We Are Ready For Spring

This week February comes to an end and hopefully the cold weather does too! I am so ready for spring and the beautiful colors that come with it. Check out some of our favorite Confections by Shara’s Paperie Personalized Gifts, Stationery and Invitations in our fun spring designs.

Paperpalooza is Back!

It's time once again for our annual Valentine’s Day Sale…Paperpalooza!! If you are the DIY crafter this is the sale you’ve been waiting for. We’ve bagged some of our favorite paper products along with pocketfolds, envelopes, glue dots, ribbon and scrapbook paper.

For a Valentine’s Day project we liked this idea from Martha Stewart

Tug at your valentine's heartstrings with an embellished envelope. Cut out the hearts from colored card stock using a specialty hole punch. Poke two holes into each heart with a needle, then sew the hearts onto dual-capacity envelopes using the needle and silk beading cord. Secure stitches with a double knot on the backside of the flaps. After inserting the valentine, close the envelope by winding a 5-inch length of the cord in a figure-eight motion around the hearts.

From Martha Stewart Living, February 2006

Shara's Paperie Wins WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards 2011

We are so excited to announce that Shara’s Paperie was awarded the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for invitations!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Shara’s Paperie stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Shara’s Paperie for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Shara’s Paperie is among the very best stationer within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

I Love Thank You Notes...and so does CBS

I absolutely love thank you notes! I think they are so important and one thing that is rarely thought about in today’s texting, emailing, social networking society. That is why I was so excited to see this article from CBS News Correspondent Steve Hartman.

With such fun patterns, how could you not want to write thank you notes all day! From the designs I chose to share on the blog, can you tell I’m ready for Spring!

Meet Virginia

We thought we would start the new year off with a new blog series. We’ve mentioned the Shara's Paperie team many times because, well, they’re awesome! But until now we have kept their identities secret. We decided it was time for a change! In the next few months we will introduce members of Shara's team and give you a little peak into their lives.

Virginia is the Creative Director and is responsible for so many of the beautiful designs you’ll find at Shara’s Paperie and Confections by Shara's Paperie. She draws inspiration from fashion, architecture and varies blogs. She loves the colors chartreuse and navy. Virginia stays up to date on the design world and regularly checks blogs like DesignSponge and Mrs. Lilien.

Her biggest obsessions are running, beer, music, multiple tv shows and cooking (which hands down she is the best around here). She loves to spend her free time with her husband and walking her dog Roy at the park.

When I asked her about her favorite Confections product she very excitedly said stationery! She also loves notepads and strongly believes you can never have too many lists or too many pads.

In her own words…I like to find new things to be obsessed with, and then learn everything I can about them. I love documentaries and How it Works. My husband and I have a dog and cat that are a constant source of entertainment.

Check our blog to see what’s new at Confections and to meet the rest of the Shara's Paperie Team!

Fabulous iPhone Cases from Confections!

The iPhone craze has swept not only the country but the world. It’s very unlikely to walk into any coffee shop, store or restaurant and not see multiple people using their iPhones. This is no different for the crew at Confections by Shara’s Paperie. Several of us have jumped on the iPhone bandwagon. This is great news for iPhone, but very confusing for us to tell whose phone is whose, especially when we have the same phone cases!

We noticed this was becoming a problem and thought we couldn’t be the only ones with this issue, so we created these fun iPhone cases. How amazing are these!

As with all of our personalized gifts, our iPhone cases are available in a variety of colors and designs and can be customized with your name, initials or monogram. And if you are anything like me, I’m sure you have dropped your iPhone on more than one occasion, which is why our cases offer tough protection. First, a silicone skin surrounds your iPhone completely, absorbing all impact and shock. Wrapped around the skin is a tough, ABS plastic shell, which completely secures your iPhone 4 and adds another level of protection. Each case is designed and heat printed so there is no fading or rubbing off.

We hope you love our iPhone cases as much as we do! And don't forget, order by December 12 for Christmas delivery!

The Power of Pink

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is time to embrace the pink power! October is breast cancer awareness month, an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure.

There are several activities throughout the month of October that allow you to show your support for this great cause. You can get active and participate in a run, walk or bike ride. If that’s not really your style you can simply show your support by wearing pink or organize a pink party to help raise money.

And guys, pink isn’t just for the ladies, look at the NFL. Players show support by wearing pink gloves, cleats and other apparel during games. Even Sports Illustrated added pink to their cover in support of breast cancer awareness.

Take a look at some of our favorite pink items for inspiration