My sweet & VERY talented friend, Cathe Holden is here with a guest post today!
Not only is it a guest post, but Cathe wanted to do a giveaway as well!!
Be prepared to be BLOWN AWAY!!
You may remember, Cathe is the one who made Flat TidyMom and took her to Blissdom where she had SO much fun!!
Cathe is also the one who designed my TidyMom logo and banner!
I could go on and on about Cathe, but I’m going to turn this post over to her!
Take it away Cathe………
For my guest post, I want to share a giveway with you! I love vintage, and I love typography (I’m a graphic designer by trade,) so naturally, I adore vintage monograms! So much so that I opened up an Etsy shop offering custom monograms for everyone!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageMonograms
For more information on just how I create custom vintage monograms click HERE
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The list is endless as to what you can do with your intertwined initials, but here’s a start:
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- Give a set as a gift: Request initials for someone special and place files on a disk for gift giving. They make wonderful wedding and birthday gifts.
- Custom stationery. Letterpress would be gorgeous!
- T-shirt Graphic, tote, apron, etc.
- Frame the image of the set or large individual monogram or a grouping of several smaller framed ones.
- Tattoo
- Blog Header
- Avatar
- Sandblast or etch onto a glass window, door, mirror, wine glasses
- Wedding invitations, napkins, favors
- Make a monogram your logo
- Rubberstamps
- Transfer onto fabric to make a set of unique throw pillows
- Have a monogram made into a vinyl adhesive image for your wall, or smaller one for the center of your car rear window or headboard
- Coffee mug set, print online with cafepress, zazzle, etc.
- Create your own patterned fabric on Spoonflower
- Transfer to leather for a wallet, keychain, or patch.
- Perfect designs for a little girl’s princess themed room, shabby chic room
- Place one in a locket or glass encased pendant. Make several for a charm bracelet.
- Use with traditional or digital collage
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THIS GIVEAWAY has ended
winner announced here
THE GIVEAWAY:
I am so happy to giveaway one sheet of Custom Vintage Monograms to one lucky TidyMom reader in several digital file formats to work with!
To enter, comment here with how you might use the monograms if you won!
One entry/comment per person, please. Giveaway open to ALL TidyMom readers, US and international. Be sure to leave a way for us to contact you if you win! Deadline for entry is Tues April 27th 5pm CST. Winner will be announced Thursday April 29th.
You can find Cathe on her blog, Just Something I Made, Twitter, Facebook, Cafe Press, her design blog Farm Fresh, her logo work Home Grown Logos, as well as MANY posts for SC Johnson’s Family Economics
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I'd use the "little girl’s princess themed room" idea, for my own room, even though I'm no little girl
I'd use the "little girl’s princess themed room" idea, for my own room, even though I'm no little girl
Pick me Pick me Pick MEEEEE!!!
I have wanted a set of these for ages. I've hinted to my hubby to no avail.
I would have custom stationary made, and make an embroidered pillow for my bed.
How classy is a monogram anyway!?
Thanks for having this giveaway. xx Amy
Pick me Pick me Pick MEEEEE!!!
I have wanted a set of these for ages. I've hinted to my hubby to no avail.
I would have custom stationary made, and make an embroidered pillow for my bed.
How classy is a monogram anyway!?
Thanks for having this giveaway. xx Amy
My sister-in-law is finally done with college and moving out of our house where she's been staying for the past 2 years. I am completely redoing the room she's been staying in, and would love some monograms for pillows for the new bed theme!!
My sister-in-law is finally done with college and moving out of our house where she's been staying for the past 2 years. I am completely redoing the room she's been staying in, and would love some monograms for pillows for the new bed theme!!
I love her vintage monograms! They are so beautiful! What a wonderful giveaway!
Kate
I love her vintage monograms! They are so beautiful! What a wonderful giveaway!
Kate
Wow! What would I not make? Etched glasses, embroidered pillowcases and napkins-I LOVE monograms! This is such a great giveaway! Thank you!
Leslic@chandlerconsulting.com
Wow! What would I not make? Etched glasses, embroidered pillowcases and napkins-I LOVE monograms! This is such a great giveaway! Thank you!
Leslic@chandlerconsulting.com
Awesome giveaway!!! I'll embroider towels for my bathroom, make a locket for my mom, make fabric on Spoonflower to sew a duvet set for my master bedroom. And I'll have some rubber stamps made, too. Cathe has the best ideas!
Awesome giveaway!!! I'll embroider towels for my bathroom, make a locket for my mom, make fabric on Spoonflower to sew a duvet set for my master bedroom. And I'll have some rubber stamps made, too. Cathe has the best ideas!
I'm a jewelry-maker, and took a class last year where I learned how to make small patterns and cut shapes out of raw sheet metal; time-consuming, but so worth it. I'd make a pattern out of my monogram and then use it to make a brass or sterling silver necklace! And there are so many other possibilities too — an applique for a t-shirt with my monogram (like Laverne's), embroidered on the corner of linen napkins, handmade lampshades for our bedside lamps, a stick-on decal for the glass front door ….. I would absolutely love to win! I'd be all over these projects!
I'm a jewelry-maker, and took a class last year where I learned how to make small patterns and cut shapes out of raw sheet metal; time-consuming, but so worth it. I'd make a pattern out of my monogram and then use it to make a brass or sterling silver necklace! And there are so many other possibilities too — an applique for a t-shirt with my monogram (like Laverne's), embroidered on the corner of linen napkins, handmade lampshades for our bedside lamps, a stick-on decal for the glass front door ….. I would absolutely love to win! I'd be all over these projects!
The opportunities are endless. I'd love to use them for personalized letterheads, on books, cool pillows, or as a book stand.
reviewsbyabby at gmail dot com
The opportunities are endless. I'd love to use them for personalized letterheads, on books, cool pillows, or as a book stand.
reviewsbyabby at gmail dot com
I would definitely do a wall decal for over our bed. I really need to start decorating our house!
aero1600@gmail.com
I would definitely do a wall decal for over our bed. I really need to start decorating our house!
aero1600@gmail.com
I would transfer onto a t-shirt like the beauty on the post, and probably try to make some pillowcases monogrammed.
I would transfer onto a t-shirt like the beauty on the post, and probably try to make some pillowcases monogrammed.
tHANK YOU FOR THE GIVEAWAY..i WOULD LOVE TO USE THE MONGRAMS ON LINENS FOR MY SON'S WEDDING GIFTS..
tHANK YOU FOR THE GIVEAWAY..i WOULD LOVE TO USE THE MONGRAMS ON LINENS FOR MY SON'S WEDDING GIFTS..
I love making handmade cards and these monograms would look spectacular on them!
I love making handmade cards and these monograms would look spectacular on them!
Oh, the uses I would have! A monogrammed necklace, a framed print, family calling cards, stationary . . . the list would go on! Love it!
Oh, the uses I would have! A monogrammed necklace, a framed print, family calling cards, stationary . . . the list would go on! Love it!