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Over at the Underdog we’re trying to get it livable so we can move in. But one of my favorite parts of home decor is adding personal touches. Monograms, photographs and and custom artwork can all work together to make a house feel more like a home. And that’s what this giveaway is all about!

Amanda over at Our Humble A{Bowed}D started off making art prints for her own house…a 1960’s rancher that she and her handyman of a hubby have slowly tweaked into a bona fide home with the help of their two lil’ boys. {Sound familiar?} She now offers several original prints in her Etsy shop.

All pieces are customizable so photos, initials, names and colors can be personalized to match your household and decor.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Hint: Valentine’s Day gift.

Wanna know how you can get your mitts on some personalized artwork? Great! Here are all the details:

• PRIZE:  $50 credit to Our Humble A{Bowe}D Etsy shop
• RULES:  You must be at least 18 years old and have a U.S. or Canadian shipping address {no P.O. boxes please} to enter. One entry per email address.
• HOW TO ENTER:  Leave a comment on this post proclaiming “LET’S GET PERSONAL!”
• DEADLINE:  Enter before Thursday, February 2nd at 9:00 p.m. EST. One winner will be chosen via Random.org and announced on Friday, February 3rd.
• WHILE YOU’RE AT IT:  Tell me something personal that makes you, well, YOU! Do you have a rare talent? Do you have a unique physical characteristic? Any irrational phobias? I’ll go first. 1 – As a toddler, I walked with my feet turned outward – almost backward – and had to wear a cast on each of my legs down to my toes to correct the problem. The treatment didn’t fully cure me but it came to my advantage later during ten years of ballet training…my feet still turned out more than normal and I had learned to walk on my toes very well because of the casts. 2 – I have a random patch of freckles on the left side of my chin just below my lower lip. Growing up, my grandma always mistook the patch for dirt and would try to scrub it off to no avail. 3 – I’m afraid of birds. The smaller they are the more scared I am. It’s totally the beak that freaks me out.

Check out Amanda’s lovely home over on her blog and “Like” her on Facebook!

images: Amanda at Our Humble A{Bowe}D

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Remember these cutie patootie moving postcards I purchased from Etsy recently to officially announce our new address? I am smitten with them.

Now you have a chance to grab up some custom stationery from Jack & Ella Paper Press too! Lucky for you, the shop owner is offering up $40 worth of free paper goods to one House*Tweaking winner.

So maybe you don’t need moving postcards…that’s okay!  Jack & Ella carries a wide array of custom stationery for nearly every formal and informal occasion.  Weddings, birthdays, recipe cards, holidays, gift tags, life events…Jack & Ella has you covered.

Don’t forget those everyday moments either.  This Etsy seller even has lunch box and love notes available to let your someone special know that they’re, well…special.

With emphasis on simple style and eco-friendly design, Jack & Ella prints on recycled card stock and frequently uses twine to bundle orders.  To check out the shop’s entire inventory click here and to follow Jack & Ella on Facebook click here.

Do you have a special announcement to make or are you looking for fun yet stylish invitations? Maybe you just need some monogrammed notecards handy at a moment’s notice?  Whatever your reason, here’s how to win some custom stationery of your own:

• PRIZE:  $40 worth of paper goods from Jack & Ella Paper Press
• RULES:  You must be at least 18 years old and have a street mailing address {no P.O. boxes} within the U.S.  One entry per email address.
• HOW TO ENTER:  Leave a comment on this post proclaiming “WRITE ME!”
• DEADLINE:  Enter before Thursday, September 22nd at 9:00 p.m. EST.  The winner will be picked at random and announced Friday, September 23rd.
• WHILE YOU’RE AT IT:  Tell me a unique characteristic of your own handwriting.  I’ll go first…I detest my handwriting.  I’m left-handed so 95% of the time my writing is smudged.  My freehand writing {with no horizontal lines to guide me} is always slanted.  The only time I ever write in cursive is when I sign my name to something and, even then, it’s barely legible.  I prefer to print. I’d love to have beautiful handwriting but since I’ve been at it for close to 30 years now, I think it’s a lost cause.  To make my writing appear ‘better’, I rewrite almost everything at least once {usually more than that} and I write with a fine Sharpie or other fine marker.  My writing always turns out nicer in marker.  Weird.  The good news?  I’m much better at typing than handwriting.

FYI – I paid for my Jack & Ella postcards with my own money.  I am not being compensated for hosting this giveaway.  I just love sharing great Etsy finds!

images:  1) Dana Miller for House*Tweaking  2 & 3) collages by Dana Miller using Jack & Ella Paper Press images