fun pics on our facebook page...

I've just uploaded some  fun pics onto my facebook page. The pics were taken from the "boom boom room" (the pre-golden globes celebrity gifting suite) that I attended two weeks ago with my "crew".  All in all...it was a good time.  Here are just a few of the pics....



me and "my girls"
(from left to right...carlisa, keshia, alison and me)



tisha campbell  with her adorable son

the "guncles" (bill + scott with their sweet little simone)
looooved them!



 Please hop on over to our facebook page to see the rest :).

my quest for a modern front door...

We've been in our house for a little over 2 years. We've since done quite a bit of work on the inside....but the exterior of our home is still a work in progress....we still need to paint, new roof (eventually), exterior lighting...but on TOP of our list was a front door. 

Doesn't seem like it would be that difficult to find a front door that fit our aesthetic...which happens to be simple, clean and modern?? Keeping in mind that we didn't want anything TOO modern, but modern enough to update the "look" of the front of our house to something that reflects the style on the inside. 

Well, surprisingly,  it was terribly difficult!! We first went to all the major home improvement stores and looked through countless catalogs....and came up with nothing. Then we went to specific "door stores" and asked for quotes on someone building a custom door based on our sketches...and they were able to do it, but for a pricetag that was WAY out of our budget. Then we found this company online called Crestview Doors and they sold these nice window kits that we could use to DIY and achieve a similar look to what we were going for. However, after we added up the cost for the double paned glass and sidelights and a solid wood door....we were way out of our budget again.

Dang...we were frustrated.

Here are my inspiration photos:.

                                                     

Here is a photo of our very sad and peeling front door that was taken this past summer:

After months of searching....we found "a guy" (who happens to be a carpenter and is dating my sister) and after looking at my sketches...told me he could build me a door, from scratch...exactly like I wanted. Exactly.

And best of all...within our budget.

He's been hard at work and it's nearly complete.

Here are a few pics of the custom door and sidelights as it stands today (in our basement).

Only 7 or 8 coats of stain away from being installed! I have a feeling it's one of those projects

 that will definitely be worth the wait!

p.s. If you are in the market for a modern door, I'm happy to say that "I've got a guy". Email me and I may share him with you ( as soon as he's done with mine, of course).

quick boom boom rooom recap via alison

Happy Friday! My great friend and talented blogger, Alison, did a quick recap of our recent trip to the boom boom room last weekend. Head on over to her blog to see a few fun pics of our booth and several of the celebrity guests. I'll get my act together and post my full run down next week! Have a super weekend....

  and  G O  B E A R S!

what i've been working on for wedding paper divas...

I don't really talk about my wedding collection very often on this blog...but I'm SO excited about these new designs, that I decided to share! As most of you know, tiny prints has a sister site, wedding paper divas, and I have a nice collection of wedding stationery available through them. I've been working on a few new invitation suites and one of them just recently went live on the site. 

I know it's not flattering to "brag" about things that you've done....but there's something about this first design, entitled, cotton flowers,  that I adore! I just can't stop staring at it....I'm quite certain that if I were to do my wedding over again, this is the design I'd pick. I love all three colorways....

here are a few of my new favorite "save the dates"

love it

pretty paisley



outlined tab

 Be on the look out for a TON of new stationery designs coming to tiny prints and wedding paper divas! It's going to be a HUGE year for our le papier boutique collection.

starting the new year off with a boom!

Happy New Year everyone! We're kicking things in 2011  with a bang.....or should I say BOOM?! What am I talking about?? Well....name your design was invited to attend the "boom boom room"...which is an exclusive pre-golden globes celebrity gifting suite in Beverly Hills this Friday + Saturday. I'm super excited to set up my booth and give away my goodies, but a tad nervous. I rarely watch TV and I'm sure that I'll probably only recognize 10% of the celebrities that are there.  I'm counting on my little support team, Alison, Kesha and Carlisa to help me out with names/faces!

 I am actually sitting in the airport right now waiting to board my plane to LA. I left on Tuesday night and made a little pit stop in San Jose to visit the team at tinyprints and chat about my stationery line. More details on this later...but I can say that, I am even more excited about my partnership with them after meeting everyone in person and am blown away by them. They are AMAZING! So proud to be part of such an inspirational organization.

Well...friends, signing off for now. I'll be SURE to post pics and do a fun recap of the boom boom room.
Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!
xoxo
Stacy

holiday deadlines AND free holiday download

We are in FULL SWING holiday mode! It's crunch time over here as Friday (December 12th) is the last day to get your orders in to guarantee delivery on or before Christmas Eve! In addition, we've added a new  free download (printable 8.5 x 11 sheet of writing paper) to our site that would be PERFECT for your little angels to write their letters to Santa OR a sweet note to their teachers OR a nice letter to relatives that are out of town OR a nice template to write a cute holiday "story".......see? the possibilities are endless??!!

Go here to download the .jpg and/or .pdf version of this.

Happy Holidays everyone!

five days to save ~ day four (save 25% on our pay it forward pieces)

It feels great to give and we are especially mindful of our ability to give during this holiday season. Please check out the pay it forward section on our site to read about some of the causes that we support  and see why they are especially meaningful to us.