monthly {peartree greetings} giveaway

Posted on | July 15, 2010 | 46 Comments

it’s time again friends, for the monthly giveaway from my friends at pear tree greetings! they have a new line of personalized note cards that are everything from fun to elegant – i love them all. and i know you will, too. i have these beauties – aren’t they pretty?

i really feel like with the internet, email, texting and whatnot, people don’t send hand written notes anymore. but doesn’t everyone love getting real mail? that thrill of finding something in betwixt the bills and credit card offers and coupon books that has your name in real handwriting and a real stamp? well i do. peartree’s new line is perfect for saying thank you or just a good old fashion hello.

i adore the wood grain! this months giveaway will be a set of personalized notecards from peartree (12 or 16, depending on the design). to enter to win, simply leave me a comment here – i’d love to hear how you’ve used good old snail mail lately to say hi to someone. maybe your grandma or grandpa? a good friend who lives too far away? if you haven’t done it recently, tell me what you’d do with your notecards if you won!

if you’re looking to purchase from peartree this month, there is free shipping on orders over $29. just enter the code PEARJUL10 at checkout.

entries for the giveaway will be accepted through Thursday July 29th at midnight PST and the winner will be announced Friday July 30th.

good luck friends!

Category: deals!, giveaways, pear tree, raves & reviews

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  • http://www.pyjammy.com pam

    I have shamefully NOT used snail mail much recently, so I'd like to get back to it, for something more than thank you notes.

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  • Nicole

    I love peartree! When you posted about them last month, I checked 'em out and ordered invites for my bff's bridal shower. They came out beautiful. I would love some cute note cards. I have lots of friends that have moved out of state, and would like to be able to send them a cute "hello"!

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  • http://www.grumblesandgrunts.com the grumbles

    these are so fun! i haven't sent much snail mail recently but i RECEIVED some! from a random friend i met at twitter #wineparty. how cool is that!? so i would totally use these to write to my blog friends.

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  • http://www.funnydayswithmommyandmaddie.com Amanda

    Last week Madison decorated some plain note cards to send her grandparents her first dance recital photos! Too cute!
    Amanda´s last [type] ..Till We Meet Again

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  • Jenn

    I've actually used good ole snail mail about 7 or 8 times recently thanks to my new MIL- She brought it up in conversation a few months ago that people don't send cards/thank you/ written thoughts as we did in the past before the internet boomed. SO, to instantly win some brownie points since i was carrying her grandchild and hubby and I aren't really married yet…. I sent her a nice thank you card after our last visit.. and then about a week later when she was thinking that I sent the thank you card JUST because she mentioned it in conversation, I send her another card.. a "Just Because" card wishing her a happy day. I wrote a few sentences about how I (and baby) were doing and mentioned good things about her son. MISSION accomplished and brownie points scored and I still send her cards every few weeks… it's actually very thoughtful to flip through the mail and actually get mail w/ written words. I also often wonder why people choose the particular card they send.. ahhh, as I ramble.. I also wonder where people are driving as I'm out and about. (can you tell i'm on maternity leave and have little to no adult interaction for most of my day?)

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  • http://beautynthebanker.blogspot.com/ Beauty&theBanker

    I am a sucker for stationary in general! My grandma still hasn't gotten the full concept of email and she lives across the country from me so we use snail mail all the time to keep in touch. I would love to have some cute little stationary to send her :)

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  • http://lovethemama.com annemarie

    My mama and I send the occasional letter back and forth – I think that was the last one I sent. Next up, though, is to send Lucy's grandparents her birthday retrospective dvd (that I still have to make).

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  • http://from-magerks-to-i-dos.blogspot.com/ Kt at Magerks

    I actually really try to send mail at least once per month. Either a little card to say hi to a friend, or birthday cards, I'm kind of a card freak. Love getting and sending mail! Recently – sent out thank you cards. Not that exciting.

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  • Jenny

    My husband and I have been married for 2 1/2 years, and together for 9. He is in the Army, and since we've been together, he has been through Basic Training, Advanced Individual Training, time in Iraq, and time in Afghanistan. While he is away, I always take the time to send him handwritten notes and cards – along with packages, of course:) Even though email is faster, I think handwritten cards mean a little bit more to a person. What's cool is, we have saved each other's letters and cards from over the years!

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  • http://dbsdessertbites.blogspot.com Darcey

    The most snail mail I usually send out is Thank You cards, although I've been sending a lot of wedding cards with gift cards inside lately too!

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  • Kelly

    Love these notecards! I have a baby shower in a couple of weeks for my baby girl due in October, and I would love to personalize these and send out as thank you notes!

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  • http://www.thatmamagretchen.blogspot.com Gretchen

    I send snail mail all of the time … friend in Idaho, back home and my sisters. Sometimes the written word is more powerful than a phone call. It can be read over and over again for encouragement!
    Gretchen´s last [type] ..Cravings go downhill

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  • mickella

    I'd love to send some pretty notes to my friends around the country! :)
    plluuuuus today is my birthday :)

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  • Curly

    i love picking up cards that have just the initials on them (letter "C") for my daughter…i mail them out with little notes from her (she's only 7months) saying hi to family & friends with her latest picture inside…

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  • http://www.littlemissrylee.blogspot.com Katherine

    I love sending an dreceiving letters in the mail! It will always brighten my day! I am actually sending out 2 real-deal notes today, complete with pics of mah cute kid. One thank you note to some family that we invited ourselves to breakfast on our coast trip and the other is a get-well/be happy note to my hubs grandmother/family back east. She recently had a stroke and is in rehab for it…pictures of cute kids always cheer people up!

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  • http://startingfrommrsscratch.tumblr.com Jennifer W

    I haven't used snail mail in forever…but if I did win this, I'd use them to write letters to our families once our little one is born. Telling how's she's doing and with a newborn picture inside.

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  • http://trappedinthemoment.tumblr.com/ Kristen

    I feel like I am forever sending thank you notes! Lucy's christening was in May, but because of super genourous family and friends there is always someone for me to send a thank you too…

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  • sandy

    I'd use them as thank you cards and to send a love note to my friends across the country

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  • http://365daysofbeing30andamommy.blogspot.com/ metta1313

    Now that we have Abigail, I love sending family members birthday cards from her! Once I even put a pen in her hand and let her go to town! I can't wait till she's older and is really conscious of sending birthday cards and draws little pictures.

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  • Angelina

    I love sending cards in the mail..although I dont have any cute ones to send! And it is very true that people love getting mail like this..at least I do!

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  • http://tearandmend.wordpress.com Erin

    I love sending hand-written thank you notes! These would be PERFECT for that.

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  • Amy T.

    I've used snail mail quite a bit recently and EACH time wished I had some prettier paper to use. I sent thank you cards to my dad and uncle who graciously showed my husband and I around Louisville (where they live) on 4th of July weekend. I also sent my younger brother a letter because he just endured his first week at the US Merchant Marine Academy. I knew he'd be homesick so I sent a letter to arrive the day that he arrived.

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  • http://littlejumpingbeans.etsy.com Jaimie Andreasen

    I recently sent a card and a little present to a close friend who lost a baby, she called when it arrived and told me how much she apprechaited it. We are just mailing out our birth announcments for our new little girl.

    Jaimie
    hurleyy_999@hotmail.com

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  • http://Minimalmom.blogspot.com Cambria

    I’ve been trying to be good about sending thank you notes, esp to the grandparents who refuse to go online. These are so pretty!
    Cambria´s last [type] ..topless thursday- whats your favorite position

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  • http://www.tres-jolie.tumblr.com Tres Jolie

    YAY! I am a firm believer in the "pop-in" via snail mail only! I take my address book (yes, an actual address book with letter tabs that you have to write in.) every few weeks and sit down at my desk to send out random "HELLO!"s or "Thinking of you"s. I know that i am over joyed when I see a pretty purple envelope corner sticking out of that oh-so-impersonal stack of mass distributed mail and bills, and I like others to feel that way too. Whether it's a cousin I haven't spoken to in ages or an ex-coworker that I miss having around- I try to take a sec and write it down. I would LOVE to add these to my collection of pretty little paper!!

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  • http://arms-wide-open.squarespace.com Grace

    just today i wrote a card to a classmate from my grad school cohort. we finished in may & i wanted to congratulate her via good ole' snail mail!

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  • Alicia

    A very, very dear friend is getting married in 3 weeks & I can't be there for the special day…insert big, ugly-cry tears here:(
    So last week I sent her the pin I wore inside my wedding dress on my special day so now she can wear a piece of me and I'll always feel like we were connected.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/christastic christastic

    I always always send a thank you card for gifts..or at least I try to.
    Possibly this is karma for taking almost 3 months to finish my wedding thank you cards!

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  • http://colelife.blogspot.com Stephanie C.

    I love to send REAL thank you notes and hate when people don't do that anymore. I even send thank you notes for my son and when he can write he will be sending them himself!

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  • http://inbetweentogether.blogspot.com Amanda

    i haven't recently, but I'd love to have some note cards to send some kind notes to people that have helped me recently!

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  • http://toomuchgood.blogspot.com Too Much Good

    I love to send cards to my friends to encourage them. A sweet card with a funny picture on the front is so much better than a simple phone call.

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  • tiffany

    I send lots of snail mail these days. I just know how good it feels to receive a cute note in the mail, so I try to reciprocate that feeling whenever i get the chance. Also, I live 3,000 miles away from my (very large) family and I just had a baby, so, I send many pictures and such all throughout the month so that they can get a whiff of just how special my baby is. :-) .

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  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/poppymilkface emily bilbrey

    super cute! i send personalized thank you notes with every order from my etsy shop. love sending & receiving "real" mail! ;D pear tree is so cool & adorable! love it!

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  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/michgal18 michgal18

    Last time I used snail mail was to send out The Boy's birth announcements, which was so much fun!! I would use these cards to brighten friends and family's day with a surprise pic or two of my son!

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  • http://dealsstealsandheels.blogspot.com Hayley

    i love sending surprise notes to my friends who don't live super close to me…everyone knows a little snail mail of the non-bill variety makes the day better!!

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  • Ashton

    I am addicted to stationary and I would use these gems to send a few greetings to some friends far away (I have a dear friend in Costa Rica and one in France).

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  • http://kikisescapades.blogspot.com Kiki Dawn

    OH I adore stationary … any paper products really!
    I love to send snail mail to my grandma. We send cards back & forth all the time. I love getting a card in the mail & I love sending them too!
    I have a few other friends that I'd send them too :)
    Great giveaway!!
    kikisescapades(At)gmail(dot)com

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  • Jennifer

    I would use the cards to help send out baby announcements…Rian Brooklyn Hope will be here soon

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  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/heartmeetsleeve heart, meet sleeve

    My best friend and I both LOVE getting real mail, more so than our other friends. So even though we only live an hour away from each other and see each other regularly, we will send each other "catch up" letters pretty often.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/jenlong1981 jenlong1981

    I love sending & receiving mail. I always send out pictures of the kids to family members with little notes about what they're up to.

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  • Jodie

    I love sending and receiving 'real' mail. The last note cards I sent out were Thank You's to my family up in WA for a fab visit. I also sent a Thank You to my hairdresser for being amazing and she called to thank me for the thank you card because it had been so long since she received one.

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  • http://www.desartdesigns.net Kristie

    I haven’t sent out any note cards in the mail lately, but I’ve hand delivered several. I adore stationary, especially flat cards.

    I would send out thank you cards to my friends who have been there for me lately… they mean a lot.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/thelittlehenhouse The Little Hen House

    I have just started picking up the pen again and writing to my little brother who is away at boot camp. My oldest daughter Emma and I write to him every other day, which basically consists of her drawing on a card and me making little notes that decipher her illegible writing. So far his favorite letter has been the one describing Emma's journey into the world of potty training (so far, so good!). It was sent out on a "Happy Birthday" card because I didn't have anything else. I would love to send him a proper letter on some fab stationary.

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  • Sammy

    OMG!!!!! i LOVE getting Snail Mail, especially living so far from home and friends and family! I last used it to send ou tthe Thank You cards from my graduation, and I just reorganized my whole desk and made a drawer full of extra cards to send to friends and family (aka you!)!!!!

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  • http://www.babyloveblog.com Erin

    I am a big Thank You note writer. I think the last few I wrote were to family members thanking them for their hospitality over the 4th of July Weekend. It's not always easy accommodating one adult and a baby!

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  • http://kapachino.info Kathleen

    Just today I sent a thank-you note to a woman in our church who brought us a meal the first day my husband got home from the hospital. I love sending mail!

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