And the winner is…
Congratulations to Maggie! Email your contact info to me {laura_e at swsmag dot com} and we will get your fabulous prize set up for you – an {ABCD Designs P A P E R C U P P} custom logo/monogram and rubber stamp set designed. Thanks to Amy Dragoo of ABCD Designs P A P E R C U P P for partnering with SW for this giveaway. Thanks to all those that entered. Our staff throughly enjoyed reading over all your fabulous ideas. Keep checking on the blog for more amazing contest. We have some great giveaways coming up!
Until then be sure to check out Amy’s inspiration {BLOG} and her finished designs {BLOG}. Thank you Amy for sharing your inspiring wedding, exquisite designs and so much more with our readers! ~ Laura E + Lara C
Is it totally lame to say ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!
I would definitely use it for the sealing the envelopes of my STDs and Thank you cards. I would also use it for favor tags and the OOT bags! GORGEOUS work!
Thank you for sharing my work with your readers! I can’t wait to design a southern wedding style bespoke logo for one of your brides! xxooABCD
We are so lucky to have so many loved ones who are willing to give us their holiday weekend to travel to our destination beach wedding next May, and are excited about planning the best experience possible for them in return. The destination wedding goodness will be kicked off as soon as they arrive, when every guest will be given a welcome bag filled with little things to help make their trip better. We love the idea of a custom logo and rubber stamp to help make these bags a personalized experience for each guest. The bags will be chock full of of regional treats, a local map, a personalized guide to the island, a flashlight for beach walks at night, sunscreen for the day, a candle to help make their room homey, and more. We’d create labels for each item that we could stamp with our monogram, one they would see played out on the day itself with use in the programs, on table signs, and more. (I’m imagining a hilarious moment during our reception if the mosquitoes start nibbling – which they are known to do – and our guests all whipping out their personalized wedding bug spray from their gift bags!) As wedding favors, we are going to give keepsake books of the history of the island, complete with beautiful photographs. I love the idea of using the stamp as an inscription inside each book. Years later, when they pick the book off a shelf (perhaps as they’re convincing someone else that they should visit), I like to think they’d smile seeing our stamped monogram on the inside cover and decide that it’s time they made a return trip themselves.
We are hosting a very intimate wedding in New Orleans, and many of our family members will all be in the same place for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Some, though, are still unable to make it, so we plan on sending special photos and mementos to the ones who can’t be with us, and I would love to incorporate our own monogram into those packages, as well as the rest of our wedding correspondence.Beautiful designs!
A first generation daughter of immigrants, my parents gave me the simplest, most americanized name they could think of — and no middle name!! — leaving this font-queen veritably monogram-less my entire life! Getting married gives me a little something different than most brides i know: a veritable buffet of monograms (both an insignia of coupledom AND that all-important third initial to complete my personal monogram!) A custom designed logo/monogram for us AS A COUPLE would leave this monogram deficient bride completely "stamp happy" (i hope you can live with that!) and we would proudly display our monogram as an emblem of our marriage (and our style and good taste…) on every flat surface possible!
I would use them to dress up my take out boxes for our candy table.
I think this was my answered prayer! If I win this contest or not I am contacting AMY for her help!! I have been poring my heart out on this web trying to find my "perfect" wedding invitation complete set and I am about to collapse because I found NOTHING until TODAY… RIGHT NOW! I have been sitting here on my computer poring over everyone of Amy’s designs on her website.. she is Heaven-sent to ME! I swear! I went through and wrote down on paper what JUMPED out to me on every design that she has already made. I LOVE LOVE them! They are ALL personal (check), modern (check), original (check), creative (check), SO ME (check), and EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!! There is not one glimpse of sarcasm in this post and I pray that I win this entry to help me decide on what I can afford from her for my wedding!!! I HAVE to send out save the dates before the middle of October and I just can not find anything that is NOT corny, or overused!! Thank you AMY for all your great work, dedication, and LOVE into each and every design that you do to make your brides "a happy bride." You have been a blessing to me already and I have not even worked with you BUT i can not wait!!! Pick me Pick me Pick me!! :)
This would be great for my thank you notes!!
I would use it on just about every paper product possible for the wedding – invitation suite, favor tags, thank you cards, std’s, just to name a few!
How creative are those!?! I have a love of all things stationery, so I would probably use it to make my own… and decorate many of our wedding details in the meantime! What a great giveaway!
ohmygoodness. I just love papercupp’s style…. so fresh and funky but elegant! The design would be perfect for our modern vintage garden wedding! I reallly want our wedding to be a celebration of our love and to include everyone is making the effort to come. We are showering everyone with gifts and we would love to show our style through them. We would use the monogram for our box invitations… Most of our friends are out of town and we’d use the stamp to adorn their Texas style OOT bags. The monogram would be on our thankyou cards, my TEN bridesmaid cards, our favors, it can go on an on! It’s so fun to show our style through our paper goods!
I love the name I’ve grown up with, and am excited to marry my love. Since my last initial will not change, this would be a wonderful way to blend the history of my childhood with my marriage and future family. PaperCupp would find a clever way to make it interesting and quirky–and then I’d use it from stationery to linens to wrapping paper, ribbon . . .
Those designs are absolutely beautiful! My fiance and I have really difficult initials to monogram, so it would be amazing to have such a beautiful design to use for our invites, stationery, etc. We’re having a table near the exit at the reception for our winter wedding where we’ll have piles of powdered donut holes (to look like snowdrifts), along with hot chocolate and coffee with homemade marshmallows and sugar cubes in apothecary jars so that people can bag/box up some donuts and take a to-go cup of a hot beverage to keep themselves warm on the ride home (these should double as favors!). I think we’d use the custom stamp to personalize the bags and java jackets and give the farewell treats a little extra personalization. Can’t wait to read the great ideas others have for them!
i would use it on everything!!!
I am a new wedding planner and am constantly on this site look for my next great idea! I love your work…and while I am not the deserving bride, I would love this set to use on anything and everything that I send out to my brides and my potential new clients. what a great way to sell my work…and yours!!!
Amy first since my engagement I have admired your work!! I would use the stamp design and monogram to personalize everything that has to do with our wedding. I want a "Candy Bar" at our wedding so I would definately use the stamp to personalize the paper sleeve that weare going to be using for the candy. I would also us the stamp to make our menus and programs. I am all about personalized touches at weddings, it makes them even more beautiful and engaging. Thanks for the opportunity!
Lovely!! I’d use it on everything! On cards, stationary, envelopes, and even napkins! Thanks!
I’m not much of a stamp fan, so I’d give it to my sister. I guess she would use them on cards and stuffs :)
I’d use it for thank-you notes and maybe for little flags on tiny cupcakes, because I’m a tiny dessert/decoration fiend.
My fiance has always dreamed about getting married in his church–a beautiful old Gothic-style church. Because my hometown was not as accessible to guests, we decided to get married in his–but there is no air conditioning in the church for our August wedding! I would to order hand fans and customize them with monogrammed stamps–this way I can turn the problem into something personalized! Thank you so much for considering me!
I would use the stamp on my menu cards, seating chart, and even my favor tags. It would be a perfect way to personalize my wedding.
Just updated my blog with new examples of my work- http://tinyurl.com/6hhpps – It is so much fun reading the ideas that you ladies are coming up with for your weddings! I can wait to work with you. Good luck!
Oh my, what wouldn’t I use the stamp for? I would use it for envelopes, stationary, place cards, escort cards, menu cards, dance cards, table number cards…it never ends! I’m trying to use the same logo throughout and I may attempt to monogram my aisle runner! The wedding is going to be done up in true Southern Belle style and I can’t wait to see it all come together.
Being the crafty type, I plan on making my own invitations, programs, menus… you name it! The whole paper suite! While I have a layout in mind for my invitations that includes fabrics & box mailers, I have yet to come up with that perfect graphic motif to use on the invitation itself. The wedding will take place at a community center that used to be the 1-room schoolhouse where my Grandmother attended school. In fact, the schoolhouse sits at the foot of the property that my great-grandparents owned. Point being, there will be a lot of unique family history incorporated into our Southern-style wedding. It would be awesome to have a large monogrammed (or personalized somehow), heritage-feel stamp to use on my invites and other paper products. A smaller stamp would be used on envelopes, gift tags, votive wraps, thank you cards, etc. If the design works out, I could possibly use it as my logo for the invitation business I plan on starting. If this sounds like a good challenge for you, Amy, I sure would appreciate the help!
First let me say that I really like the vibe you have going on here. This stamp could be used for many thing – especially depending on the size and design chosen – for example with a large stamp I would stamp it on brown contractors paper that I bought at Lowe’s (I am using it wrap all of my pumpkin bread, banana walnut bread in as favors, after wrapping it saran wrap of course.) This would be a great cover for the brown sack paper and then I could tie it with twine. Please understand that we are having a fall farm wedding and I am trying to be inspired by all things that are bountiful, fall harvest style and still be semi-formal. So it’s a compromise all the way around for me. You could also use these stamps for stationary – evenlopes, cards, seals, place card settings, gift tags, or with my kids table which is one of those long ones – I am covering it in the paper brown sack paper too. I could stamp on it….
Gorgeous stuff! i love the creativity and the lovely fonts!I would use it on every piece of paper i could find! My handmade cards and scrapbook layouts, personal letters, books, etc.
Okay, so I must say that your on to something phenomenal !!! I am totally wrapped up in my invites at this very moment, after-all it is your APB to everyone about your biggest day ever!! My problem comes in with me being totally undecisive on my colors and an exact date for the wedding. I’ve checked out all the DIY kits imaginable (as ordering my invites isn’t going to cut it with me) and to sum it up in one word.. they all suck. I need something that I can personalize and have fun with, something I can coordinate and switch it up all at the same time. Who would have thought STAMPS !!?? It’s genius! I can literally have my entire stationary ensemble at my fingertips. So with the question being what would I do if I had a your stamps… the answer would be… make the invitations that I really want, the stationary that reflects me and not trends or tradition. And to top it off, I’d be able to give my fiance a break from the game of "this one or that one". :)
Our wedding is going to be a celebration of vintage/diy/southern/mexican in Louisiana…if you can imagine! With a dress made of vintage slips, cowboy boots, a fajita bar, and centerpieces of milk glass vases and vintage aluminum tumblers stuffed with paper mexican flowers it will be colorful and festive. I will be making all of the centerpieces and bouquets of paper flowers and it would be really cool to have a personalized logo/monogram randomly stamped on a flower petal? I would of course use it on diy invites, save the dates, and thankyou cards too. The possibilities are limitless.
I would use the custom stamps on my place card picture holders. I would then carry the same design into other things like my candy buffet take out boxes and invitations.
I’m one of those old-fashioned modern girls. I’m finishing out my professional-level education, I have strong opinions on women’s issues, and I feel that I can accomplish most anything I can think up. However, I still prefer skirts and dresses, I delight in creating things, in cooking for family and friends, and I am insistent that even in a cyber-world that everyone needs good stationary! There is something about a hand-written note arriving in the post that simply cannot be replaced by email. It provides more of a connection, a sense of belonging and mattering to someone. I try to send a personal note whenever the opportunity arises; tucked in with a knitted baby gift, with a cake to a housewarming, or just a little note “because”. Through the years I have collected lovely stationary with my maiden name’s monogram; however, I find that I will soon be acquiring a new monogram. I would love to have a symbol that would work for both me and my husband-to-be. A way to mark our stationary, not just for the wedding, but for years to come, in a way that will let people know that he and I care enough to sit for a moment and put the effort of our own hands into our correspondence with them.
Planning a destination wedding has left fewer options to create a truly personalized wedding. We have to trust that the linens are the right color, that the decorations will fit the theme, the food will taste as good as it sounds, and the band will be everything we hope for. One thing we can ensure is right are all the little touches, so a monogram for everything from the napkins to the favors to the gift bags will help to tie together all the pieces of the wedding that I can’t do myself from so many miles away.
I would absolutely love a custom logo stamp set! I would use it as a recurring element throughout my paper products. I would use it on the back flap of the invitation and std envelopes, on the std’s themselves, on the escort cards, favor tags, programs, thank you cards, table numbers, and anything else I could think of. I think it would be totally fun and adorable way to tie everything together. I love all the examples of your custom monograms and logos, I can’t get enough of them! I would be so very excited to have one to use in our wedding!
I have been searching for a custom stamp to use when decorating our save the date envelopes (they are boring white)…and then use that same design throughout some other of the paper touches throughout the wedding…I’d love something a bit art nouveau to go with our location and theme…pick me please! I truly l.o.v.e your work!!!
Oh, man! Everything!
I wouldnt consider myself a crafty girl, but the more I read wedding blogs, the more I see how easy DIY can be! I love the idea of incorporating the monogram into everything from the save the dates, to out of town bags, wedding programs, favors, and more. I would love to see the monogram design made into a gobo that can be projected on the dancefloor! [more infor on Gobos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobo_(lighting)%5D
I love any chance to put my monogram on anything (in fact, one of the most disappointing things about getting married is having to change my monogram – I am trying to adjust to using my new one and loving it just as much!). For my wedding, I already have a monogram on my invitations, but would love to carry it over onto my DIY programs, buffet cards, and the out-of-town guest reusable grocery bags. I am sure I could/would find much more to include it on as I get more and more into the details!
I would love to use this custom-made stamp on my program covers and table numbers at the reception. I think it would also look fabulous on the menus and the envelopes. I love the look of stamps, so textural and home-spun. A graphic designer myself, I plan on incorporating the style of the stamp into my custom-made invitations, save-the-dates, and little signs marking the guest book, that my co-worker and friend is designing for me, among other things. I also plan on making my tasty-favors and packaging them with a tag with the stamp incorporated—-haha, I’m going to be very busy! Thank you for considering me for this prize!
I’d use it mainly on invitations and thank-you notes.
I would use the stamp for my programs!
I love the idea of a stamp and our own logo! We are planning to have a destination in Montana with a country elegance type feel. I was already thinking that I would love to have brand designed (like what they brand cows with, or every ranch has) it would be great to have it from the first save the date that goes out all the way to the hangover basket that will be delivered on the wedding night. There are so many great favors that could be made personal simply by us ‘branding them.’ Thanks!
We already planned and purchasd craft paper bags both large with a handle and small ones without to use for Out of Town Bags. We wanted to add a big bold funky stamp to the outside of the bags – something simple, clean, but totally unique. We would love to incorporate her design into our stamps and bags to welcome all our guests to Florida!
Super cute! I LOVE it! I would use them for my favor envelopes. We are having a photo booth and I wanted to make personalized envelopes that our guests can put their picture in. Love your stuff!!!
I would love to use the stamps on my envelopes and on my save the dates — as well as on my favor bags and table signs. I love the idea of a recurring motif throughout the wedding to tie everything together!
I would use it for my invitation envelopes, favor tags…the list goes on.
I would be in heaven. I’d use the stamp on anything and everything for the wedding and I’d find a way to use it on anything and everything AFTER the wedding. To have something created just for us that no one else has and never will? How awesome is that?!The detail and creativity that you see in each and every single one of your designs is simply amazing. I’ll sit here with my fingers crossed all week that I am the lucky chosen one!!!
we are having a winter wedding with family coming all the way from argentina. a custom stamp that reflects us as a couple will be the perfect way to greet our guests on their welcome bags. we would continue the stamp on favor tags for the delicious dulce de leche favors from argentina! finally, we would continue the stamp on paper cups and bags for hot chocolate and roasted peanuts to bid goodnight to our guests.
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