There ain't much in life a girl loves as much as pretty paper, am I right? After years of buying boxed cards at Target, I decided a few months ago that it was time to get my big girl panties on and get myself some personalized stationery. I found this gorgeous rose gold foiled stationery at Minted and immediately went all heart eyes. It's classic, it's simple but it's soooooo prettttty. I am now officially sending thank you notes and hello cards to everyone I know. 

I also decided to step up our family's stationery situation with some personalized "family" stationery. What's family stationery? Basically, it's a blank card with a more casual vibe to it and, of course, our last name. I landed on this black and white card with a patterned background. This is the perfect card to write thank you notes from the whole crew or even a quick note to the kids' teachers. We have used this stationery a million times in the past month or two- I can't believe we didn't have family stationery sooner! 

If you're in the market, check out Minted's stationery collection. I'm not even kidding when I say they have a million options (okay, perhaps a tad bit of exaggeration, but there are a LOT!) for you to choose from. Formal, fun, photos, color, foil... see what I mean? All I have to say is, send me a note once you choose something pretty!

Thanks to Minted for partnering up for this post.

Not only are David and I head over heels in love with our precious little girl, but we're kind of in love with her birth announcements, too! A big thanks to Minted who made that happen with their awesomesauce birth announcements.

Obviously I don't share the kiddos' real names around here, so I doctored the above photo to read "Little Lady June." The true announcement looks like this...

And no, her name is not Campbell (although that is one of my fav names of all time). That's just the set name on the announcements on the Minted website. If you don't believe me or if you want to see how cute this announcement card really is, check it out here.

I love how the card is simple, focuses on our little angel and is the perfect mix of girly but cool. We searched through a lotttt of announcement options and this one was instantly winner winner, chicken dinner.

I did a little something special with the back of the card and added a bunch of photos from LLJ's newborn session. Nine photos, to be precise. I love that I could feature our sweet girl on the front but still include all of us as a family (and the oh-so-adorable HDawg) on the back.

I was a little late in getting these guys out to family and friends (the card should have read- heyyyy! we had a baby... two months ago!) but so far, everyone's loving this sweet memento of our little girl.

If you aren't familiar with Minted yet, check them out, you won't be sorry. Oh, if you're expecting, you've hit the jackpot... Minted also has customizable nursery wall art. And did I mention they have free birth announcement samples and free recipient address printing? I mean, c'mon. They have it all.

Consider this my official announcement (although we all know that the most official form of spreading news these days is Facebook)... welcome to the world, Little Lady June!

Disclaimer: Minted provided me with the product for review, but all opinions and the impossibly adorable newborn baby belongs to me.

*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST.*

Halloween is in two days, friends. Which means that Thanksgiving is just a mere three weeks away. And that leads me to the fact that Christmas is just around the corner!

One of my favorite things about Christmas time is receiving holiday cards in the mail from family and friends. Every year, I break out the cards from years past... it's so much fun to look back at how kids have grown, life has evolved and hair cuts have changed!

This will be a fun year for us to send out cards since our card will star an adorable toddler and a quickly growing baby bump! I've already pulled my top card options from Minted- here are a few of my favorites!

Everyone's favorite holiday card is the classic photo card. Minted has so many unique designs and cute customization options for you to add your family photo to.

Minted also has some adorable holiday postcards in their selection. David and I went the holiday postcard route with our 2011 Christmas cards- it's such a simple and easy way to get your holiday message out! And cheaper on postage, too : )

But I have to say that my favorite product Minted has right now are these fabulous new foil stamped holiday cards. Aren't they beautiful?!

Seriously, I'm in love. I can't wait to share with y'all which card I picked for our 2013 cards!

Here's the best part... Minted wants you to choose one of these awesome cards for your family holiday cards in 2013! They're giving away a $75 credit to minted.com for you to use on holiday cards this year. You can enter to win several different ways on the Rafflecopter widget below. The giveaway is open until midnight on Sunday, November 3, 2013. Good luck!