New at Minted - Inline Birth Announcements

I recently won an Editor's Pick for my "Inline" birth announcements, which were inspired by a custom project I did for baby Cruz. These modern, sophisticated birth announcements are now available for purchase over at Minted, and come in a variety of fabulous die cut shapes and paper options.

To view other designs available by Believe Notes, exclusively for Minted, please visit the Believe Notes Minted shop.

Winner Winner!

I recently got my very first Minted Winner star! Up until now, all of my designs for sale at Minted have won awards as Jury picks or Editor picks, which means that one of the special judges for a particular challenge picked my design to be sold. In the Thanks A Million challenge, I got my very first "winner" which means my design scored high enough that it landed in the top 20 for the entire challenge! How exciting!!

Here's the winning design, that will soon be for sale at Minted.

Handy

I'm looking forward to the launch of several new designs on Minted, once they are all available, I will certainly let you all know!

The Secret Minted Award

Remember this post? You should, it was just a few days ago.

Turns out the design did get an award, but I had no idea, hence it's like a secret win!

As it turns out, apparently the design DID get an award!

I'm always surprised (in a good way) by the designs that Minted picks for awards, this design however was particularly surprising to me since (1) it scored lower than the other designs I submitted,  (2) I was never notified by email of the win and (3) I didn't get the extra little "Jury's Pick" star next to my name on my Minted profile (minor, I know, but those stars mean a lot to us Minties). When I got the email from Minted (about an hour after my original post about NOT winning, how ironic!) I was in disbelief! I emailed Minted just to make sure they weren't mistaken. Nope, not a mistake.

The surprise Minted award made my whole week :)

Coming soon to Minted!

I'm giving it my darndest right now to keep up with all the design challenges going on over at Minted. I've had two designs picked from the last few challenges, which is pretty good considering I didn't enter many designs. You've already seen the "Sweet Hearts" birth announcement design, which should be for sale soon, and I just found out I also won an Editor's Pick for my "Smouldering" business card design!

"Smouldering" Business Card Editor's Pick                       

Minted also has just announced all of the Holiday Card winners, and my oh my, they are amazing! I had submitted two designs (there were a total of over 2,200 designs!) and neither were chosen, but I am actually happy about that because it means I can sell them in my Etsy shop this season. That's the beauty of Minted, even if you don't win, you still end up with lovely designs that are fit for sale. The design challenges are win-win!

The new wedding challenge is also open at Minted, and it's my mission to enter at least three designs. The talent is amazing, and while I have no plans on actually winning, I love submitting and getting feedback from such talented designers. Be on the lookout for my submissions!

My Second Minted Award!!

The winners were just recently announced over at Minted for the Summer is Born Birth Announcements and I snagged myself another Editor's Pick Award!!! Yippie!!!

My "Sweet Hearts" design was the winner, which I am actually a little surprised about because it scored much lower than one of my other designs. I suppose that's the beauty of an Editor Pick, doesn't matter what the score is, so long as the judges love it - so thanks judges!!!

Congrats to all of the winners, the designs/designers at Minted are AMAZING! I am so proud to be a part of the Minted community! Yay!!!