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For all you stationary lovers…

August 15, 2014 · 31 Comments
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Before I gush over today’s giveaway I want to say THANK YOU for the support on Wednesday’s post, Mamahood vs. Full-Time Work: what helped me decide. I treasure this community and there is so much wisdom in the comments, consider reading through a few of them?

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Oubly announcement cards maggie whitley

Since December 2012, when I had my first baby shower, we’ve been in full-on stationary mode over here. I actually cleared a little section in our office area for stationary, stamps and my favorite writing pens. Growing up I was taught the value of writing thank-you notes, and I guess it’s stuck with me ;) Besides, sending mail is so fun! We’ve sent out cards in response to our baby showers, Maxwell’s birth announcements, Maxwell’s first Valentine’s Day, our family Christmas card and Maxwell’s first birthday party.

When Oubly, a Los Angeles family-owned stationary boutique, reached out to us (which made me yell out a little, “yeowwwww!” — don’t let me hide that from you!) I knew I would say, “yes”.

I absolutely love learning of and featuring local shops, and this brings me back to the heart of why I started blogging: to encourage community.

Oubly birth announcements maggie whitley

I’m just going to dive in here and confess — Oubly has a really fantastic line of Birth Announcements. So much of what they design infuses bright colors and personality, which I love so much. They also have stationary for personal use and a variety of paper needs to glam up your small business. Basically, Oubly has something(s) for everything.

Oubly maggie whitley

In addition to their products, Oubly has a light worth shining (and sharing), and I wanted to dig into the heart and soul of who they are and what they do. We asked Luis to share a bit more about Oubly…

Give us a “behind the scenes” perspective into Oubly.

“In short Oubly is a mature printing company that has a thoughtful bunch of individuals with a passion for print, art, design, technology, fine papers, and collaborative culture.

Oubly offers a wide selection of beautifully designed and crafted print items for business, or occasions. The Oubly team is currently developing additional products such as canvas prints, upload-your-own, and art prints.”

How would you best encourage your fellow makers?

“If you have an idea or passion, then pursue it. We would rather try and fail, than live the rest of our lives wondering what could have been. We know that remarkable outcomes never come from modest risks.”

What inspires you/Oubly?

“Innovation inspires us. We love to sit down and watch YouTube videos such as TED Talks.”

How do you balance your personal life from work?

“Personal life? What’s that? All jokes aside, the team at Oubly loves to be engaged in various activities that are an extension of the company values. We are life-long learners and we love to learn new skills whether it be learning a new food recipe, instrument, or learning a new coding language.”

Oubly thanksgiving invites maggie whitley

If you’re like me and enjoy sending mail — “thank-you” cards or “thinking of you” notes or “party announcements” or “here’s a list of all the cool things I did today”, Oubly has generously offered a giveaway package for two (2) readers of the Maggie Whitley Designs community (yeow!).

GIVEAWAY // TWO lucky winners will each win a 5×7 set of 35 cards/envelopes (plus shipping). Total value is $104.

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We’ll pick the winners in a few days and will notify them directly via email. Good luck, and thank you for supporting the shops that help to support me. XO

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  1. Cindy R says

    August 15, 2014 at 5:37 am

    What beautiful cards! They are so colorful! :)

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  2. Alexis says

    August 15, 2014 at 5:48 am

    Love all the fun designs – would have difficulty picking just one! Luckily, I have a birthday for my almost 2 year old coming up plus I’m expecting = lots of fun uses for their stationary! :)

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  3. Sarah Ray says

    August 15, 2014 at 6:07 am

    Cute!

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  4. lesley says

    August 15, 2014 at 6:17 am

    I LOVE way too many things!!!! But I will pick the Summer Mint notecards for now!

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  5. jill says

    August 15, 2014 at 6:33 am

    So cute- i’d love to use these for our birth announcements in October!

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  6. Sarah M says

    August 15, 2014 at 7:42 am

    Oh my! I love their colorful and playful cards. I really like this “Christmas Thank You” card : http://www.oubly.com/designs/1596

    Sarah M

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  7. DeidreSH says

    August 15, 2014 at 8:03 am

    I love the Capital Garland Stationary! Beautiful!

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  8. Angela says

    August 15, 2014 at 8:15 am

    I lovelovelove Peaceful Christmas!

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  9. Nikki says

    August 15, 2014 at 8:16 am

    So hard to choose. – but I love the regular floral notecards! So pretty!

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  10. Lauren says

    August 15, 2014 at 9:01 am

    I woudl love some personalized stationary – I like the summer mint!

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  11. Nicole says

    August 15, 2014 at 9:27 am

    This would be perfect because I just recently got engaged to a wonderful man named, Zach!

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  12. Katy says

    August 15, 2014 at 10:03 am

    Ah! I love cards and I totally was raised to always write thank you notes :)

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  13. Erin says

    August 15, 2014 at 10:12 am

    There’s a lot of great stuff on their site, but their “international doggies kids stationary” is too cute!

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  14. Allison Wilhelm says

    August 15, 2014 at 10:58 am

    Loving the Autumn Cape notecards!

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  15. Christine S. says

    August 15, 2014 at 11:27 am

    OMGosh!!! I love everything on their site! It would be tough to choose! Thank you for doing such a fun giveaway!

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  16. Sarah Maffet says

    August 15, 2014 at 11:28 am

    Gorgeous! What an exciting giveaway!! I really like the edge painted business cards!

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  17. Amy M. Cooley says

    August 15, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    I love the Fruit Popsicle Notecards!

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  18. Kellie Jeffrey says

    August 15, 2014 at 12:20 pm

    I love the birth announcements! We just had our first boy a few weeks ago!

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  19. Sara S. says

    August 15, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    I am in love with their notecards! I want them all over my house!

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  20. Elise Gahan says

    August 15, 2014 at 10:34 pm

    I love sending out snail mail as encouragement to friends and reminds my far away friends how much they still mean to me!

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  21. Jen says

    August 16, 2014 at 2:42 am

    I love sending what I call fun mail, especially randomly throughout the year to friends, so for me I love the secret garden cards. I also love that they cater to kids. I really want my kids to know how important sending thank you’s are so I would pick sports fan for my boys!!

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  22. Karis says

    August 16, 2014 at 2:48 am

    I love the “Double the Fun” birthday invitation! Exactly what I need for my twins’ first birthday party in September :)

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  23. Jessica says

    August 16, 2014 at 6:39 am

    I like the kids thank you cards (I.e. The Dino one). My fav thing when I was little was my personalized thank you cards (in fact I loved them so much that I rarely used them- instead I hoarded them and sent cheap thank yous, ha!). But it’d be fun for my boy to have some personalized ones too (even though he’s just a wee little one now!)

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  24. Adrianne B says

    August 16, 2014 at 7:59 am

    I adore the Secret Garden notecards. I also really love the business cards!

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  25. Kaitlyn Bouchillon says

    August 16, 2014 at 6:34 pm

    Seriously, any of the “thinking of you” cards would be awesome!

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  26. Sadie B. says

    August 18, 2014 at 4:46 am

    I like the New Girl announcement. Adorable!

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  27. Kate says

    August 18, 2014 at 9:28 am

    Their baby announcements are all so gorgeous. I love the Measure Out and Vintage Vines announcements.

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  28. Emily Smith says

    August 19, 2014 at 1:07 am

    I LOVE the happy everything holiday cards!

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  29. Rachel G says

    August 19, 2014 at 8:46 am

    The summer mint hello cards are adorable!

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  30. Meredith Defrees says

    August 19, 2014 at 10:45 am

    I would love to win some sweet announcements for baby on the way!

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  31. Margaret G says

    August 28, 2014 at 6:13 am

    Yah! I won! Thanks so much for the chance. I ordered the best stationary :)

    Reply

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