact you}.  I will choose a lucky winner via random.org Tuesday, March 1st at 9pm PST. For an extra entry mention this giveaway in a blog post, on Facebook or Twitter, then leave a another comment with the link. 

Good luck!

B Mine e-Valentines from Kate Spade

A little behind on sending out a those Valentines? No worries. Style trendsetter, Kate Spade is coming to your rescue.

Check out these super cute e-Valentines the team at Kate Spade designed. This is just a sampling {my favs} – you will have to go here to check out the rest of the collection.

xo,

Chevron will never die...

I can't imagine a time when I won't LOVE everything chevron. I'm sure that day will come eventually, but until then I will continue to drool over all these gorgeous goodies...

The Glam Lamb posted this insane kitchen the other day (via pretty space.) I would trade my granite for this chevron in an instant.


I adore this Elle Decor entry.


Lonny wowed me with this living room - the chevron media cabinet is killer.

I'm tempted to buy this adorable yellow chevron pillow from etsy to start off my yellow and gray bedroom (though I have about 10 unused pillows at home right now - but none are yellow!)

I've been eyeing these chevron calling cards from Made By Girl...

Rue Magazine has these chevron love notes as a free download!



Chevrons forever!