EVAPAUL
There are “Evite” invitation people and there are “hard copy” invitation people. As with most things in life, I fall somewhere in between. I love the ease of an “Evite” but offer me a sumptuous tangible invitation and I am much more likely to attend. It’s faulty logic, but it’s mine. Rising above the competition is no easy feat given the overwhelming number of companies specializing in custom invitations. Nic and Kirsten Bingham, the husband and wife team behind evapaul, rise above with ease, class and impeccable style. I found myself planning a fake wedding to justify falling in love with so many of their designs. The typography nerd in me is partial to the ‘ANNA’ save the date card while the PAISLEY invites make me want to get married right this very second. The ‘HAZEL’ invitation makes me want to wait until summer. Sigh, fake weddings are hard to plan.
Here’s a secret: evapaul doesn’t just do weddings. They will customize any design to fit your needs and will even create a new one for you. Yes, they are that amazing.
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Miss Krista, our Weekend Editor, is a mother, a lover and a big believer in the power of a cupcake. She loves double entendres but is not a fan of the high-five. She blogs about the corners of her heart at my life as i see it.
Evapaul is giving away a custom wedding invitation with up to 50 invitations (with more available at a discounted rate.) Not getting married? No problem. They will design a custom invitation for any event you have coming up. No events? No problem. They’ll make you simple notecards, thank you cards, etc.In order to win, please answer the following question by Thursday, March 4th., 2010
If you had $100 right now to spend on anything you wanted (excluding bills and other necessities) what would you spend it on?
Good luck! Please start checking the yellow winner’s box on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
A nice sushi dinner for my husband and daughter. We don’t get to go out to eat very often!
I would spend it on there beautiful earrings that would be perfect for my sister to wear in the wedding. She is my maid of honor and they would look perfect with her dress. A little something extra to let her know how much I love her. :)
Jewelry, baubbles, and sparkly things to make an old outfit new again!
$100 can seem like so much to one person, and so little to another. Give $100 to a child and their eyes glaze over like they’ve just been handed one million – just think of all of the toy and candy options! Give $100 to a family just making it from paycheck to paycheck, and visions of groceries and toilet paper, and maybe that one special extra splurge for the makings of rootbeer floats for her family’s weekly game night, drift in the mother’s head. Give $100 to a millionaire and perhaps she or he will say thanks and tuck it away in savings, or maybe go out to lunch or hand the money off to someone who needs it more – one can hope. Give $100 to a homeless man and just maybe he’ll find a cheap hotel and hand his hat up there for a couple of days with a comfy bed, a roof over his head, a hot shower and a place to wash his clothes and have some privacy.
Give $100 to me, and as much as I wouldn’t mind taking it to get the haircut I’ve been dreaming about for years (yes, it’s been years since I’ve treated myself to a professional haircut) or asking a friend I haven’t been able to hang out with for over a year out to a nice lunch or going on a lovely family outing to the beach where the snacks would be plentiful and the cost of gas wouldn’t matter so much and the purchase of those new kites would bring such wonderful smiles to the faces of my children… I’d probably say “Thank you very much. This is so generous of you. But would you mind very much if I took this money and gave it to someone whom I know who really and truly needs this gift?” And if you said, “yes, of course,” I’d immediately run it over to my friend who was aid off from his job over seven months ago and is still very actively but seemingly hopelessly looking for work and a way to provide for his family. Sure, the $100 wouldn’t last very long, but I know it would go toward necessity and would bring a small glimmer of hope. And that would be more than worth it :)
I would selfishly spend it on a new outfit to wear after my first child is born (any day now!!). I am all-too-sick of my one pair of prego jeans and the 5 shirts I have been rotating through.
I am searching for the perfect lamp for my entry way table so I think that is where that $100 would go. Either there or on a new pair of jeans.
I would spend it on my granddaughter, Finn – what better way to spend a “windfall”????
$100 – I would have to spend it on new swimsuits for me and my fiance. Our honeymoon is coming up and it would be nice to have something new to wear on the beach.
SHOES. selfish for a new mother, but ohhh man, do I miss my single days when I bought myself a shiny new pair every. single. month!! Now I am lucky to even get out of my pjs most days… bu new shoes would give an excuse to go out and show them off. :)
I would spend it on decorative items to spruce up my apartment. I feel like my living room is so blah right now. I would love to buy some new decorations to liven the place up a bit.
I have an obsession for old postcards, I love going to thrift and antique shops and looking for the funkiest cards available and then sending them out to people. I often joke that postcards represent about 10% of my monthly budget (yeah, stamps aren’t cheap these days!)… I could send quite a few cards with an extra $100. My family probably would hate me though, they’re starting to run out of place on their “Gali” walls.
Oh gosh- something from my long kitchen wait list- a waffle iron, Le Cruset pans, an ice cream maker, wecks canning jars or a tea kettle! thank you ~
I’d go to half price books in Dallas and go nuts buying all the books I could!
I would by some cashmere yarn to make a scsrf.
I’d send a few people some flowers. It feels like it’s been winter forever, and I think a multicolored bouquet would bring some much-needed brightness to my friends on the east coast…
Honestly my first thought was put it towards an Ipad. Then I thought about a blog I had just read about the children in Haiti and much suffering. I hope that would stir my heart more and I’d give it up to help those really in need.
I, too, would give the money away. I’d give it to Heifer International. I’m slightly jealous of the people who get to live with animals in such an intimate way… even more so than American farmers. I have always wanted to donate to Heifer International.
Thank you.
I would buy a red summer dress and order a glass of ice tea in Venezia!
i would love to spend it on lots of flowers to spruce up the apartment. We just got a huge amount of snow over the last few days here in Ottawa and I would love to have a BIG amount of spring bursting forth!
i would go to williams and sonoma and buy some mini-cupcake/muffin tins and lots of goodies to decorate them. i’ve noticed how much bringing something like this to meetings makes everyone feel so much happier and the whole dynamic is improved! what a nice way to improve everyone’s work day!
I would use it to go towards starting my jewelry business. I’m slowly saving up money and buying supplies to take the plunge into taking it to the next level.
I’d give it to the Bansang Hospital Appeal in the Gambia, in West Africa- I worked there for heartbreaking four months, and I’ve never come across a place where so little money can do so much fr so many. $100 would buy them so many basic medical supplies that they’re severely lacking!
honestly, letterpress stationary. i love it so mcuh but rarely find that $100 laying around that I just don’t know what to do with.
A really nice haircut and hair products! A necessity to some, but in our situation, a haircut more than once a year is a pretty big treat. :)
I can’t think of anything that doesn’t sound selfish, because with a hundred dollars I could help out my mom. Knowing me though It would end up going to art supplies and odd items from ETSY.
i’d buy some fabulous wallpaper for my house….there’s so much great stuff out there and i have so many ideas!
if i had $100 i would have a tea party in my backyard with mismatched furniture and tea cups & sauces, i’d serve a lot of yummy tea, scones and sandwiches and cupcakes. i’d invite my friends over and we’d wear paper crowns and make lots of crafts and act like kids.
I would get a haircut and a new tattoo. :)
i’d spend it on pretty stationary froms EvaPaul :P Blatant sucking up
I’m getting married this August and looking into invitation ideas right now. I am planning to make my own but this would save me so much time. This giveaway couldn’t come at a better time!
Hmm, $100…I would have to spend it on a nice pair of shoes for the wedding…that I could wear again after : )
I would spend the $100 to pay for babysitters and a night or two out with my husband since it’s been a month since we went out by ourselves. This stationery is just beautiful.
I would love to spend $100 on shoes… I haven’t bought shoes in so long! I could buy 2/3 paris of spring/summer shoes to get my spring wardrobe ready for beautiful days outdoors! I am so excited about spring and the perfect sandal can really add to the beauty of a spring day!
I’d spend my $100 on Rachel Ray cooking utensils. I need to liven up my kitchen and she has some blue stirring spoons that latch onto the side of the pot that I am just dying for!
I would like to put the money away into my wedding account, to help me and my fiance with the wedding budget :) Im a 1st year teacher and he’s a first year businessman, so anything would help tremendously!
A new dress. I wear jeans to church every Sunday because that’s what fits me right now after having my daughter. New clothes also aren’t in the budget, so I make do and rotate accessories to change things up a bit. But I would love a dress!
cheap ticket to visit my Love :-)
a train ticket to scotland. my boyfriend travelled there for work just after he proposed so it would mean a lot to have the chance to be excited and celebrate together in the flesh rather than hundreds of miles away by phone…
A spa day for my best friend. She just had her third daughter who is special needs. The baby has been in the hospital since she was born and is currently awaiting open heart surgery. It has been a really tough road for this family. She hasn’t slept in over a month, has been a nervous wreck and really needs to de-stress.
awesome sale shoes!
girls’ night out – shopping & dinner
1/2 of the Liberty of London for Target flower-print beach cruiser.
I’d take that $100 and go shopping! I’ve lost about 10 pounds since the beginning of the year and everything is baggy. I need a reward for being so good!
I would blow it all on fabulous fabric-covered boxes for my house – I’m drowning in clutter in my tiny studio apartment, and a pretty place for everything and everything in it’s place would be a dream come true!
I would buy software for my Cricut machine. I love that machine and I love being creative. There is a software program out there that lets you use your own graphics for cuts without having to use the expensive cartridges. It is close to $79.00. The remaining money I would use to buy some new vinyl for the machine. I love cutting out vinyl and using it on projects
I would spend the $100 on some sassy Thank You notes for my wedding! I have been searching for the perfect ones!
A nice dinner out with my hubby to Fogo De Chao! It’s his favorite place and he deserves a treat ;)
My mother. I would buy her expensive chocolate covered cherries, aloe vera socks, and a kindle.
The selfish part of me would want to spend the $100 on me – me- me! Maybe a nice bottle of wine, a day of pampering, a fabulous dinner, or a new scarf (love me some scarves!)……………but the RIGHT thing for me to do would be to donate to my favorite charity – Project Night Night (http://www.projectnightnight.org/) – this money could provide for four children in homeless shelters to have a blankie, book, and stuffed animal. Wonderful program!
A nice dinner with friends. There’s this Peruvian restaurant in my neighborhood that I’ve always wanted to try and that would be the perfect way to spend it! Good wine, good food and good company.
I would buy a set of roller skates and some knee pads. I’ve been hankering to try out for the local roller derby team in the last few months and partying with the derby girls this weekend only solidified that. A hundred bucks would let me get a pair of skates and get to training!