Paper Dolls

Minted just released their 2012 Holiday Card Collection! Thousands of entries were submitted to their design challenge this year. After tallying all the votes from our fans, customers and design community they've chosen 40 amazing new holiday cards to add to their assortment. Merry Snowflakes, by Alethea and Ruth EARLY BIRD SPECIAL Minted is also offering an Early Bird Special !  Get 20% OFF your holiday card order if you purchase before October 8th with code PREVIEW2012 . NO PHOTOS?  NO PROBLEM! If you're like me and you haven't booked your family's holiday card photo shoot yet but still want to take advantage of this huge discount, don't worry!  You can place your order now to take advantage of the 20% discount and add your photos later.  Minted will keep your order open until you are ready to finalize the details.   How awesome is that?! Click on any of the links in this blog post to get started, or simply click on the banner b...

Beginning today through August 26th, you can enter for the chance to WIN $250 in credit towards Minted's Baby + Kids Collection . This includes everything from luxe birth announcements, to customizable journals for the whole family to their new limited edition art prints!   If you've been following this blog, you may remember my earlier post when I first discovered Minted's unique designs.  Who wouldn't want to win a $250 credit towards some amazing personalized products?! What are you waiting for?  Enter today for your chance to win, and while you're there, you can also vote on some winning designs from the Minted design community for future products.  It's all good!

For a limited time, our friends at Tiny Prints are offering three FREE samples of any of their outstanding stationery products! This includes their thousands of invitation designs for all occasions, boxed cards, announcements, labels, and more. Just use the promo code 3FREESAMPLES when you checkout to get this incredible deal. Please note that the offer is limited to three samples per customer and you can only do it once, but it is a great way to try out their stuff. And did I mention FREE?! Sometimes you just have to view the designs and touch the paper up close and personal, and this is the perfect opportunity to do just that.  Check them out today and remember to use the promo code 3FREESAMPLES to get them free!

I am thrilled that Sweetest Whimsy has recently become an affiliate for several companies that offer products that I ADORE!  Starting today, I will feature these companies and some of my favorite things from their websites in my RETAIL LOVE. It's no secret that I've had a love affair with paper practically my whole life. It was pure serendipity that led me to start offering paper in addition to my custom cakes in 2005.  But I absolutely love anything that has to do with the art and craft of paper. So when I stumbled upon Minted's website , I instantly loved all their designs.  Unlike other stationery companies, Minted is an online global community of designers, and you can even become one of them!  The designs are fresh and beautiful and most of all, unique.  In addition to cards, stationery and invitations, Minted also now offers art prints. My kids' birthdays are in the spring, so I've been shopping around for *the* birthday invitation!  Here ...

How much do I love blogging?! So much that I would create a brand-new one just so I can talk about my obsession with paper and gifts? But of course. Actually, I created this blog at the very beginning of the summer; it was to be a quick project and go live right away. But then there was a trip out of town, then kids' summer camp started, then daughter's broken arm, and then family vacation, and so on and so on . . . and now summer's just about over! And a blog has remained 'Under Construction' for so many months. The reason why I started Paper Dolls was to separate the two branches of my business, the sweet stuff from the cute stuff, and make it less confusing for myself and everyone else! So, if you want to read up about what's baking in my little empire, please continue to visit The Sweet Spot ! And then come back here to see all the cool non-sugary stuff Sweetest Whimsy has to offer! For those of you who remember when I first got a web presence and wa...