Free Printable, Party Printable, Kawaii, Paper Crafts, Kids Crafts, Stationery, Printable

Studios Pics Friday!

2012-01-27T07:47:00.000-05:00

NEW to the shop! Valentine Cupcake "topper" Holders

2012-01-23T12:26:00.001-05:00

EASY Valentines for the kids! Buy this photo card from us and we personalize with your child's name. Print the printable file at a photo lab (Walgreen's , etc.). Add lollipop and personalize with recipient's name on little flags (text editable flags included with purchase) Voila!---simple and cute! In the SHOP now!

Studios Pics Friday!

2012-01-20T11:46:00.004-05:00

Pinned sketches made weeks ago of our new Valentine collection.

Have a great weekend! Que tengan todos un lindo fin de semana :)

NEW Kawaii Invitation: Rainbow

2012-01-18T14:41:00.004-05:00

We are adding more and more customized invitation to the Kawaii Invitations Section of the shop. These invitations in kawaii style are personalized by us and sent to you. The latest addition is this cute kawaii rainbow set! So cute! And so appropriate for any colorful party including a rainbow, art or 80's party! Find it in the shop!

NEW Kawaii Valentine Craft Kit on Sale!

2012-01-18T10:21:00.007-05:00

It's Up! The Valentine Craft Kit is in the SHOP for sale now! Not everything is pictured but it is on pre-sale order at 20% off at Just $8 until Monday.

This kit is super packed with mom and kid friendly projects to get all of your Valentines done in time and with a sweet personalized touch with editable text in many of these printable. We also LOVE the colors!

We want to add one more item to the list--choose from these and let us know which one to add:  

(1) Invitation with editable text
 (2) Milk Carton 
(3) Basket

More sneak peeks!

2012-01-17T14:47:00.002-05:00

Hope you don't mind that we went with a more bright color palette . You won't see just reds or pinks for this Valentine's Set! It's almost ready --we have our amazing little staff putting together a nifty little photo shoot for you.

New Valentine's Day Collection: Coming This Week!

2012-01-15T21:58:00.001-05:00

Get those printers warmed up. New Valentine's Day goodies are coming this week! Stay tuned--we have lots of new characters to go with them!

¡En esta semana les mostraremos la collecion nueva para el dia de San Valentin!

Friday Studio Pic

2012-01-12T21:43:00.004-05:00

Happy Friday guys! We made it to another week! Here is an inside view of one of my desk drawers. Inside are beautiful elephant note cards by the lovely Ellia from Greenbeanbaby. The other cute stationery are part of the many, many, many things I bought during my trip to Hong Kong.

Have a great weekend!

p.s. new Valentine's Day goodies coming to you next week!

New Feature Every Friday: Studio Pics

2012-01-06T14:11:00.005-05:00

Wanted to show you photos from around the studio via this new Friday blog feature. You will see glimpses of the studio, projects on the wall and possibly some coffee stained sketches.

Here is a little corner from the studio with cute craft supplies. The awesome paper illustration in the back is from the one and only and fabulously talented Ellia Hill. I bought this amazing illustration via her Etsy shop.

See you back next Friday for some more--have a great weekend!!

New Years SALE!

2011-12-26T10:10:00.001-05:00

30% off from today until new years day. Use coupon code NEW2012 upon checkout.

See you next year!

2011-12-23T23:32:00.002-05:00

Wow---so we made it to another year. I had an unbelievable 2011! Personally, I was so blessed to give birth to a second child. Professionally, it was a good year; I designed lots of toys and made new friends and clients. As far as this venture called Paper Glitter; it was an amazing year. The first half was a little rocky as morning sickness that lasted 8 months forced me to take a leave of absence from many creative projects and you all were ever so patient. I am so lucky to have so many people still be interested in this little project of mine; my obsession of creating cute paper crafting projects that brighten up your day a little. Who knew so many people would care!

I wish you all a fabulous New Year! Thank you for following this evolving story.

I officially sign off until 2012!

Hugs,

Linnette

Art of Miami feature!

2011-12-21T09:45:00.004-05:00

Super honored to be mentioned in local Miami site "Art of Miami"! If you live in the Miami area, it is a great resource of art and events & what's cool and happening in Miami! See the full post HERE!

FREE Exclusive Printables for Glue Dots!

2011-12-16T10:34:00.004-05:00

Wanted to take a small moment to announce that we have pertnered up with Glue Dots for some free holiday themed printables! YES--I said free downloadable printables! Perfect for the Christmas holidays, these round tags and favor boxes will make happy any of your loved ones! Add a sweet personalized message to the box or tags with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download your freebies over at Glue Dots!

NEW in the shop: Table Decorating Kit

2011-11-30T23:40:00.005-05:00

Just in time to start December off, we release our last item from the new Sparkled Christmas Printables collection! We are happy to introduce the Table Setting kit! Not only does it come with plenty of adorable details to decorate your tables but it also comes with 2 paper christmas trees: One in color and the other one a "color me" activity tree! How is that for an DIY adorable activity for the kids? And there are many details that have editable text features so you can personalize various portions of this kit with charming little phrases. These printables would be perfect for any party or activity during this holiday season. To check out more details visit the SHOP.

CYBER MONDAY SALE

2011-11-27T23:11:00.003-05:00

CYBER MONDAY SALE! 35% off your entire purchase until 11:59 pm TODAY! Enter code: monday35 upon checkout in the SHOP!
+++Deluxe Party Kits EXCLUDED+++++

Venta CYBER MONDAY! 35% de descuento SOLO HOY! Simplemente usar código monday35 con tu compra y listo! Compra hasta las 11:59 pm
+++Los paquetes "deluxe" estan excluidos+++++

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-23T10:09:00.001-05:00

Is thankful for all of the support, fans and amazing customers we have had the pleasure of serving for 2 and a half years. Happy Thanksgiving ^___^

Feliz día de Accion de Gracias a todos. Estamos muy agradecidos por todos ustedes. La verdad que ha sido un placer servirlos a ustedes por casi 3 años. Somos muy afortunados. Un abrazo a todos ^____^

You can download a entire set of free thanksgiving printables made by us HERE.

NEW in the Shop! Christmas Stationery!!

2011-11-21T09:46:00.004-05:00

We are almost done with our christmas printable presentation. We will have on more new christmas item, a table setting set, due out just before December begins.

But for now, I introduce you the adorable new Christmas / Holiday Stationery Set! I ADORE this set. Our love for kawaii does not go unnoticed here--we even accented the printables with japanese characters that say "Happy December" how cute is that? This set is loaded with goodies including paper pencil toppers, to do lists, letter sets and more! And it comes with that nifty editable text feature so personalize away if you wish! How cute will those Santa letters from the kiddos look with these?

Stop by the SHOP to check out all of the goodies!

NEW in the shop: Penguin Invitation or Christmas Cards!

2011-11-21T09:43:00.002-05:00

Next up--we have an adorable Penguin Card Set! This is more like a kit as it comes with 3 pages of printables. The first page has the card template along with an envelope seal and an ornament template The second page is an envelope template and the last page is a striped pattern. The idea here is that you make the card and include an ornament for the recipient as a gift for their tree. The card , the ornament and the envelope are all text editable so you can personalize to your heart's content! The striped pattern is for printing it on the back of your envelope template for an instant envelope liner effect---cool huh?

What is really cool about this set is that you can use the card as a party invitation or a christmas card! We are using these as our christmas card this year. Think how cool these would be as an afternoon activity project with the kids! I even would embellish the penguin with a pomp pom ball on his hat top and I would add tons of glitter (you know we love glitter around here!).

Check out the full details in the SHOP!

NEW in the Shop! Christmas/Holiday Paper Dolls

2011-11-18T09:54:00.003-05:00

I am back with another new item for the shop! Here are the Christmas Paper Dolls! They are at a sale price for a limited time and they are as cute as they could possibly be! I am quite happy how these turned out :)

Visit the SHOP for more details!

NEW to the shop: Editable Christmas Recipe Cards & Labels

2011-11-17T10:03:00.003-05:00

I am back to show you our latest addition to the Sparkled Christmas Printables Collection. We are happy to announce our very first recipe cards to the shop with editable text feature! We also included some adorable 3 inch circle labels to personalize and use as gift tags as well. If we get a good response to these, we will expand the recipe cards collection in other themes for the shop. And if you have any thoughts on these or themes you would like to see--we would love to hear from you--what do you think?

You can get the full printable for this set at only $3.00 at the SHOP.

NEW to the shop: Christmas Gift Wrapping Printables

2011-11-15T23:16:00.007-05:00

We had fabulous success last year with the Funky Christmas Gift Wrapping Set. And to extend this printable package idea, we have designed a complete new set for our Sparkled Christmas Printables Collection! This set has all you need for super cute kawaii gift wrapping. The set is on sale for a week at 20% off. Come by the SHOP to check the listing out!

(p.s. this set LOVES glitter----just a tip!)

NEW to the shop: Editable Text Christmas Money

2011-11-15T23:02:00.005-05:00

We have added NEW printable money in Christmas themes in the shop! These aside from adorable little favors for kids to play with, can be used as gift tags for packaging your christmas gifts! Personalize as you wish just like the other printable money in the shop. We have received super great responses to these so we are very happy to extend this collection adn bring into our new Sparkled Christmas Printables Collection.

And for a limited time, get all 4 design for the price of 2! Check the listing out in the SHOP!

NEW Christmas Printables to be announced tomorrow!

2011-11-14T12:00:00.002-05:00

We are thrilled to begin revealing our NEW Christmas line starting tomorrow! We have 6 new sets of printable and the 6th being a last minute "table setting" addition to be revealed next week. We will be revealing a new item each day starting tomorrow!

Here is a peak at the new paper dolls. These are one of the cutest printables yet!

See you tomorrow!

FREE Editable Gingerbread Labels

2011-11-14T09:52:00.002-05:00

I decided to make these mini "north pole" signs to present the new Sparkled Christmas Printables Collection. I think they came out super cute! And to celebrate the season of giving, we are offering a set of these printable Text Editable Gingerbread Labels for free and for you!

Download your free labels HERE!

NEW to the shop: Kawaii Invitation Cards

2011-10-27T20:46:00.006-04:00

We will be adding many invitations in the shop just because we keep getting requests for them even though they may not have other matching items. These invitations are personalized by us and then sent to you as one JPG image, unless you instruct to have them 2 on a page as a printable sheet. Here are a few that are in the shop right now, under the section: Kawaii Invitations. They can be used for parties or even thank you note cards. So far we have added:

Rainbow Cake
Snow / Winter Pincess
Milk & cookies party
Pink Princess

We will be uploading many more in the near future but we will be taking a break in doing so until we get our new Holiday Kits done in the next couple of weeks!

You can find the invitations in THIS section of the shop.

TIP! Using glitter nail polish!

2011-10-26T04:06:00.000-04:00

REAL PARTY: Ethan's Halloween Birthday

2011-10-26T04:02:00.000-04:00

Jolynn from A Little Sugary Goodness sent over these photos of her son's birthday and I have to just say I wanted to see MORE! Isn't this party just whymsical and fun! She bought the adorable background graphics form Target and the printables /paperie were from our Orange Halloween Party Kit with editable text feature. As much as we think our printable halloween stuff is cute, what is the CUTEST in her party is her amazing sweet treats! Isn't she talented? She baked all this stuff? Take a look . .

My favorite are these cake pops---to DIE for :)

I have a feeling we will be seeing more of Jolynn's fabulous work in the future!

Please visit Jolynn's BLOG for more ideas!

My first tutorial !

2011-10-25T09:28:00.002-04:00

I am so excited! Today I am a guest at Celebrate Today the Super Chick Way's blog! This is one of my favorite blogs--Genevieve is a super hillariously talented artist/blogger. I am forever entertained with here posts! Hop on over to see my first tutorial (see sneak peek above suing Shrinky Dink paper) and get a chance to win FREE Paper Glitter goodies!

Visit Genevieve's BLOG HERE for the tutorial and contest details!

Coupon Code for Halloween Week!

2011-10-23T20:33:00.009-04:00

How's everyone doing with the Halloween preparations? We have received fabulous feedback from our new Halloween Printables and could not be more excited to start seeing what you all have been making! We have received photos of the paper dolls, printable party kit, money and the juice cartons as favor boxes! I am glad the halloween crafting ideas have been inspiring to you. And if you missed the launch of the new halloween printable items, have a looksy below or stop by the SHOP.

Printable Kawaii Halloween Paper Dolls

Printable Halloween Party Kit
For birthdays, non-birthdays, halloween parties--what eva!

(with Editable Text Feature--so YOU personalize these printables using Adobe Acrobat Reader!)

Printable Poison & Reptile Juice Carton Boxes
(with Editable Text Feature--so YOU personalize these printables using Adobe Acrobat Reader!)

Printable Halloween Money
(with Editable Text Feature--so YOU personalize these printables using Adobe Acrobat Reader!)

And to celebrate--let's have a sale!

From today until Halloween night, receive 20% off of anything in the shop! Simply enter coupon code: SPOOKY upon checkout! Stop by the SHOP to redeem and Happy and Safe Halloween to all!!

ALSO: We are emailing Halloween files every 12 hours (morning and evening) from now until Halloween night!

FREE Halloween Note Card

2011-10-14T09:58:00.002-04:00

I've got a little card to give to you for free today. These A7 printable cards have that nifty Text Editable feature I like so much. I turned one of them into a to do list and the other into a thank you card to you all :) And if you play around with the layout a bit--you can turn this into a party Invitation ;) For more Halloween Party Printables and Paper Crafting Projects and Ideas, check out the shop's Halloween Items HERE.

Download the free Halloween Cards HERE.

Remember to use only Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing, personalizing, saving a and printing this file. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free at Adobe.com

Playing With Glitter & Paper Dolls

2011-10-12T12:05:00.008-04:00

I wanted to make a Halloween themed gift for my little girl. She is not allowed much candy as she is small but she does love Halloween , so I wanted to make her a little something to help her celebrate. I printed her a paper doll and a bunch of outfits from the Kawaii Halloween Paper Dolls collection. And then....oh my....and then....

I played with glitter. A lot of glitter. I can not believe I have had a collection of fabulous Martha Stewart glitters for a year (which I got at Michael's) and have not used it!

Look at how the outfits and accessories popped!

Then I packaged the paper doll and her outfits in a cello bag.

And to seal the bag, I used one of the candy bag toppers from the Kawaii Halloween Printable Party Kit and personalized it using Adobe Acrobat Reader. I wrote on the top "little dolls" in Spanish or "muñequitas". I'm also teaching her Spanish these days. I know she'll love this today when she comes home from school :)

NEW TO THE SHOP: Kawaii Sweet Shoppe Printable Party Kit

2011-10-09T22:33:00.003-04:00

Remember the Hello Kitty party I did for my daughter? Yeah--the one that was featured on THE Amy Atlas blog? I used the new Sweet Shoppe Printables Party Kit and here I am to show you the photo shoot from of that kit! This one is LOADED with bunches of goodies and party ideas, including (cause we wanted to be sweet) a bonus Text Editable currency file! You can personalize this file (along with many others file /templates form the kit) to have your children "buy" the sweets at the party. This printable party kit is all kawaii and it comes with invitations, decoration, signs, mini bunting, chocolate wrappers, paper crafting flowers, cupcake toppers and much more! Check it out at the SHOP.

*Note: Japanese characters throughout kit say "I Love Sweets"

NEW IN THE SHOP! Halloween Printables

2011-09-28T21:48:00.005-04:00

Here is a sneak peek at the new halloween collection for this year! I am super excited about all of these pieces and if you buy now you will gt great discounts including a Halloween printable party kit at $10 instead of $13.95 until Friday. Stop by the shop now to check the items out! Full post on these items coming soon!

FREE Sweet Shoppe Art Panels + partial tutorial

2011-09-09T12:09:00.010-04:00

One day I must prepare a full tutorial for you on how I built this Sweet Shoppe that I used for my daughter's Hello Kitty Party. I could not possibly build it again for the purpose of a tutorial, due to costs, and lack of space but I will post a tutorial with some sketches for you someday :)

In the meantime, for those of you who want to try making your own: I made the structure using my office Ikea $20 table (yes--it is somewhere in there). Then I placed 1 inch thick foam boards for the table top, bottom and roof top. The panels of foam board on top of the table and for the bottom of the roof have cut out circles for the poles to secure into. The poles are actually white wrapping paper rolls which were then decorated with ribbon. I decorated the Sweet Shoppe with either decorative papers or my printable art panels (which are shown below). The printable art panels were printed on a large printer at Staples. The table top (hot pink rectangle) and roof (in reds) are spray mounted onto foam core boards. The Sweet Shoppe bottom is decorated with iridescent paper from the craft store -I used pins to secure them into the foam boards. The scallops edges on top and bottom were printed at Staples also but were not mounted. They were simply cut and pinned into the foam core boards. You know what? I thought you should have these printable art panels for free as long as you use them for personal NON-commercial use! Kapish? They are large JPG files. To print them you have to go to a local printer shop where they can print them for you on their nifty large printers.

The rest are Printable 4 Petal Flowers and printables from the Sweet Shoppe Party Kit from the shop. If you make something out of these I would love to see photos!

Download the Art Panels HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

If you want more details of the Hello Kitty party I did using the above Sweet Shoppe, check out the full post HERE .

++SALE++

And if you want to purchase the Sweet Shoppe Printable Party Kit I used in combination with Hello Stickers, you can visit the shop HERE. It's on sale for today only at a discounted price! These are Text Editable files so you can easily personalize for whatever event you wish to have with this theme :)

Hello Kitty Birthday Party: The Details

2011-09-01T14:33:00.035-04:00

The Story

My daughter, Kaylee, asked me for a Hello Kitty birthday party this year. Was I dissappointed that she did not want one of my printable party kits? HECK NO! I was DELIGHTED she picked this theme as I am slightly obsessed with Miss Kitty myself. As a toy designer, I have designed many items including lots of Sweet Shops in general and Hello Kitty playsets as well for toy companies (which you can view HERE). So I thought it would be a good idea to mix Hello Kitty with a Sweet Shoppe theme for the party. And here begins the madness ---

The Sweet Shoppe Printables + Hello Kitty Stickers

For the paper goods I used my Sweet Shop Printable Party Kit (with editable text feature) from my shop. The colors were a perfect compliment to Hello Kitty!

I embellished all of the printouts with Hello Kitty stickers with the help of my daughter. THIS was so much fun! As you can see we had over 600 stickers to play with!

The Sweet Shoppe

I wanted to create a life-size playset that Kaylee could play with at her party and sell sweet goodies to the children attending--it was my BIG dream to make her this big toy to play with!
Even with a 2 month old baby to take care of, I was determined to make this happen for her--thank goodness for 2 grandmas we have near by to help!

There was a display with a plastic window built into the Sweet Shoppe to showcase her favorite cupcakes. Yes---there is actually a plastic window on the display :)

I used a new flower template to create these 4 petal paper flowers. I made them from color cardstock and I sell the templates in the Shop. Probably the only printable I used with no color ink needed!

I will post a tutorial of some sort in the future on this but basically the Sweet Shoppe was made using my office Ikea $20 table (yes--it is somewhere in there). Then I placed 1 inch thick foam boards for the bottom and top. The panels of foam board on top of the table and for the bottom of the roof have cut out circles for the poles to secure into. The poles are actually white wrapping paper rolls. I decorated the Sweet Shoppe with either decorative papers or my printable art at Staples on their large printer. Believe it or not this structure is pretty stable--those poles won't come down by shaking either! I think I better buy a new table---I can't possibly take this cute thing apart. Below is one photo I managed to take in the process of building it.

UPDATE: Sept. 13, 2011-You can download the art panels I used for the Sweet Shoppe for free HERE.

The Sweets

I wanted the desserts to reflect my daughter's taste and have items that children would like including Japanese candies. I also wanted the cake to have a whimsical, simple look as if a child created it and decorated it with paper.

At the end of the party each family was sent home with a lovely box of goodies.

The Table & Decorations

Throughout the party I also added Japanese accents like the phrase "I love Sweets " in Japanese, paper lanterns, a hanging Japanese store banner, origami stars, a bento box for Kaylee and origami lilies (which I made) for the tables.

Table mats were Wallpaper Art offered as a FREE download at Sanrio.com!

The Wall

The background, amazingly, was very inexpensive. I bought some coloring sheets on a roll sold at Michael's. I spent less than $10 on that entire wall and it looked so great next to all of the bright party colors.

The Menu

The menu was so cool to work with! I used Baker's Twine from The Twinery to thread a Hello Kitty graphic on the top. I think it really came out cute and it makes a cute momento for Kaylee.

The Register & "Kaylee Dollars"

I put a cash register next to the shop for Kaylee. Each child was given "Kaylee Dollars" (yes--I designed her own currency!). As they lined up to go to the Sweet Shoppe, they gave my daughter "Kaylee Dollars" in exchange for goodies from the shop.

You can buy and make your very own currency, by personalizing with Editable Text features from the Shop.

Bento Box

My husband really is the one responsible for the making of this. He really pushed me to try a bento box for once. I was so scared to as I know if done well, they can look spectacular! And with Kaylee being a picky eater it was worth a try. I found a tutorial on YouTube on how to make a rice shaped Hello Kitty head and followed the instructions. I bough a mold for it on Ebay too. The nose is corn and the eyes and whiskers are made of that black stuff you see sushi wrapped up in :) I think it came out pretty cute!

The adorable Hello Kitty cookie next to it is made by the Cookie Mamas on Etsy.

The End . . .

After all of that hard work, I relaxed at the party with Mineral Water on my very own Hello Kitty martini glass :)
I loved this party. Kaylee had a blast and I had an amazing time creating it. My sweet little girl deserved every last detail.

I was beyond thrilled to have the party featured on the blog of Amy Atlas yesterday--what a sweet dream!

Vendor Credits

Sweet Shoppe Printable Party Kit: PaperGlitter (embellished with hello Kitty stickers)
Paper Flowers Printable Templates: PaperGlitter
Play Money Printables with Editable Text Feature: PaperGlitter

Lollicakes: Posh Nosh Cakery in Miami, FL
Cupcakes: Misha's Cupcakes in Miami, FL
Hello Kitty Cookies: Cookie Mamas
Japanese Candies: Hot Topic Stores & Tim's Oriental in Homestaed, FL
Donuts: Mandarin Gourmet Donuts in Miami, FL
Brown Gable Boxes: The Container Store
Twine: The Twinery
Washi Tape (decorating the Lollicakes): Le Box Boutique
Hello Kitty Table Mats: Free download at Sanrio
Dotted Paper Straws: Hey Yo Yo
Origami Paper Stars: Origami Palace
Brown Paper Bags with Magenta Ribbon & Hello Kitty Lunchbox : Target stores
Magenta clear cups and paper lanters: Party City stores

Hello Kitty Birthday Party: Slideshow

2011-09-01T10:05:00.004-04:00

Adorable Hello Kitty cookie on the end of the slide show is from Cookie Mamas on Etsy and they are YUMMY! And the printables are made from my Sweet Shop collection in the shop. But note that these printables I decorated with Hello Kitty stickers :)

Hello Kitty Party--featured in Amy Atlas!

2011-08-31T21:54:00.002-04:00

I am BEYOND thrilled that the Hello Kitty party I created for my daughter is now being featured, exclusively, in the blog of Amy Atlas. I seriously can go into a coma right now. She is an amazing inspiration to me.

Come check out the world premier of Kaylee's Sweet Shoppe Party HERE . More photos and details will be posted soon on this blog, so stay tuned.

Hello Kitty Cookie by: Cookie Mamas on Etsy

NEW to the shop! Make your own Money!

2011-08-25T22:52:00.005-04:00

Introducing our new Editable Text featured currency! YES--you can make your own personalized money! Give as "certificates" for good behavior, party favors, or use as part of the papery needed for Store play! This would be perfect for a Sweet Shoppe or Sweets Party for children to play with as "they buy treats"! We will be adding more themes to the series but for now we have 4 lovely designs. I came up with this idea when working on my daughter's Sweet Shoppe party. I made her own currency and the kids were given the money so they can "buy" the sweet treats from her. It was real sweet.

Come check out the listing in the SHOP for more details.

GIVEAWAY!!!

2011-08-23T10:10:00.003-04:00

Isn't the above image gorgeous! It was submitted by Mindy from Marigoldroad.com . She is hosting a giveaway on HER blog and giving away 3 regular PaperGlitter party kits! All you have to do is enter ANY comment and leave an email address --that's it! Head over to Mindy's blog to enter!

Good luck!

One Week SALE!

2011-08-11T09:49:00.004-04:00

SALE! ADD CODE SCHOOL2011 upon checkout and receive 25% for the next 7 days on your entire purchase!  

VENTA en la tienda! Agrega el código SCHOOL2011 con tu comprar y recibirás 25 % de descuento por tu compra por los próximo 7 días.

SHOP

Your Customer Photos

2011-08-10T09:18:00.005-04:00

I am writing to you today with a full heart. Yesterday I decided to take a moment and gather a bunch of images sent by you, using PaperGlitter products and I uploaded them to a Facebook Album. Some of them came in emails I recently was able to get to. When looking at all of them together, I began to feel so much love for what I do and was so thankful for you. The photos are all so beautiful and uplifting and real. Most of them are humble photos taken from regular cameras too. No fancy SLR camera. No fancy props. Just honest glimpse into your lives being enjoyed with paper. I am so grateful for each and everyone of you. I can not tell you how much the photos all mean to me. I still have tons to include in the Facebook Album, so please stop by from time to time to see what amazing crafts you made. You don't need a Facebook account to see them--come check them out!

Yesterday was a good day. ^_____^

If you would like to submit your photos, please email paperglitter@gmail.com

NEW to the shop: Sweet Shoppe Invitation

2011-08-09T09:49:00.002-04:00

Good morning! I'm feeling "sweet" these days! In preparations for an upcoming Hello Kitty party I'm working on, I designed a set of invitations based on , the much requested, Sweet Shoppe theme. This invitation is already in the shop and it will be completely personalized by PaperGlitter with your provided text. This invitation is not editable BUT we are including a free 4" x 6" note card with editable text feature which will allow you to turn the note card to a thank you card or memory book embellishment or driving instructions to your Sweet Shoppe party!

Find the new Sweet Shoppe invitation and FREE note card in the SHOP now!

I am back & have free labels for you!

2011-08-02T09:32:00.003-04:00

I'm back! I missed blogging, creating new printables and interacting with you all during the past few months. As you know I was away having a little bundle of joy who still keeps us up late at night ;)

I thought it would be super appropriate to "come back" with a free Back to School item! I made you guys some editable text labels! One sheet has a short line on the top and a larger line of copy on the bottom--perfect for the "This book belongs to…" type of labels. the other set can be used for labeling just about anything--from books, to supplies to a sweet note for the kiddos to put in their lunch box. I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed making them. Read below important instructions on how to use them and remember these are always for your enjoyment as long as they are used for personal use.

More to come from me soon--thank you all for still having an interest in PaperGlitter and following my little story!

xoxo

Linnette

Download labels HERE and HERE.

IMPORTANT!!! Download latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to open, type your text, and save these files. You may "save as" the files to create multiple versions with your typed text. Download latest Acrobat Reader from http://get.adobe.com/reader

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

2011-05-30T15:43:00.006-04:00

We are getting ready to welcome THE bundle of joy that's been keeping me very distracted and busy these past few months :) We are SOOOOO ready for this baby. I personally, will be taking some time off from the shop and blog. But no worries---the shop will still remain open. Below are a few things to keep in mind in case you will be shopping soon:

Schedule of file(s) delivery after purchase.

Items purchases between June 1 - June 7 will be sent out on June 8-9. After that time delivery of files will resume to a normal schedule as someone will be handling orders for me then.

Deluxe Party Kits (party kits personalized by us) will not be sold starting today until a couple of weeks from now when a proper replacement comes in to handle these custom orders.

To celebrate the happy addition to the PaperGlitter family, enjoy 20% off your purchases from now until June 9! Simply enter code OHBABY upon checkout :)

I am thankful for the prayers and wonderful notes many of you have sent my way. Now let's go have that baby!

KAWAII Donuts Printable Party Kit

2011-05-30T13:33:00.007-04:00

We are happy to introduce our latest printable party kit! This one was originally inspired by the Donuts and Doillies Printable Party Kit but with a "neutral" non-girly twist! :) We also included 3 new goodies with this kit:

1. Mini Bunting (with editable text)

2. Gift Cards (with editable text)

3. Note Card (with editable text). This new note card is perfect as a "thank you" card or an "instructions to the party" card! How cute, huh? Or--use it as simply a note card card for everyday use :)

This printable party kit is action-packed with goodies and you will find tons of ways to personalize it using the editable text feature. You can pretty much personalize most of the kit. It can be used as for a birthday party, a shower, school function, brunch or breakfast get together! Take a look at some of the photos of the kit here.

We also were lucky enough to have one of our customers, Amanda, use it for the first time for her son's party. I think she did a STELLAR job! Check out how she used her party printables in oodles of clever ways! I love how she used the mini party bunting to decorate the cupcake tower. She had a breakfast theme party for her son Ethan and I think it went pretty well--don't cha think?

I LOVE this picture :)

Isn't he a cutie? Look at him go!

I like to thank Amanda for her photo submission. You can find the new Kawaii Donuts Printable Party Kit in the SHOP.

HOT PINK Paris Party Kit!

2011-05-18T13:58:00.005-04:00

Due to popular demand, we have taken our best selling Paris Kit and created a Hot Pink Version with Editable Text features! This kit includes templates for making many more items than the current soft pink Paris Printable Party Kit. This hot pink version would be perfect for celebrating a Barbie- A Fashion Fairytale party as well!

To see more details of what the printable party kit has, please visit the SHOP!

PaperGlitter turns 2!

2011-05-18T13:06:00.009-04:00

WINNERS ANNOUNCED! (05.25-11 8:44 am EST)

# 46 obsessive compulsive dawn

# 43 Erika

# 29 agravette

# 17 kcgalicia

Congratulations! I will be contacting you shortly!

:)

PaperGlitter opened its doors on May 8, 2009, officially, on Etsy.com. And since then we have had the privilege of serving happy customers from all around the world and made lots of cyber friends :) In the short 2 years we have sold more than 3600 items on Etsy and we have a stellar following through blogger and we have had over 3600 fans on Facebook! We are verry grateful for the awesome feedback and support we get each and every day from you--so now it is time to say "thank you" . Ready for a simple giveaway in order to celebrate this great ocassion?

Here are the giveaway rules:

(1) Leave any ONE comment per person, on this blog post---any comment will do!

(2) Make sure you either leave your email address or it is in your profile so we can reach you if you win!

(3) Only ONE comment per person please to be considered and to avoid disqualification.

4 winners will receive a $20 credit to the shop!
Winners will be picked on Wednesday, May 25 using random.org. You may leave your comment until May 24, 11:59 pm EST to be considered a valid entry.

Credit can be used for anything in the shop, except for Deluxe Party Kits.

Good luck to all and thank you so much for your kind support--we really love what we do!

p.s. I like to introduce to you my hubby "Junior". Some of you may have received emails from him. He will be dealing with a lot of the daily operations as I take maternity leave VERY soon and he has been the official marketing director of PaperGlitter--so I thank him for his endless support and the higher traffic these days ;) Thanks babe!

xoxo Linnette

My Cherry Blossom Baby Shower

2011-04-27T10:36:00.012-04:00

I am about 5 and a half weeks away from the big day! We will meet our baby boy very soon and I can not be happier!
To those wondering where are the photos from the baby shower from this current pregnancy--we decided not to have one. We have so much stuff from baby girl and it all was in neutral colors of greens and beige that really to buy new things would have been a crime! We also thought with the downturn of the economy it would be terrible to impose gift giving on our loved ones when we have so much already. All we needed were diapers and boy clothes which we have been slowly buying those :)

So let's rewind to 3 years ago: I was lucky to have had 2 baby showers then! One was a bigger one that my lovely cousins threw for me and for another cousin who was also pregnant--a double whammy of a shower! I also wanted a smaller intimate baby shower to celebrate my little girl's arrival--this second shower was very small as only our immediate family (grandparents of the baby & uncles of the baby) came as some of them could not make it to the first one. Luckily, my fabulous friend Ilu of Fresh-Linen and her sister offered to help and take charge of various details! I knew I wanted a cherry blossom theme but could not do all of the details myself as I was exhausted at 8 and a half months pregnant! Ilu designed the invitation with a cherry blossom graphic I made for the occasion. She also created the lovely game sheets and circles! I was obsessed with making paper cherry blossoms for the tables! I found a great resource over at Martha's site in doing them--yeah--THAT Martha--who else? I also took my little girl's name and translated it into japanese characters and made lovely tags to decorate the centerpieces.

Below are a few pics! Sadly there were not too many photos taken but there were enough to remember the day. I think the lovely aqua walls made such a great contrast against the colors of the blossoms. Keep in mind this is before PaperGlitter was conceived and even before the boom of party printables were in full effect--so be nice! ^___^

In remembering this party, I thought it would be fitting to offer some precious free printables for this theme. Someday I would love to do an entire cherry blossom Party Printable kit but for now, I offer to you free invitations and envelopes inspired by the shower above! And guess what??? You can type in desired text using Adobe Acrobat Reader as these are super loaded with the editable text feature! Sweet huh? So the invitations can reflect ANY party not just a shower! Download the INVITATION HERE and ENVELOPE HERE--both for free :)

With today's resources on the internet for ideas and supplies in the stores for this theme, you can easily pull off any party with cherry blossoms details. You already have printable invites and envelopes for them so what are you waiting for? Let's plan a party!

NOTE: Open these file and type in your desired text using Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download for free at Adobe.com. Mac's default program called "Preview" will not work. Please make sure you are using Acrobat Reader on a Mac. You may also save your typed information.

Paris Party Kit: In HOT PINK!!!

2011-04-20T14:07:00.005-04:00

I have been getting MANY MANY MANY requests to have the Paris Party Printable kit changed from light pink colors to hot pink colors. One of the reasons is due to this Barbie- A Fashion Fairytale movie which there are not too many birthday supplies for. The graphics/marketing materials for the Barbie movie, have a lot of hot pink and of course the Eiffel Tower!

So I decided some weeks ago to work on a hot pink version with Editable Text feature. Photoshoot for it will be later so if you are interested in buying the kit soon, please send me an email to paperglitter@gmail.com :) Kit will be $13.95 and can be delivered on Monday.

Personal Works: Munny Doll

2011-04-19T11:29:00.007-04:00

Let's get a little personal--shall we? I have been thinking about including some of my personal work and / or toy design work, once in a while in this blog. I get a lot of inquiries about what my career consists of and maybe showing some of these will inspire someone out there in the blog world :) So let's take a break from printable today and let me show you this cute personal project I did.

My fabulous FRIEND gave me a Munny Doll for my birthday a couple of years ago. Munny Dolls are blank (white) figures that are ready to be decorated my the lucky user! Think of it as a blank 3D canvas. You can check out more about the blank Munny Dolls HERE. I painted mine first with gesso paint (white paint) to give it sort of a rough surface as the figure is quite smooth--I wanted a bit of texture. Then I added lots of details with acrylic paints--some were metallics! Then I used a black sharpie to detail all of the black areas you see. I ended up using color pencils in some areas to add soft shades (eyes, blush and gradients in the clothes). I finally added HAIR! Lots of gorgeous pink, fabulous hair I cut from a cheap $1 wig from the dollar store :) I used hot glue for the hair and the flowers. This was a very relaxing project and I loved how she came out. Her name is Anna.

:)

p.s. I am 7 weeks or so away from the big day!!! We are all very excited for the new arrival of baby #2 :) Can't wait to meet the little guy!

Easter Sale in the shop! 25% off ANYTHING in the shop!

2011-04-19T09:35:00.000-04:00

Customer Submission: Donut Cake

2011-04-15T14:51:00.004-04:00

I know there has been a lot of Donut talk around here lately ^___^ I promise you I am almost done with the madness--aside from this post there is one last donut surprise item and I think I will be all done for a while!

Dani, a customer who bought the Doilies & Donuts Printable Party Kit sent over this adorable photo of a donut cake she made. It is too cute--I love how she used items from the kit including some of the collage pieces, reduced them and used them to adorn the cake! This is one adorable paper-crafty cake!

I asked Dani how the heck did she stack all of those donuts so perfectly? In her words, her answer is below:

"Yes…didn’t the cake turn out fun AND it was super easy and FAST. I actually purchased a white Styrofoam cone from Michaels, covered it in Syrian wrap and used toothpicks to hold the donut balls in place. Even with the two kinds of donuts and the diagonal pattern I managed to whip it out in 20 minutes. :o) "

I think this is a great addition to any donut themed party. remember you can use this kit not only for birthdays, but for a breakfast get together, a brunch, showers or any occasion you can think of!

Thanks Dani for your submission. Dani is the co-founder and editor of On the Minds of Moms.com.

GIVEAWAY! Doilies & Donuts Party Kit & KANDY KONES™ by Posh Party Pretties

2011-04-14T08:54:00.003-04:00

I have exciting news for you guys this morning!!!! I am a BIG fan of Celebration TODAY... The superchick way! blog along with their cuper cute Etsy shop Posh Party Pretties. Genevieve, the genius behind the invention and trademarked Kandy Kones™, is hosting a sweet giveaway! You have a chance to win a Doilies and Donuts Party Printable Kit AND---------check this out:
Matching Kandy Kones™ crated by the genius Genevieve! Below and above are sample of some of her precious Kandy Kones™ which images of them have gone super viral and party planners and moms have been keeping her busy with orders of them! She custom makes them at your request and they make ADORABLE additions to any parties----kids will love them! They have been features on Amy Atlas, Hostess with the Mostess and even on TV!! She's s super star I tell you--I am going to see how I can BEG her to take my order for some Kandy Kones™ for my daughter's birthday this August!! So head on over to her BLOG and enter the contest--it is open to everyone so what are you waiting for! ENTER HERE!

:)

All images above courtesy of Celebration TODAY... The superchick way! and Posh Party Pretties Etsy shop.

{heart} Japan Printable Kit

2011-04-12T16:53:00.004-04:00

Kate from The Shopping Momma participated in a super cool Target (as in THE store, Target) challenge to create an affordable household party using Target's Spritz Partyware.

The theme: Cranes for Kids----a party to help those who have suffered in the recent devastation in Japan. She is proposing to set up a party to benefit the youngest victims of the earthquake and tsunami by doing any of the following with her Cranes for Kids party idea:

(1) Have a “Crane Sale” – think bake sale but with origami cranes. Donate the proceeds to the American Red Cross Relief Effort.

(2) OshKosh B’Gosh Cranes for Kids – bring your cranes into your local OshKosh store or upload images of your cranes to OshKosh’s Facebook page and the company will donate a piece of clothing for every crane. (This offer ends April 25, so get folding!)

(3) Students Rebuild is collecting cranes until April 15 and the Bezos Family Foundation will donate $2 for each crane to the Architecture for Humanity.

You can read more about this story, how you can help, how she did the set up for the party and see more photos HERE.

So how did I play a small tiny part in this? Kate loved the Rainbow Printable Party Kit that is for free download on this blog but its birthday theme was not quite right so she asked me if I would customize it to match her theme. I could not possibly say no to this great cause so I quickly converted the files to match her party. Here are a couple of teaser photos!

Gotta love that printable party invitation next to the origami paper crane!

GET THE FREE PRINTABLE FILES!

She has the new printable party files that I created for her up on her site HERE--you MUST stop by and see all of the items--they look so cute and very kawaii! Feel free to download the printable files and create your own Cranes for Kids party and help bring a little relief to those affected by this devastation in Japan by using one of her ideas on how to raise funds or you can up up with your own!.

I think Kate did a fabulous job and I thank her so much for thinking of me to help :)

(photos above courtesy of TheShoppingMama.com )

CUSTOMER PHOTOS: Mini Milk Cartons

2011-04-01T09:51:00.010-04:00

Remember the Donuts & Doilies Printable party kit from above? One of my favorite parts of it is the cute paper milk carton shown above. Well--you can imagine my excitement when I got a message from Alyssa, one of the customers who bought this printable party kit, saying she was so excited for her donut party ! She also mentioned that she had reduced the milk cartons to 25% and made earrings!!!! YES--earrings!!! I mean--who does that? How absolutely insanely cute would that look? So I begged for photos and see below what she sent!

ISN'T THIS THE CUTEST! She is putting paper milk carton earrings inside the Milk Carton boxes as favors! +sigh+

Upon trading messages with Alyssa- I found out she has a cute Etsy shop where she sells handmade Kawaii goodies! You all know how I love Kawaii. So it is no surprise this talented crafter was abe to pull of tiny earrings made of milk carton paper templates--can you imagine how tiny her folds where in making the earrings? Below are some images from her Etsy shop.

I feel like the sun key ring from above-----she made my morning! Check out Alyssa's adorable SHOP full of kawaii goodness and visit her blog to stay in touch!

GIVEAWAY: Peas & Thank You's Anniversary!

2011-03-31T10:48:00.006-04:00

(image above by Jill of Peas & Thank You's)

Can I say that I LOVE Peas & Thank You's? If you haven't heard---Jill is the talented paper diva behind the blog and shop. She makes absolutely the cutest handmade paper party products I have ever seen--no really--this girl has an obsession with an x-acto knife that is hard to beat! She is celebrating 5 years in the biz and is doing a fabulous giveaway worth over $350 for one winner! PaperGlitter is honored to be participating by including some of our party printables in the pot! So enter now--you HAVE to see the many lovely goodies she has included in the giveaway from other fabulous vendors--check it out and enter the contest HERE !

What's to lose? Simply leave a name and email for one entry--that's it!

And congratulations to Jill for making it to 5 years! That is quite an accomplishment in this field. :)

REAL PARTY: Hawaiian Luau

2011-03-30T15:39:00.006-04:00

A customer who bought the Hawaii Luau Party Kit sent over these lovely photos of the party she created for her daughter using our printables. She bought the deluxe version of this party kit which includes lots of personalized goodies with the party girl's name!

I am loving these adorable party favors! What a perfect way to surprise the kids!

The personalized cupcake toppers looked super cute!

Check out the birthday cake!

Cutest picture of the bunch :)

Thank you to the lovely mommy of this party for submitting the photos--I am sure Amanda had a great time at her party. The Hawaii Luau Party Kit is available in the SHOP for sale. Check below photo of all of the printable goodies that comes in this kit for your party!

I've been nominated by YOU!

2011-03-29T07:41:00.006-04:00

I woke up to find out some of our fans voted PaperGlitter into the Circle of Mom's TOP 25 PARTY PLANNIN' MOMS! How cool and cute is that? It is incredibly humbling to be nominated and to be included in such great company of party blogs. But now we need votes to be in the top 25! Could you help? (1) All you have to do is go to this link: http://www.circleofmoms.com/top25/party-planning?trk=t25_party (2) Scroll down to find PaperGlitter on the list and click on the thumbs up--that's it! Thank you for helping and for inspiring us to keep inspiring back to you. So glad our Party Printables bring smiles to you :) xoxo Linnette

Printable Easter Set with Extra Collage Sheet!

2011-03-28T15:18:00.006-04:00

Easter is just around the corner! I have added a free printable Easter collage sheet with each purchase of the Printable Easter Party Kit in the shop! The Easter collage sheet is a great item for various paper crafts with the kids. Add tons of sweet accents to any of your Easter projects or spring events. Check out the below video to see ways you can use the Printable Easter sheet for any activity or party. :)

New in Shop: Donut Stationery Printables

2011-03-21T17:01:00.009-04:00

I am happy to introduce the new Donut Stationery kit! It can compliment the Donuts & Doilies Party Kit quite well. Imagine using these papery goodies included in this stationery set as favors for your party---what a cute idea for using budget friendly printables!

The neat thing about this set is that you can personalize it with Editable Text features that come in handy to personalize these templates for any occasion or event. I personally give these myself as gifts or use them for various paper crafting projects.

You can find these DIY printables in the shop now. Go check them out HERE!

PaperGlitter's YouTube Channel

2011-03-21T14:05:00.002-04:00

Have you subscribed to my YouTube Channel yet? Come join me! Aside from viewing the charming slideshows we put from time to time, we will be putting up tutorials in the future. These tutorials will have instructions for making lots paper crafting items made from the printables in the shop. From party printables to paper milk cartons crafts for your kids, we will be sharing a lot of useful tips with you! Join me now HERE ----it's free!

2011-03-18T11:32:00.002-04:00

Real Parties: Molly's Donuts & Doilies Birthday Party

2011-03-14T16:36:00.001-04:00

I met {virtually} the lovely Jeannie of Cakes by Jeannie last year when she purchased the Japanese Love Kit Party Printable Kit from the shop and she made a lovely party for her daughter which you can view HERE. I had admired her baking skills and kept in touch via Flickr. We chatted back and forth and decided we would love to collaborate on a project together and after a few ideas the idea of a Vintage Donut Party for her daughter 's birthday became the theme we would work on!

Jeannie gave me fabulous direction as far as the vision she had for the art I would create. She liked my "kawaii" style of drawing, donuts (of course), lots of blues with accents of pinks, an illustration of a Vintage girl , milk cartons and calico patterns. I took all of the wordings she gave me and created a line of printables to match her party! The party printables also included some easy paper crafts including a milk carton box which we HAD to include in this theme!

Jeannie created the most charming set up for her daughter's party and still keeping a sweet vintage look. I LOVE how she was able to balance the adorable desserts with a good amount of the paper printable items for the party. The Donuts & Doilies Party Kit used in this party is available in the SHOP.

Check out the edible toppers she made from the Circle Tags in the kit to create toppers for the cookies and cupcakes!

She also used pattern paper included in the party kit to line
some of her dessert ware.

Look at these donuts! Yummy!

This is one of my favorite shots--so vintage!

Jeannie made these frames using the pattern paper included in the Party Kit. Nice paper crafting!

Jeannie also used the paper patterns from the kit to wrap small chocolate bars--so cute!

LOVE the cake!

I like to thank Jeannie for this amazing collaboration! I had a blast creating the art and printables and in a time when I needed a little "pick me up" too---art was just the remedy I needed :)

Jeannie's AMAZING Party was featured in the popular blog Kara's Party Ideas today!
Check out the post HERE!

Event Styling & Desserts : Jeannie Gearin, http://www.cakesbyjeannie.com/

Photography: Angela Brewer, Todd Studios Photography http://www.toddstudiosphotography.com/

Illustrations & Printables: http://www.PaperGlitter.com/

Note: The above photos are courtesy of Todd Studios Photography. We have added a watermark on the photos to protect the copyrighted work of the photographer. The styling of the party and the desserts are courtesy of Jeannie Gearin of Cakes by Jeannie.

NEW in shop! Donuts & Doilies

2011-03-13T22:00:00.003-04:00

This Donut Party Kit is now in the shop!

I am delighted to tell you a bit about the details of the printables and paper crafts included in this one! AND this kit can be personalized by YOU! Oh yes--it can be themed for a birthday party, a slumber party, a breakfast get together, a shower, a donut decorating party, whatever you decide! And to our Spanish speaking customers: you can change the text of the files to Spanish as well as we have tested every significant Spanish character to make sure it works with the embedded fonts in the kit!

This kit was designed for a special little girl in mind. I worked in collaboration with a talented baker named Jeannie from Cakes by Jeannie! Check out
her real party photos using this kit HERE!

I made a vintage "I love Donuts" cutout that would be adorable on top of a cake! The folded cards are also editable with options for 2 lines and 3 lines of text.

One of my favorite items is this mini doily bunting---isn't it cute? And YOU can personalize it to say any name or phrase you would like :) They are made with 2 inch circles that you cut with a 2 inch puncher (like the ones used for circle cupcake toppers) and then folded in half and strung to your liking. :) These would be also cute on top of a cake!

All of the items above a place to personalize as you wish including chocolate bar wrappers !

The milk cartons are so cute! What better way to pair up donuts than with Milk! The side has a space for you to personalize with your own message. There are also several pattern papers to decorate and a cute as can be coloring sheet for the kids.

There are plenty of other items to personalize like the invitations, envelopes, menu and much more! Look at all of the paper printable goodies you get above! To read all of the details about what is included, head over to the SHOP and check out the details!
The kit is on sale from now until Sunday night at a special price of $10. It will jump to the price of $14 after that .

Here is a cute video of the kit--love the song!
Music "Mr. Sandman" as performed by the Puppini Sisters

ALSO---- will be releasing a Neutral Donut Kit soon. No doilies, pinks or hearts on that version. Sneak peek below.

So are you ready for a Donut party? Ready, set, go!

Note: The word Donuts is also spelled "Doughnuts". PaperGlitter decided on the less traditional version as it looked so darn cute in the graphics! :)

Next Party Theme!

2011-02-24T16:59:00.006-05:00

I will leave you with this question. Have a great weekend!

Event Styling & Desserts : Jeannie Gearin, http://www.cakesbyjeannie.com/
Photography: Angela Brewer, Todd Studios Photography
Illustrations & Printables: PaperGlitter

"How did you and I meet" GIVEAWAY!

2011-02-23T08:47:00.016-05:00

UPDATE: March 4, 2011 12:07 pm EST

The comment winners are numbers:

62
49
75
36

Congratulations!

So I am curious as to "how did you and I meet"? I am so thrilled by the daily emails and compliments on my work. I wonder often, "who are all of these wonderful people and how did they find PaperGlitter?" . So tell me---how DID you come across PaperGlitter for the first time? Was it through Google searches, a friend, an Etsy search?

Here are the giveaway rules:

(1) Leave any ONE comment--and let me know "how did you and I meet for the first time".

(2) Make sure you either leave your email address or it is in your profile so I can reach you if you win!

(3) Only ONE comment per person please to be considered and to avoid disqualification.

4 winners will receive a $20 credit to the shop!
Winners will be picked on March 4 at 12 pm EST time using random.org.

Good luck! ¡Buenas suerte! xoxo Linnette ^___^

SPANISH TRANSLATION
Estoy ofreciendo 3 premios de $20 crédito a mi tienda! Los ganadores serán seleccionados marzo. 4 a las 12 pm EST. Favor de dejar un comentario dejando saber como llegastes a conocer a PaperGlitter por primera vez y dejar tu email y favor de solo hacer un comentario por persona :)

FREE Baby Party Kits Downloads

2011-02-20T17:38:00.009-05:00

Many months ago I was asked by my dear friend in Italy, Ilenia, to help her come up with some illustrations and other elements she could use for her Baby Welcoming Party. She liked the theme of Angels :) She did a fabulous job putting her party together and the printables came out very cute! She made the printables available for free downloads on her site as separate files. We then chatted back and forth about making a girl version, combining all of the separate files for both into a multi-page document and adding some Editable Text fields to some of the items so our readers can personalize the sets! This is what we came up with.

The Girl Version

The Boy Version

Both kits come with the following:

-Invitations with EDITABLE TEXT FIELDS
-Folded label cards with EDITABLE TEXT FIELDS (use as food labels or name plates)
-Envelope with EDITABLE TEXT FIELDS
-Brownie Wrappers
-Goodie Bag flag toppers
-Angel table accent
-Banner with the words "Baby"
-Circle tags (use as accents or cupcake toppers)
-Cupcake wrappers
-Napkin rings / water bottle labels
-Sandwich wrappers
-Large circle sign

The kits can be used for a baby shower or for a baby welcoming party.

You can download the girl version on my post HERE.

And if you would like the complete boy version, you will have to go over to Ilenia's blog HERE to get yours!

We would love to see any photos of how you used these! Enjoy!

xoxo Linnette & Ilenia

xoxo

2011-02-14T10:59:00.000-05:00

Almost 3000 Sales In Etsy Shop!

2011-02-10T14:28:00.005-05:00

We're celebrating almost 3000 sales in our Etsy shop! Take 25% off your order with code 3000SALE upon checkout. From now until Sunday, Feb, 13, 11:59 PM EST. Thank you to all of you for your kind support since the shop opened in May 2009 :) xoxo

I missed you-giveaway!

2011-02-04T14:18:00.011-05:00

+++++++UPDATE: February 15, 2011 12:02 pm EST. +++++++++

We have 3 winners chosen via random.org!

The winners are comments 94 , 61 & 108 !!!

Congratulations! I will contact the winners via email for details on claiming their prize :)

THANK YOU all for your very sweet comments :) You guys left the sweetest things to say and gave me so much energy and good vibe to keep working hard. xoxo

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As many of you know, I have had to take some time off to focus on my health and pregnancy. I am having a boy and I KNOW a lot of you who have little boys are happy because this can only mean that I MUST come up with adorable boy products for the shop :) I am very much looking forward to it and am slowly coming out of the dark and I thought a giveaway was in order!

3 winners will receive a $20 credit to the shop!
Winners will be picked on February 15 at 12 pm EST time using random.org.

Simply do the following:

(1) Leave any comment--even to say hello in this post.

(2) Make sure you either leave your email address or it is in your profile so I can reach you if you win!

(3) Only ONE comment per person please to be considered and to avoid disqualification.

SPANISH TRANSLATION
Estoy ofreciendo 3 premios de $20 crédito a mi tienda! Los ganadores serán seleccionados feb. 15 a las 12 pm EST. Favor de dejar un comentario con tu email y favor de solo hacer un comentario por persona :)

Interview by the FAB Paper Cakes Finds :)

2011-01-25T10:50:00.003-05:00

Chelsea over at PaperCake Finds has got one of the cutest, CUTEST, blogs I've ever seen. She finds the most remarkable eye candies on the web! She was gracious enough to ask to interview me :) Want to learn more about me AND have a chance to win one of 3 PaperGlitter Shop Credits via a contest over at the same post???? Head over to her blog HERE now--hurry--contest ends soon! Make sure to comment over there to enter the contest and NOT on this blog post :)

Valeninte Printables on SALE!

2011-01-24T11:54:00.005-05:00

Just in time for Valentine's Day! All of PaperGlitter's Valentine's printables are included in a special bundle lit and on sale for only $10! If you buy all of the items separate you would spend $8.00. Check out the details of this special listing HERE and get ready to print, cut and play!

Real Parties: Adorable Paris Party

2010-12-09T15:28:00.005-05:00

These lovely photos were sent by a customer who just did one amazing job with this kit. Check out all of the lovely details. Loving the containers of the above photo--how cute! I was also delighted to see she made the paper Eiffel tower statues--I am telling you, they are so easy to make and I engineered them to be quite sturdy! My daughter will so have this party done wether she likes it or not ;)

Oh Baby!

2010-12-03T11:19:00.003-05:00

I owe you all a little bit of explaining. I am sure by now you have noticed the lack of Facebook posts, blog posts and lack of new product releases lately. And this year, the Holiday Printables line barely made it to pre-order status just in the last day! Better late than never I say :) Well it turned out that I was delayed a bit by quite a special surprise---I found out I was pregnant! To say that everything was delayed is a big understatement. I suffered from morning sickness and to make things more complicated I had a respiratory infection that by advice of my doctor, would be better if I tried to deal with it naturally and not take antibiotics until the first trimester was complete. I am now in my second trimester and feeling with more energy than in recent weeks. I am so amazed at this miracle and we could not be happier to bring another little paperglitter mini to this world :)

So with that being said, I hope you all forgive for the lack of activity lately. I will regroup and see where we left things off and go from there. One pf the projects I still owe you is the above Baby Angel Printable. I will touch base with my partner on the above project, Ilenia, to try to get this printable to you out soon. We had one more file to prepare before I had to take some time off.

Speak to you soon and I hope you have been crafting away in my virtual absence!

NEW in shop! Holiday Printables

2010-12-01T23:56:00.001-05:00

This is a quick post to announce that the new holiday line is up in the shop! Check the top of the shop to see the 4 new assortments. All of them have changeable text features and they are all on sale 20% until Sunday night. Check them out HERE!

Thanksgiving Activity Sheet Feature!

2010-11-11T17:44:00.005-05:00

I am so excited today! The fabulous Kim (yes, THE Kim) from the TomKat Studio asked me if it would be ok if she featured my Thanksgiving Activity Sheet on a local news segment she's doing on Thanksgiving Entertaining this Friday (yes---LIVE tv!) ! Now, how could I say no to the ultimate Party Girl? She will be doing the taping this Friday and sharing many ideas of her own. As soon as I get word of the TV clip, I will be sharing it as she will be showing many of her great ideas and printables ! Download the above activity sheet HERE.

(below photo courtesy of the TomKat Studio)

Kim offers fabulous party printables and has become a web phenomenon (in case you have not heard!). I am very touched by one of her sets of printables she did recently. She is offering a children's "Give Thanks" Fall printable kit for FREE and all for a great cause (check a glimpse of it via above photo). To download it and hear how you can raise money for a great cause, check her post about it HERE.

Thank you Kim for the feature. I know you will "wow" them on Friday!

FREE Thanksgiving / Fall Kit

2010-10-28T11:40:00.007-04:00

I am very happy to offer this free thanksgiving / fall kit to all of PaperGlitter's readers :) We have been so blessed to have so much support from all of you for the shop and the blog that really, it is just the very least we could do. This kit includes lots of sweet goodies to decorate "the kid's table" for thanksgiving and also has many items you can use as individual sets and for fall festivities. The first 5 art pages have the nifty changeable text feature I have been playing with lately, perfect for you to personalize the set as your own. Be sure to read the end of this post for special instructions on how to work this feature!

The kit includes these following items with the changeable text feature:

Invitations (for any fall or thanksgiving event)
envelope
menu
folded cards (2 pages)

And it also comes with these following goodies:

basket
labels
collage sheet
circle tags
"to do" lists
activity sheet for the kids (perfect for the kid's table on thanksgiving)
napkin rings / water bottle wraps
mini icon banner
mini "thanks giving" banner

I hope you do enjoy it and make lots of wonderful things with it! Get your FREE download of this kit HERE! Enjoy and thank YOU for following our story! And if you'd like, share, share, share this post and spread the love & thanks!

To work this PDF file and it's changeable text feature, please install and use the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader program. You can download it for FREE at Adobe.com . Look for the "Get Adobe Reader" link on the right. Adobe Reader is required to work this file properly, enter desired text, and for saving the text you entered onto the file. Apple's Preview PDF software, does not work on this PDF properly.

Halloween Printables Samples

2010-10-26T14:23:00.007-04:00

I wanted to share a few photos sent in by some awesome customers that used the Halloween Party Kit printables from the Shop. I love how they were able to make the printables their own by adding their own personal touches :)

First up, it is fab customer Kim!

Kim has an AMAZING blog full of halloween ideas. She was gracious enough to include in her halloween decorating arsenal some of our printables including these adorable circle straw accents with googly eyes and a fully decked out halloween banner decorated with a little creepy ribbon behind it! I love that----Looks webby and a very inexpensive accent! She talks more about how she made the banner HERE.

You have to see her last few posts on her blog for ideas including these adorable bats that she made and added to her lamp! She gets plenty brownie points for that and for having America's most versatile Christmas tree. She leaves it up all year long and decorates it according to the season, event, or even a Parisian Birthday Party!

Next up, a sweet party from Audrey!

Audrey sent over adorable photos of her party! She is a fabulously talented gal and makes sweet amazing treats! Check out her monster pops! She is uber talented and makes pops like these and other goodies for her company Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats. You can visit her company's Facebook Fan Page and her blog HERE for more photos. She did a great job--loving that table spread with all of the goodies!

The next set of Party photos come to us from fab customer Chacoy!

Chacoy wrote a lovely post about her experience with PaperGlitter HERE. She had a last minute party for her son and she created amazing things in a few hours. Here are some samples and you can view the rest of her party pics HERE. She cut the circle toppers with funky edge scissors---cute!

Cupcake Tower from Sara!

Sara wanted a birthday party in a halloween theme for her son. She asked me to create some Personalized items to go along with her Halloween Party kit. I think her cupcake tower turned out super cute. I love all of the cupcakes frosting colors with the circle tags!

Halloween Wreath from Karen!

Karen sent in this adorable wreath her and her daughter worked on. Karen is a dear customer as she has been supporting PaperGlitter since the very beginning when the sales were still in the single digits :) I LOVE this wreath! She created it using the collage sheet of icons included in the halloween party kit. She made the wreath by purchasing foam wreaths and orange and black streamers from a dollar store (Dollar Tree) and printing out the icons on glossy photo paper (also from the dollar store). Her daughter placed the icons on the wreath, and she hot-glued them on. It came out CUTE!

Thank you all for your submissions. It is quite a treat to see the printable come alive! Happy Halloween!

PaperGlitter Giveaway! Hosted by Peas & Thank You's !

2010-10-21T09:54:00.008-04:00

I met Jill of Peas & Thank You's, on Facebook as she was kind enough to spread the word about PaperGlitter on her Fan Page (isn't she a doll!). Not only is she a sweetie but she is one talented chica! She has an Etsy shop and Blog that feature handmade, beautiful paper products that are all party! Check out some of her product photos! She has a great attention to detail and a touch of whimsy on all of her pieces and I am loving her major paper crafting skills (you all know I love some of that!). And as I struggle on boy themes, she has inspired me in many ways to shake off my nerves about them :)

{all images and artwork courtesy of Peas & Thank You's)

So when I found out she was celebrating 400 sales in her shop + 400 "likers" on Facebook + 400 "hearts" on her easy shop, I wanted to help with the festivities :) She is gracious enough to be a host and I will be her sponsor of 4 $10 prizes for anything in the PaperGlitter Shop. This contest is easy as apple pie so to enter-head over to her blog post and check out .

Please also visit Peas & Thank You's Facebook Page, Shop and you can read more about Jill in her blog .

And check out her home studio here. I am in love with all of her papers in her home studio +sigh+.

So head on over to her blog post about the giveway! All you have to do is comment once to qualify and you may also do a few extra mini thingies for 4 additional entries--ready, set, GO!

Instant Downloads Coming Soon!

2010-10-19T16:03:00.006-04:00

First, I have to apologize for the lack of posts and lack of new product lately. I have been under the weather and will try to catch up to things on the evenings :)

I have some news for you that you might find useful! I have been looking for a way to deliver instant downloads to PaperGlitter's customers after their purchases, instead of the current method of emailing the files to their inboxes. I have been waiting for months on Big Cartel to offer this feature and they finally got around to it a couple of weeks ago! So in a few weeks, PaperGlitter will have a new instant download store! Check out the sneak peek of the new layout of the shop!

I LOVE our Etsy shop--don't get me wrong and I won't ever leave that community as it is of great resource and fabulous creative people. But I think if we can switch more customers over to this new shop I can spend more time on answering emails, communicating more with you via email and Etsy convo messaging service, writing more on the blog and creating more new product instead of emailing files (which takes tons of time).

I would like to thank Emily of JuneLilly Studio for absolutely being a talented doll and helping me design the new shop layout! I have been on her waiting list for this and she just finished the new site last week! So happy!

So I will keep you posted on when the grand opening is. So are you excited?

New in the Shop: Printable Birdie To-Do-List Sheet

2010-10-15T12:08:00.003-04:00

New to the shop is this set of Birdie to-do lists. The 3 styles are in a letterhead sheet. And the text on top is changeable! Yes! Personalize with a name of your task at hand! I actually have use these all week since it has been one crazy week here at the paperglitter household---we are filing our taxes this week, yes--we were one of those Americans who files for an extension. I was with may daughter in her playroom when I decided to photographed these. I used things around her playroom as props and I think the photos turned out very---"kawaii" ! You can get your Birdie To-Do List sheet at the shop now for the whopping price of $2! Stop by the shop and see the details HERE!

Presenting----the mini party kit.

2010-10-14T16:55:00.008-04:00

During a conversation I had with many Facebook fans on PaperGlitter's page, the idea came about to create mini party kits. This came up because on that same thread in Facebook I asked for ideas for future themes and the response was overwhelming! And you all know how hard it is to juggle a full-time job, toddler, life and an Etsy shop :) So to create new art and get it out faster, I thought of (with the hep of the Facebook fans, of course) in doing mini party kits with just the essential items. BUT these mini kits will be loaded with the changeable text feature. So here is the first set! Presenting the Girly Monkey (mini) Party Kit! For a mini kit, it does come with quite a few goodies. You get, invites, thank you cards, water bottle labels that can also be used as napkin rings, various mini labels, circle tags, welcome sign, banner, cupcake toppers, goodie bag card and chocolate bar label. And with the Changeable text feature, you can change this kit to a baby shower party or even change the words to spanish! And all this for $10. You can find it in the SHOP now.

So I hope you guys like this idea. I will be launching the next set (Winter Wonderland Princess) as a mini kit soon and then we will see from there if the response warrants more mini kits. Do you think the mini kits are a good idea? Or would you prefer the bigger kits at a higher price? I will still making the bigger kits but not for all themes and they will come out at a slower pace. The bigger kits have in addition to the above, decorating papers, cutouts of characters, mini flags, favor boxes, hats, envelope liner, large circle cards. Curious to hear your feedback if you have any--come on--I can take it! In the meantime, I am going to be chasing my little 2 year old monkey who just decided my Mac computer is her personal toy!