you like us – you really like us!

Happy 4th birthday to Paperie Boutique!
Visit PaperieBirthday.com for all events!



If you followed Paperie Boutique on Facebook one of these prizes might already be yours. (We had two big multi-winner instant-giveaways there Tuesday night!)

  1.   One – ProPhoto Blog Theme from Sassy Designs, Ltd.
  2.   Five – AMSW Photography’s The Shop “Full Demo Pack”
  3.   ”1-year subscription” to Click Magazine (Five – 1, 2, 3)
  4.   Three – $50.00 gift certificate to Sassy Designs, Ltd.
  5.   Four – Camera Bling “camera charm necklace”
  6.   Five – Fit to Print’s “Buy the Store”


   What are you waiting for? “Like” us here!
   -Robyn & Todd

Don’t forget to visit PaperieBirthday.com and see what you missed!

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birthday – *emera messenger

HEADS UP: Paperie’s Birthday is a crazy time of year and our inboxes overfloweth. Please follow us on Facebook for frequent announcements!

Happy 4th birthday to Paperie Boutique!
Visit PaperieBirthday.com for all events!

Welcome to Paperie Boutique’s FOURTH BIRTHDAY celebration – sponsored by HB Photo Packaging, Kelly Moore Bag, Animoto, Click Magazine, Sassy Designs Inc., Artsy Couture, Prairie Sweet Boutique, Black River Imaging, Clickin Moms, Simply Color / Simply Canvas, Kraft and Jute, Modern Album Designs, Full Color Lab, CPQ Professional Photo Lab, Photographer Cafe, Nations Photo Lab, Paint the Moon Photoshop Actions and Textures, Hardwood Frames, and Birdesign. The party runs from July 19th – July ??.

During the celebration our U.S. readers can win thousands of dollars in prizes and merchandise directly from our incredible sponsors and vendors! Our family of merchants will also provide several discount codes and promotions for our audience that will be posted at PaperieBirthday.com throughout the week-long event. All of these giveaways and special offers will be posted multiple times each day during the hours of 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. EDT – so you’ll want to check back, and check back often! Thanks for four great years and Happy Birthday Paperie!




One week and counting and the birthday party is still in full swing! In case you missed the announcement, we’ve received so many prize donations that we’re keeping this thing going ’til the very last giveaway has been awarded – so check back all weekend long for more giveaways, pop-quiz prizes, and Facebook flash giveaways! Curious what prizes we have left? Well here’s a sampling for you!

Right now we have an amazing camera bag giveaway from *emera bags!

One lucky Paperie reader will win an *emera Green Messenger camera bag, valued at $109.00!

There are times when you don’t need to carry a standard sized emera bag. A short trip, say. Or if you’re just toting a smaller camera, an iPad and a little lunch. Enter the Messenger, economic in stature yet generous in stash-ability. Impeccably designed to store and protect all your spendy stuff, it has four flexible padded compartments and a deep inside zip pocket. Wear it across the body courier-style to keep your hands free for a quick cappuccino. Chic, smart and shiny. Green with orange lining.

• Water-resistant PU coated canvas with soft leather straps and trim
• Comfy shoulder pad on the strap
• Top flap whips closed and stays closed thanks to magnetic buttons
• Flap has zipper pocket roomy enough for a small notebook
• Wide back pocket – ideal for your phone
• Interior zip pocket for passport, tickets, and fancy snacks
• Modular Velcro dividers for flexible organizing
• Durable canvas lining
• Small metal feet to help protect the base

You can see more of the Green Messenger, and just what it will hold, in my Professional Photographer Magazine column (and accompanying, expanded Web Exclusives piece) from December 2011.

So how do you win a Green Messenger of your very own?

It’s easy! You have FIVE chances!

First, comment here and tell us what your favorite *emera bag is!

For FOUR more BONUS chances to win, do the following:

1. Follow *emera on Facebook

2. Follow @emerabags on Twitter

3. Follow Paperie Boutique on Facebook

4. Follow @paperieboutique on Twitter

Each entry requires its own separate comment here. (In simple terms: If you want FIVE chances to win, you have to do the FIVE separate things listed above, and then make five separate comments here telling us how you did them.)

Comment that you have followed *emera on Facebook and/or Twitter (or already do) – and that you have followed Paperie Boutique on Facebook and/or Twitter (or already do) – and/or list your favorite *emera bag – in separate comments here to have multiple chances to win!

Comment(s) must be posted here by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 30th. U.S. residents can enter up to FIVE times total. Post that you have met the individual requirements in separate comments here to have multiple chances to win! See official rules for more details.

You can enter / post up to five times total – one entry each for all of the options listed above. (PLEASE NOTE: Comments are held for moderation and may not appear immediately. Please be patient! They will show up eventually.)

You have FIVE chances to win, but only one chance PER OPTION – please do not post the same link multiple times. Duplicate links will be removed. Each entry requires its own separate comment to have multiple chances to win!

Comments on this entry will be numbered in order of posting. The winning number will be chosen by Random.org, and the winner will be contacted within 48-72 hours of the winner-announcement to claim their prize. See official rules for more details.

Thanks so much to *emera camera bags for yet another incredible prize giveaway, and good luck to everyone who enters!

Don’t forget to visit PaperieBirthday.com and see what you missed!

The birthday party is now in full-swing and runs for over a week from July 19th – July ??th!

More giveaways this weekend – check back often!
-Robyn & Todd

P.S. If you’re a vendor who would like to sponsor the event, donate a prize,
        and / or provide a discount code for our readers please contact Todd:
        todd AT paperieboutique DOT com – we’d love to have you join us!

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birthday—PLEASE READ ASAP!

Happy 4th birthday to Paperie Boutique!
Visit PaperieBirthday.com for all events!



. . . first, a few admin notes of importance . . .

Notice posted to Paperie Boutique’s Facebook late Wednesday night:

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We have some bad news for everyone. There’s just no way we’re going to be able to finish up the 4th birthday celebration by the published date of (tomorrow) Thursday, July 25th. There are simply too many vendors and prizes left to be featured / awarded.

So it is with heavy hearts that we announce the party will continue for a few more days until everything has been published and won by our readers.

We know, we know. It’s a horrible situation but there’s just no other way around it. We have no other option but to let the celebration continue and force you to win more items over a longer period of time. First world problems, yo.

Party on, Paperie!

http://PaperieBirthday.com

Robyn & Todd

We have also announced the winners for the following contests on Facebook:

         1. Giveaway #1 – Kelly Moore Bag of winner’s choice

         2. Giveaway #2 – $200 gift card from MOO.COM

Didn’t win? Don’t feel bad! We’ll be giving away ONE MORE Kelly Moore Bag before the party’s over – and MOO is giving all of our readers an amazing gift!

HEADS UP: Paperie’s Birthday is a crazy time of year and our inboxes overfloweth. Please follow us on Facebook for frequent announcements!

We didn’t want to leave you empty-handed with this post so we’re giving our Paperie readers one quick giveaway before it’s “lights out” tonight. Never fear though – we will be back on Thursday morning ready to go with prizes galore!

Right now you have a chance to win a Sassy Designs Inc. $200.00 giftcard.

How do you win this giftcard? It’s easy!

U.S. RESIDENTS: All you have to do is post in the comments here and tell us what your favorite item is in the Sassy Shop! That’s all there is to it!

For BONUS chances to win: Go to your Facebook and / or Twitter accounts and post the following (then tell us where you did):

I love sassy-designs.net / @SassyDesignsInc and @PaperieBoutique / PaperieBoutique.com – win this week at PaperieBirthday.com!

You can also follow Sassy Designs on Facebook and / or Paperie Boutique on Facebook (or state that you follow one – or both already, in separate comments here).

Each entry requires its own separate comment here. (In simple terms: If you want FIVE chances to win, you have to do all five things listed above, and then make five separate comments here telling us how you did them.)

Comment that you have posted to your Twitter or Facebook account(s) – with a link to where you did it – in separate comments here to have multiple chances to win!

ATTENTION: All links you post must direct to public-access accounts. We cannot verify links on private, friends & family only, or passworded accounts and they will not be eligible to win this item. If we have to subscribe to your feed, a website, or forum – or request permission to see them – your entry will automatically be disqualified.

Comment(s) must be posted here by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Saturday, July 27th. You can enter up to five times total. Post that you have met each of the requirements in separate comments to have multiple chances to win!

You can enter / post up to five times total – one entry each for both the options listed above. (PLEASE NOTE: Comments are held for moderation and may not appear immediately. Please be patient! They will show up eventually.)

You have five chances to win, but only one chance PER OPTION – please do not post the same link multiple times. Duplicate links will be removed. Each entry requires its own separate comment to have multiple chances to win!

Comments on this entry will be numbered in order of posting. The winning number will be chosen by Random.org, and the winner will be contacted within 48-72 hours of the winner-announcement to claim their prize. See official rules for more details.

Thank you so much Sassy Designs Inc. for another great giveaway – visit them on Facebook! Good luck!

Want to go shopping now? Well nearly all items in the Sassy Shop are on sale for just $0.25 each! Digital Papers, Design Elements, Frames, Wall Display Guides, Storyboards, and more! The only EXCEPTIONS to this sale will be the items listed in the following categories: Blog Themes, Custom Design, Marketing Kits, Specials/Promotions, and Scrapbook Paper.

Want to make sure you get it all and don’t run out of time to add things to your cart? Don’t want to have to worry about downloading all of your items within the 28-day download time frame? Buy it all for one SUPER LOW price and the files will be sent to you on a USB Flash Drive!

The ENTIRE SASSY SHOP can be yours for just $100.00!

Welcome to Paperie Boutique’s FOURTH BIRTHDAY celebration – sponsored by HB Photo Packaging, Kelly Moore Bag, Animoto, Click Magazine, Sassy Designs Inc., Artsy Couture, Prairie Sweet Boutique, Black River Imaging, Clickin Moms, Simply Color / Simply Canvas, Kraft and Jute, Modern Album Designs, Full Color Lab, CPQ Professional Photo Lab, Photographer Cafe, Nations Photo Lab, Paint the Moon Photoshop Actions and Textures, Hardwood Frames, and Birdesign. The party runs from July 19th – July ??.

During the celebration our U.S. readers can win thousands of dollars in prizes and merchandise directly from our incredible sponsors and vendors! Our family of merchants will also provide several discount codes and promotions for our audience that will be posted at PaperieBirthday.com throughout the week-long event. All of these giveaways and special offers will be posted multiple times each day during the hours of 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. EDT – so you’ll want to check back, and check back often! Thanks for four great years and Happy Birthday Paperie!

Don’t forget to visit PaperieBirthday.com and see what you missed!

The birthday party is now in full-swing and runs for over a week from July 19th – July ??th!

More on the way Thursday – see you then!
-Robyn & Todd

P.S. If you’re a vendor who would like to sponsor the event, donate a prize,
        and / or provide a discount code for our readers please contact Todd:
        todd AT paperieboutique DOT com – we’d love to have you join us!

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pop quiz – prize package #2

HEADS UP: Paperie’s Birthday is a crazy time of year and our inboxes overfloweth. Please follow us on Facebook for frequent announcements!

Happy 4th birthday to Paperie Boutique!
Visit PaperieBirthday.com for all events!

Because this is a “game of skill“, our Canadian readers can play along as well! (Canadian winners may be responsible for any additional shipping and / or surcharges.) First one to post the correct answer in the comments here wins!

The first person to answer the pop quiz question correctly takes the following “prize pack” from Photographer Cafe, Pamela Topping Camera Bling, and MpixPro!

COMMENTS CLOSED on this entry—winner chosen!

Don’t forget we have other giveaways going on right now!

$200 shop credit from Photographer Cafe

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camera charm necklace from Pamela Topping Camera Bling

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$100 gift certificate from MpixPro

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Whoever gets the question right takes all of the loot in this great “prize pack”!

Easy, no? Then ready? Set. GO!

Answer this question in the comment box at the bottom of this page:

What movie (that features Brad Pitt in a starring role) gave us the inspiration for our youngest son’s first name?

You may have to dig around IMDB a bit, but the answer should be easy to find! Pinky swear!

Good luck!
-Robyn & Todd

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Thanks to Photographer Cafe, Pamela Topping Camera Bling, and MpixPro for this great prize pack worth $324.00! Please follow each of these vendors on Facebook (Photographer Cafe, Camera Bling, and MpixPro)!

Welcome to Paperie Boutique’s FOURTH BIRTHDAY celebration – sponsored by HB Photo Packaging, Kelly Moore Bag, Animoto, Click Magazine, Sassy Designs Inc., Artsy Couture, Prairie Sweet Boutique, Black River Imaging, Clickin Moms, Simply Color / Simply Canvas, Kraft and Jute, Modern Album Designs, Full Color Lab, CPQ Professional Photo Lab, Photographer Cafe, Nations Photo Lab, Paint the Moon Photoshop Actions and Textures, Hardwood Frames, and Birdesign. The party runs from July 19th – July 25th!

During the celebration our U.S. readers can win thousands of dollars in prizes and merchandise directly from our incredible sponsors and vendors! Our family of merchants will also provide several discount codes and promotions for our audience that will be posted at PaperieBirthday.com throughout the week-long event. All of these giveaways and special offers will be posted multiple times each day during the hours of 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. EDT – so you’ll want to check back, and check back often! Thanks for four great years and Happy Birthday Paperie!

Don’t forget to visit PaperieBirthday.com and see what you missed!

We’re just getting started — the birthday party runs for a full week from Friday, July 19th – Thursday, July 25th!

Another giveaway going up late tonight – see you soon!
-Robyn & Todd

P.S. If you’re a vendor who would like to sponsor the event, donate a prize,
        and / or provide a discount code for our readers please contact Todd:
        todd AT paperieboutique DOT com – we’d love to have you join us!

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pop quiz – prize package #1

HEADS UP: Paperie’s Birthday is a crazy time of year and our inboxes overfloweth. Please follow us on Facebook for frequent announcements!

Happy 4th birthday to Paperie Boutique!
Visit PaperieBirthday.com for all events!

Because this is a “game of skill“, our Canadian readers can play along as well! (Canadian winners may be responsible for any additional shipping and / or surcharges.) First one to post the correct answer in the comments here wins!

The first person to answer the pop quiz question correctly takes the following “prize pack” from BrandSushi, My Funky Camera, and Nations Photo Lab!

COMMENTS CLOSED on this entry—winner chosen!

Don’t forget we have other giveaways going on right now!

$150 gift certificate from BrandSushi

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winner’s choice of camera strap from My Funky Camera

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$100 gift card from Nations Photo Lab

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Whoever gets the question right takes all of the loot in this great “prize pack”!

Easy, no? Then ready? Set. GO!

Answer this question in the comment box at the bottom of this page:

What bronze sculpture / statue in Robyn’s home town shares the same “stage name” as a popular Oklahoma food blogger and television personality?

You may have to dig around Google a bit, but the answer should be easy to find! Pinky swear!

Good luck!
-Robyn & Todd

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Thanks to BrandSushi, My Funky Camera, and Nations Photo Lab for the fantastic prizes worth up to $282.00! Please follow each of these vendors on Facebook (BrandSushi, My Funky Camera, and Nations Photo Lab)!

Welcome to Paperie Boutique’s FOURTH BIRTHDAY celebration – sponsored by HB Photo Packaging, Kelly Moore Bag, Animoto, Click Magazine, Sassy Designs Inc., Artsy Couture, Prairie Sweet Boutique, Black River Imaging, Clickin Moms, Simply Color / Simply Canvas, Kraft and Jute, Modern Album Designs, Full Color Lab, CPQ Professional Photo Lab, Photographer Cafe, Nations Photo Lab, Paint the Moon Photoshop Actions and Textures, Hardwood Frames, and Birdesign. The party runs from July 19th – July 25th!

During the celebration our U.S. readers can win thousands of dollars in prizes and merchandise directly from our incredible sponsors and vendors! Our family of merchants will also provide several discount codes and promotions for our audience that will be posted at PaperieBirthday.com throughout the week-long event. All of these giveaways and special offers will be posted multiple times each day during the hours of 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. EDT – so you’ll want to check back, and check back often! Thanks for four great years and Happy Birthday Paperie!

Don’t forget to visit PaperieBirthday.com and see what you missed!

We’re just getting started — the birthday party runs for a full week from Friday, July 19th – Thursday, July 25th!

Another giveaway is on the way tonight – see you then!
-Robyn & Todd

P.S. If you’re a vendor who would like to sponsor the event, donate a prize,
        and / or provide a discount code for our readers please contact Todd:
        todd AT paperieboutique DOT com – we’d love to have you join us!

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in living Color

We are so excited to welcome and introduce our newest sponsor Full Color Lab! Please enjoy their first guest / vendor post here at Paperie!

Full Color Lab provides printing services to the professional and aspiring photographer. Our services include photographic printing and finishing, press printing, gallery wraps, metal prints and much more. For over 34 years, we’ve provided photographers with high quality products and superior customer service! We continually expand our product offerings; here are some of our newest products.

Metal Print Clusters

Choose from a variety of options, composed of prints ranging in size from 8×10 to 24×36. Our collections of 15 different wall groupings make it easy for you to order multiple images to display in a single grouping. Clusters are available in 4 options: Thin Wraps, 3/4″ Gallery Wraps, 1½” Gallery Wraps, and Metal Prints.

Metal Print Clusters are available in your choice of 4 surface options: High Gloss Vibrant, Matte Vibrant, High Gloss Brushed, or Matte Brushed. Your choice of either the Standard or Float Mount Hanging Kit is included with every Metal Print Cluster.

iPad Cases

Provide high quality, custom iPad Cases for your clients! Images are printed on either High Gloss Vibrant or High Gloss Brushed metal insert. The insert then fits into a hard shell case in either black or white. The iPad Case is available for both the iPad 2/3/4 and the iPad Mini. Perfect add-on for any type of photography!

CD Tins and CD Covers

Our new CD/DVD Tins and CD Covers are two great options for storing digital files or slide shows; great for proofing too!

The CD/DVD Tin features a beautiful brushed metal finish with the image of your choice on the cover. Inside a transparent plastic insert holds a single disc. CD/DVD Tin measures 5.75 x 5.25.

CD Covers

The CD Covers provide an elegant yet economical way to store CDs or DVDs. Printed on Standard Cover stock available in a single fold or tri-fold option. Holds one disk in place with a foam hub. You can even match the inside CD/DVD with our Printed Disks!

Bevels

A modern twist on the Gallery Wrap, the Bevel Wrap features a beveled 2” frame providing a tapered edge for the image. The Bevel Wrap is printed on Fine Art Canvas with your choice of Gloss or Satin UV Coating. Bevel Wraps are wrapped by hand and finished with black paper backing, saw tooth hangers and wall bumpers. Bevel Wraps give your images museum quality treatment with flare!

Now’s a great time to order Bevel Wrap – save 30% when you order any size Bevel Wrap. Choose from over 100 sizes from 8×8 to 30×40! (Offer valid till June 26, 2013.)

To see a list of our current promotions please visit: fullcolor.com/promotions.




We are gearing up for our 4th annual birthday party in mid-July and we’d love to have you be a part of it all!

Last year our vendors provided Paperie readers with over $16,000 in prizes in just ONE WEEK – and our site received over 4.7 million hits during the celebration!

Some of the vendors who participated include MOO.COM, WHCC, Artsy Couture, Kelly Moore Bags, Clickin’ Moms / Click Magazine, Color Inc. Pro Lab, Black River Imaging, Epiphanie Bags, Rice Studio Supply, JoTotes, Sarah Petty’s The Joy of Marketing, ProDPI, drop it MODERN, Miller’s Lab, and MORE!

If that’s not enough to convince you, then just read on…

“Your giveaway was a great success and drove lots of traffic for us!” -Nathiya, emerabags.com

“Hasn’t even been up for 15 minutes and we already have 25 new fans on our Facebook! Wow that was quick.” -Ryan, h-bphoto.com

“I’ve received triple the amount of traffic from your site than any other site I’m advertising on! I’m so pleased with choosing to advertise with you!” -Kathy, boudoirbusinessboutique.com

“Anybody wanting to advertise really should. I love browsing your ads to find new vendors and resources.” -Kim, momtriedit.net

“I can’t tell you how many people we have advertised with that pretty much ignore our requests (or so we feel). We will be staying with you as long as we are still in business!” -Lori, prairiesweet.com

Contact Todd if you are interested in a custom advertising plan or a Paperie sponsorship and / or wish to sponsor a prize giveaway in this year’s birthday event.

Or you can choose from one of our standard advertising plans and pay instantly here.

Once payment has been made, write and include a copy of your receipt and attach an image for the ad-size purchased.




We have a winner in our Click Magazine giveaway…and it’s…Megan Cavender Photography (MCP)!

Thanks to everyone who entered, to Click Magazine by Clickinmoms.com for the feature, and congrats to Megan on her win! We’ll be in touch soon with information on how to claim your prize.




Our week has been kind of upended, but keep checking in because we have lots more on the way soon!

-Robyn & Todd

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haute packets

We’re excited to have another photographer packaging feature / guest post here at Paperie Boutique!

Please welcome Sarah of Parisi Images – don’t forget to visit her blog for additional images and vendor resources for the products shown below!

Since starting my photography business in 2007, I have worked hard at honing my brand into one that is both timeless and versatile. It has always been important to me that my branding allow my images to speak for themselves, giving the photographs center attention and not the design. Similarly, it’s been important that the branding emphasize the story-telling approach I take when photographing weddings.

When designing my identity system (I am a professional designer as well as photographer), I took cues from the design and layout of old newspapers, magazines (namely Life) and advertisements. This meant that I kept my color palette to the simple combination of black, white and kraft. Over time, as I added more pieces – namely the 8×8 brochure booklet – I included additional colors pulled directly from my images—colors like navy, burnt orange, magenta and deep kelly green.

Perhaps the two most important pieces in my branding so far are the kraft folders and the 8×8 12-page informational brochure booklet. The kraft folders (folders from Paper Presentation and letterpress logo printed by Cranky Pressman) offer me a great way to provide prospective and current clients with packets of information as well as giving me an easy-to-ship way to package fine art prints. The informational brochure/booklet is meant to be a stand-out piece that I mail to any bride who inquires about my services.

Other items in my identity system pieces include a square 2×2 business card on kraft paper, an A2 flat card I use to write handwritten notes of all sorts (I intentionally decided to make a generic card so that I could use them for all occasions), custom post-it notes and, of course, logo stickers and shipping labels.

Don’t forget to click each of the photos below for a larger pop-up image!

To view print vendors and other product information, please visit:
parisi-images.com/custom-branding-and-packaging…..photography/




Thank you so much Sarah for sharing your packaging / branding / marketing with us! If you would like your packaging featured on Paperie, please write and he will help you get set up.

We’d love to have you on the site!




We recently held a giveaway for HB Photo Packaging – the prize was a set of TEN 4GB USB drives with engraving –and– coordinated boxes! And the winner is…Krista Mason Photography!

Krista, we’ll be in touch this week with information on how to collect your prize – congrats! And thanks once again to HB Photo Packaging for the fantastic prize, and to everyone who entered!




We are offering a special spring ’13 discount for new advertisers. We averaged nearly 11,500,000 initial page hits per month between December 2012 and February 2013 – and over 332,000 unique visitors during the same timeframe.

“I’ve received triple the amount of traffic from your site than any other site I’m advertising on! I’m so pleased with choosing to advertise with you!” -Kathy, boudoirbusinessboutique.com

“Anybody wanting to advertise really should. I love browsing your ads to find new vendors and resources.” -Kim, momtriedit.net

“Your giveaway was a great success and drove lots of traffic for us!” -Nathiya, emerabags.com

“I can’t tell you how many people we have advertised with that pretty much ignore our requests (or so we feel). We will be staying with you as long as we are still in business!” -Lori, prairiesweet.com

“Hasn’t even been up for 15 minutes and we already have 25 new fans on our Facebook! Wow that was quick.” -Ryan, h-bphoto.com

Contact Todd if you are interested in a custom advertising plan or a Paperie sponsorship. Or you can choose from one of our standard advertising plans and pay instantly:



click here to order now


Once payment has been made, write and include a copy of your receipt and attach an image for the ad-size purchased.




If you’ve missed our recent photo-collage posts with photographer welcome packets, USB / thumb drive packaging, muslin bag packaging, and more – we’ve archived it all in one place for you. Just visit this new page to get caught up!

Check in soon – another giveaway is on the way!
-Robyn & Todd

P.S. Did you know we have a NEW Facebook fan page? Make sure you join for frequent updates – we post there even on days we don’t update the blog! We’re almost to 1000 fans and we’ll have a special giveaway when we hit that mark!

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pretty in pink

Just in case you’ve missed the announcements on Paperie’s Facebook and Twitter accounts… I recently turned in my last (June 2013) column at Professional Photographer Magazine! Starting with the July 2013 issue, I will no longer be appearing there as a Contributing Editor / freelance writer.

If you normally write me at my ppa.com e-mail address, please change your address books to “robyn AT paperieboutique DOT com” – after this Friday, April 19th, my ppa.com account will no longer be active!

I started writing at Professional Photographer in June 2010, and writing for their Web Exclusives as well in June 2011. It’s been an amazing run! I cannot thank my former Director, Cameron Bishopp Davis (now Editor in Chief for CLICK Magazine by our sponsor Clickin Moms), enough for giving me my start in June 2010, and for all of the amazing opportunities that have followed. The June 2013 issue will mark three years in every issue from 6/10 to 6/13 – and that’s an accomplishment I am very proud of!

But now … it’s time to start on my new future at 40, and I can’t wait! – Robyn




We’ve put together some of our favorite pink packaging examples from Pinterest. Below this collage (which you can click on to view larger) are links to view each image’s original source online.

From left to right, top to bottom:

1.   pink scallop-edge box
2.   owl gift tags
3.   twine and flower
4.   crepe paper wrapping
5.   pink and brown
6.   heart trinket
7.   flower/stripe bags
8.   stripes and dots
9.   polka dots
10. button pinwheels
11. twine ‘n’ tags
12. thank you favors
13. put a bird on it
14. USB pouch
15. look, please

I’ve taken three of my most popular magazine columns – “client gift ideas for photographers” – and put them all together on one Pinterest board!

I also have a new pinboard with my “stylish camera bag reviews“, and another board full of all “my product reviews” and photography posted on the ppa.com pinboards.

And of course there’s also Paperie’s “packaging, presentation, and organization” pinboard! We’d love to have you follow us there!




Last but not least…we have some prizes to give away! Artsy Couture is giving two Paperie readers $100 gift certificates! The winners are Stefanie Tolbert and Kisha Buis Photography!

Congrats to both winners! We’ll be in touch by the end of the week with information on how to collect your prize. And thank you SO MUCH to our sponsor Artsy Couture for the amazing prizes!

Paperie readers can get an ADDITIONAL 10% off their Artsy orders through May 1st using the code “PBLUV“!




Another great giveaway is up next – check back soon!
-Robyn & Todd

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step one – cut a hole in a box

We recently asked our readers what you want to see on Paperie this year. One of the requests was inexpensive packaging. So today we’re going to talk DIY boxes. The examples shown below are small Favor / Gift Boxes, but you can create virtually any size of box if you look around enough!

This particular (FREE!) template comes from Holiday Crafts and Creations. You can find the template used here on their site.




First I selected the cardstock I wanted to use. This allows you to get creative with your packaging because you select the colors and prints you want to use. You’re not limited to a small swatch-selection on a website. Michael’s and Hobby Lobby both sell cardstock in pads and looseleaf. (The glitter-swirl and black and white damask prints below were both purchased looseleaf.) Sites like Crafty Steals also have amazing “paper bundle” deals.

Next I used a paper trimmer to cut the 12×12″ sheet down to 8.5×11″ each, and printed the box template on the back of each one.

Then I cut out each of the templates and used a scoring board and bone folder – scoring each fold line allows you to have perfect, crisp folds and creases. If you don’t have a scoring board and bone tool, you can also create a similar effect with a metal ruler and plastic butter knife (using the non-serrated side).

When assembling the box, the directions say to use double-sided tape or glue to hold two of the tabs into place. I like to use Tombow Mono permanent adhesive.

The template includes an inside box-bottom liner, so I gathered a few stamps and ink pads to leave a cute message inside of each one.

After assembling the boxes, I decorated them with ribbon. The double-sided, reversible ribbon shown here is from Hobby Lobby.

One of the cardstock prints was too thick to go through my printer, so I took the box template, erased all of the interior fold lines, and used my Silhouette Cameo Cutter to trace and cut it out. This would work great if you plan to assemble several boxes at one time! I printed another template (with fold lines) on thin copy paper, and used that as my guide to score the thicker cardstock.

To remove the cardstock from the cutting mat without tearing, I used a Cricut Spatula Tool.

And here you see the final result using different ribbons and embellishments to decorate each box. The cardstock and ribbon combinations are endless!

Now the boxes I’ve shown are obviously too small for prints – they would work better for small client gifts. However, (FREE!) templates exist online in just about every shape and size. You just have to look! Here are a few of my favorites:

1. Gift box with lid:
http://homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/make-your-own…html

2. Felt folded gift box:
http://curbly.com/users/diy-maven/posts/…make-a-folded-felt…

3. Cardstock pillow box:
http://linesacross.com/2012/04/make-your-own-paper…html

4. Several DIY box templates:
http://mias-craft-ideas.com/free-gift-box-templates.html

5. Origami gift box:
http://homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/make-your-own…html

6. Square gift box with heart lid:
http://homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/free-gift-box…html




We have a winner in our photograp[her] tee contest…and it’s Elissa!

Thanks to everyone who entered and congrats to Elissa! We’ll be in touch this weekend with instructions on how to claim your prize!




If you haven’t already, please “Like” our new Facebook fan page! For the first time ever you’ll be able to directly tag “@Paperie Boutique” when you post!

Over time, our previous page will become inactive and eventually be phased out. So make the switch ASAP!




Don’t forget to “Spring Forward” on your clocks this weekend!
-Robyn & Todd

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drumroll, please…

It’s time to announce all of the winners in the 2012 Wrap Battle from Paperie Boutique and HB Photo Packaging—sponsored by Sassy Designs, Kraft and Jute, Bad Sass Backdrops, Prairie Sweet Boutique, Go{4}Pro Photography, and Simply Color Lab! (Official rules here.)

The Wrap Battle is an annual contest with fabulous prizes for the best business packaging and presentation (holiday and/or “every day”) – this year our first place prize winner alone receives nearly $10,500 in prizes and merchandise directly from our incredible 2012 Wrap Battle sponsors and vendors!

Here are our first, second, and third place winners as selected by our readers, from the six finalists selected by our judges!

Can you believe the difference between first and second place was ONE VOTE?

1st Place for 2012 – Entry #37 – Erica Clark Photography
http://paperieboutique.com/2013/01/14/wrap_battle_entries_011413_2/

2nd Place for 2012 – Entry #31 – PhotoJenic Photography
http://paperieboutique.com/2013/01/14/wrap_battle_entries_011413/

3rd Place for 2012 – Entry #27 – Jennifer Wilcox Photography
http://paperieboutique.com/2013/01/11/wrap_battle_entries_011113/

Here is our 2012 Wrap Battle “fan favorite” from all 37 of this year’s entries as selected by our readers!

Fan Favorite for 2012 – Entry #10 – Melanie Ashcraft Photography
http://paperieboutique.com/2012/12/28/wrap_battle_entries_122812/

Here is our 2012 Wrap Battle “most original” from all 37 of this year’s entries as selected by our readers!

Most Original for 2012 – Entry #36 – Deborah Kocan Photography
http://paperieboutique.com/2013/01/14/wrap_battle_entries_011413_2/

And here are our three Wrap Battle “runners-up” as selected by our judges!

Entry #20 – Corina Nielsen Photography & Design
http://paperieboutique.com/2013/01/04/wrap_battle_entries_010413/


Entry #24 – The Vintage Cupcake Photography
http://paperieboutique.com/2013/01/07/wrap_battle_entries_010713/


Entry #28 – Talia Studio
http://paperieboutique.com/2013/01/11/wrap_battle_entries_011113/

In addition to our sponsors listed above, Paperie Boutique would also like to send out a huge round of thanks the following vendors donating prizes and discounts:

Miller’s Professional Imaging, Rice Studio Supply, WHCC, Boudoir Business Boutique, Flourish by Nichole Van, MOO.com, Chic Critique Forum, 2 Lil Owls, The Savvy Photographer, Birdesign Art, Kotori Photo Jewelry, Bittersweet Design Boutique, Hazy Skies Designs, My Funky Camera, M4H Photography, Artsy Couture, Jo Totes Camera Bags, Wildly Sweet Designs, Nations Photo Lab, MadiLu Designs, EW Couture, Photographer Cafe, Click Magazine / Clickinmoms, and Handmade Paper Boxes




We’d also like to thank this year’s judges again for selecting our six finalists:

• Alycia Alvarez – Alycia Alvarez Photography
• Marsha Mifsud – The Savvy Photographer
• Heather Lickliter – Stylized Portraiture / Fairyography
• Lisa Hoang – Windwardskies Photography / Simply Baby
• Lori George – co-owner & marketing director of Prairie Sweet Boutique
   (Prairie Sweet Boutique on Facebook)
• Anya Wait – anya wait | photographer
• Karen Leslie – KarenLeslie Photography
• Christine Tremoulet – Christine Tremoulet / owner of Business of
   Awesome for boudoir photographers




Last but certainly not least, we’d like to thank all 37 of this year’s 2012 Wrap Battle entries for sharing their amazing packaging with our readers! And each of YOU for helping us select this year’s winners. We could not do this each year without everyone’s word of mouth and support!

We will be sending out prize notifications this week as we get each prize set organized. Prizes will come directly from the vendors and not Paperie Boutique – you will be sent the information on how to claim each one. If you’re listed as a winner above, please watch your e-mail for the next few days!

And as they say…that’s a wrap! Thanks again!
-Robyn & Todd




P.S. View the 2010 Wrap battle here:
http://paperieboutique.com/…/packaging-contest/

View the 2011 Wrap Battle here:
http://paperieboutique.com/…/packaging-contest-2011/

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CAMERA BAGS!

The digital edition of the December 2012 Professional Photographer Magazine is now online for digital subscribers.

In this issue Robyn did her annual camera bag review – the magazine article features camera and messenger bags by Epiphanie, Jo Totes, *emera, ONA, Jill-e, Porteen Gear, Kelly Moore Bag, Shutter Bag, and Stash Bags.

Click the magazine pages above to read a larger version of the article. You can also find the article on page 54, page 55, and page 56 of the print-version when it hits mailboxes. You can see the online supplement with even more bags here.

Additional camera bags by Ketti Handbags, Pompidoo, Shootsac, and drop it MODERN can be found in the online supplement.

You can download the digital edition of the December issue now if you’re a PPA member or digital subscriber.

Don’t get Professional Photographer Magazine yet? Subscribe here!

Don’t miss Robyn’s 2011 Camera Bag Guide and 2011 camera bag supplement, and Robyn’s 2010 Camera Bag Guide for even more “pretty”!




We have a winner in our GO{4}PRO Photos Product Guide Look Book giveaway and it’s…Kari S!

Thanks to everyone who entered and a special thanks to GO{4}PRO Photos for the fantastic prize!

Check back late tonight because we’ll have our first 2012 Wrap Battle entries online!

See you then…
-Robyn & Todd

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how Sweet is this?

One of our favorite vendors, Prairie Sweet Boutique, wanted us to let you know about their amazing “Cyber Monday Sale” – it starts at 12 a.m. CST and ends at 11:59 p.m. CST. Use the code CYBER60 to receive 60% off everything!

Some Black Friday sales collected here are still going on – so check the list!




We’ve had several contests end recently and the winner in our Prairie Sweet Boutique gift card giveaway is…Yvette!

We have a winner in our ONA Brixton camera messenger bag giveaway…and it’s Alyssa Lang!

And we have three winners in our Black River Imaging gift card giveaway…the $250 gift card goes to Paula Dias! The two $100 gift cards go to Pamela Davis and Kari S!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered, and congrats to our winners – we’ll be in touch soon with information on how to claim your prizes! We’d also like to thank Prairie Sweet Boutique, ONA Fine Camera Bags, and Black River Imaging for the super-cool prizes for our readers!




Win the GO{4}PRO Photos Product Guide Look Book ($175.00 value) here.

The 2012 Wrap Battle kicks off in one more week on Monday, December 3rd. Make sure to take photos of your client orders and holiday gift packaging!

We’ve got great merchants like HB Photo Packaging, WHCC, Chic Critique, Sassy Designs, Inc. / Bad Sass Backdrops, Miller’s Professional Imaging, and MORE, all lined up and the prizes will be amazing! You won’t want to miss out!

Here’s one more holiday giftwrap photo from Pinterest to get you inspired!

The photo was posted to Pinterest from ZsaZsa Bellagio. (There are several more beautiful Christmas packaging ideas at that link – go and look!)

‘Til next time…
-Robyn & Todd

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