Three cheers for the Etsy & Cool Mom Picks Valentine's Day contest winners!

After much, much deliberation, we are soooo pleased to announce the winners of our first Valentine's Day color-your-own card contest with our friends at Etsy . We scoured through your amazing entries and picked our 12--yep, we just could…

Three cheers for the Etsy & Cool Mom Picks Valentine's Day contest winners!
After much, much deliberation, we are soooo pleased to announce the winners of our first Valentine's Day color-your-own card contest with our friends at Etsy. We scoured through your amazing entries and picked our 12--yep, we just couldn't do 9!--favorites, based on originality, creativity, and colorability (is that a word?) of the design for young kids.



So, thank you to all who entered, and our deepest congrats and much admiration go to (in no particular order!):

Spaceboy Out of this World by Olliegraphic
Bunny at Mailbox by Nakisha VanderHoeven
Airplane Be My Valentine by One Cool Mom

All You Need is Love by Shannon Kennedy
Flower Balloons by Blue Tricycle
Huggie Hearts by Danamarie Hosler

Superhero LOVE Heart by Christine Liu
Dino Balloons by Zucchini and Me
Love Bird by Kate Endle

i love you by Olivia Mew
You Rock Guitar by Zom-b
Bunch of Balloons Creating Heart by Leo Jung

You can purchase these cards as a downloadable & printable PDF at the Etsy Store for just $3.99.  We'll be donating all the proceeds from the sale of these cards directly to the Children's Heart Foundation. We can't thank all the entrants enough for their support and enthusiasm (don't be surprised if a few of you end up on these pages very soon)--and thanks on behalf of a whole lot of kids who you're all about to make very, very happy. -Kristen + Liz

If the cards sell out, don't fret. They'll have more listed soon - so please check back!

[card image from zucchini and co]


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